Don't think I've ever seen an 11AM NBA start time.

Nice job by Stone. No risk.

Guess we have some COVID replacements, don't recognize most of this 2nd unit.

This is the second game I've watched all year. I recognize Eric Gordon....

Trying to reconnect finally

Would like to see us beat the Lakers

Coach Silas said Christian Wood broke a team rule, which kept him out of the starting lineup. It was a coach’s decision to keep him out in the second half.

— Cayleigh Griffin (@cayleighgriffin) January 2, 2022

Rockets point guard Kevin Porter Jr. lost his temper during a heated halftime discussion and didn’t return to the court, leaving the Toyota Center during the second half of tonight's loss to the Nuggets, sources told @wojespn and me.

ESPN story coming soon.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 2, 2022

Some drama tonight

Team needs to make some trades.

Wood is overrated, hopefully someone takes him off our hands.

KPJ isn't a PG and he certainly isn't a leader. He has no real trade value, so I'm not sure what they should do with him.

Jalen green has the making of a really good offensive player, but his defensive effort has been complete garbage. I can't say it's really his fault though. The entire team plays soft on the defensive end, that's a coaching issue. Not a single player even contemplates boxing out.

WES2006AG said:

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Rockets point guard Kevin Porter Jr. lost his temper during a heated halftime discussion and didn’t return to the court, leaving the Toyota Center during the second half of tonight's loss to the Nuggets, sources told @wojespn and me.

ESPN story coming soon.

— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) January 2, 2022

Some drama tonight

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Back in Ol Army, that got your ass cut from the team.

Wood has a reputation for being a ****ty teammate. He's gotta go.

AG@RICE said:

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Team needs to make some trades.

Wood is overrated, hopefully someone takes him off our hands.

KPJ isn't a PG and he certainly isn't a leader. He has no real trade value, so I'm not sure what they should do with him.

Jalen green has the making of a really good offensive player, but his defensive effort has been complete garbage. I can't say it's really his fault though. The entire team plays soft on the defensive end, that's a coaching issue. Not a single player even contemplates boxing out.

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Seems like when you are rebuilding, it's worth it to start with the culture. At their current levels of maturity, both those guys need to be gone.Try to deal with the Lakers for a 2nd round pick because that's the only type of place where either could contribute and there are enough vets to keep one of them in check.

A 2nd rounder is better than a waive.

Iowaggie said:

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AG@RICE said:

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Team needs to make some trades.

Wood is overrated, hopefully someone takes him off our hands.

KPJ isn't a PG and he certainly isn't a leader. He has no real trade value, so I'm not sure what they should do with him.

Jalen green has the making of a really good offensive player, but his defensive effort has been complete garbage. I can't say it's really his fault though. The entire team plays soft on the defensive end, that's a coaching issue. Not a single player even contemplates boxing out.

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Seems like when you are rebuilding, it's worth it to start with the culture. At their current levels of maturity, both those guys need to be gone.Try to deal with the Lakers for a 2nd round pick because that's the only type of place where either could contribute and there are enough vets to keep one of them in check.

A 2nd rounder is better than a waive.

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I'm more inclined to hold on to KPJ than Wood. KPJ is clearly a flawed individual, but I think he wants to be a good teammate.

Wood on the other hand has to go. He is soft, selfish and a big time diva. I think if you remove him, the culture of the team improves 1000x. I need a desperate title contender to view his game with beer goggles on.

Antonio Brown stands with Kevin Porter Jr! pic.twitter.com/HME0ICV4gz

— Fastbreak Breakfast (@fastbreakbreak) January 2, 2022

AG@RICE said:

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Iowaggie said:

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AG@RICE said:

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Team needs to make some trades.

Wood is overrated, hopefully someone takes him off our hands.

KPJ isn't a PG and he certainly isn't a leader. He has no real trade value, so I'm not sure what they should do with him.

Jalen green has the making of a really good offensive player, but his defensive effort has been complete garbage. I can't say it's really his fault though. The entire team plays soft on the defensive end, that's a coaching issue. Not a single player even contemplates boxing out.

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Seems like when you are rebuilding, it's worth it to start with the culture. At their current levels of maturity, both those guys need to be gone.Try to deal with the Lakers for a 2nd round pick because that's the only type of place where either could contribute and there are enough vets to keep one of them in check.

A 2nd rounder is better than a waive.

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I'm more inclined to hold on to KPJ than Wood. KPJ is clearly a flawed individual, but I think he wants to be a good teammate.

Wood on the other hand has to go. He is soft, selfish and a big time diva. I think if you remove him, the culture of the team improves 1000x. I need a desperate title contender to view his game with beer goggles on.

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I agree. Wood is soft. He hardly boxes out. He has zero fight on the offensive boards. He tries to be a ballhandler/playmaker but just ends up picking up his dribble and making desperation passes (and has no court vision and is a bad passer in general)...or wasting 10 seconds before handing off to a guard. Really clogs the offense.

On defense he is not a rim protector and always gives people too much space. He looks like the guys covering post-AIDS Magic Johnson when they thought they could get it from his sweat.

100% agree that we need to trade him while his numbers look good and some contender thinks they are getting Anthony Davis lite (still can't believe Gordon made that comparison).

Eric Gordon when I asked him who is Christian Wood similar to. He mentions Anthony Davis.

— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) December 18, 2020

Wood/Porter suspended one game (tonight vs Philadelphia)

Reporting with @ESPN_MacMahon: The Houston Rockets are suspending Kevin Porter Jr., and Christian Wood for tonight’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, disciplining both for poor behavior surrounding Saturday’s loss to Denver.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 3, 2022

Glad they got some punishment and it sounds like we need to move on from Wood. Neither of these guys are so talented that we should have to put up with this BS.

https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-Kevin-Porter-Christian-Wood-Lucas-argument-16742895.php

Texaggie7nine said:

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https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-Kevin-Porter-Christian-Wood-Lucas-argument-16742895.php

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I'd say the next month is his absolute last shot to be a professional basketball player in the US. If we cut him, nobody is touching him. I wish he understood the severity of his situation, but being traded to Houston for nothing didn't set him straight. He might be too stupid and emotionally immature to rehabilitate.

AG@RICE said:

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Texaggie7nine said:

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https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-Kevin-Porter-Christian-Wood-Lucas-argument-16742895.php

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I'd say the next month is his absolute last shot to be a professional basketball player in the US. If we cut him, nobody is touching him. I wish he understood the severity of his situation, but being traded to Houston for nothing didn't set him straight. He might be too stupid and emotionally immature to rehabilitate.

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The fact that he felt like he needed to apologize is a good sign I guess but you are right about him running out of chances. He was the best player Cleveland had and they let him go for nothing. If he can't work it out with John Lucas on his side he won't work out these issues at all.

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Texaggie7nine said:

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https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/Rockets-Kevin-Porter-Christian-Wood-Lucas-argument-16742895.php

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I'd say the next month is his absolute last shot to be a professional basketball player in the US. If we cut him, nobody is touching him. I wish he understood the severity of his situation, but being traded to Houston for nothing didn't set him straight. He might be too stupid and emotionally immature to rehabilitate.

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Unfortunately when the talent is there, someone will continue to give him a shot until he does something unforgivable. He's a 21 y/o all-star level talent and has done nothing worse than misdemeanor level jackassery.

https://rocketswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/04/kevin-porter-jr-apologetic-upon-rejoining-rockets-from-suspension/

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I apologized. I did it to the group. I did it individually. I think just as a man and as a human, that's the right thing to do. Even if you feel like you're in the right, there's ways to approach things in situations, and I felt as a man, I didn't approach it the right way. So I apologize. I feel like that's just something you need to do, as a principled thing.

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That is a step in the right direction.

Wood playing with a chip on his shoulder in this 1st quarter.

KPJ

Wow what a shot

KEVIN PORTER JR. FIRST GAME BACK FROM THE SUSPENSION FOR THE WIN!!! pic.twitter.com/RzSbz8e2D9

— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) January 6, 2022

Nice return for Wood and KPJ.

Harry Dunne said:

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Note: Eric Gordon hasn't called the situation crazy. He hasn't blown up because a trade has yet to arrive. He just mentors the young guys, busts it on both ends of the floor and gives us countless memes.

I really hope the Rockets find a good trade that sends him to a contender. pic.twitter.com/DB8CZX7XXi

— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) January 4, 2022

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Round faced mamba going down as one of my favorite Rockets tbh

Was it an honest mistake or could the announcer be that ballsy?

I’m learning that there was a man named Kevin Porter who played PG for the Washington Bullets from 1979-1983.

It would make way more sense that the announcer here was mistakenly referring to THAT Kevin Porter as KPJ’s father. Sincerely hope that’s the case. https://t.co/fOKVHFfjlr

— Roosh (@RooshWilliams) January 6, 2022

What is the context here?

WES2006AG said:

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What is the context here?

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For those who don’t know ⤵️ https://t.co/hkyOErYxd8

— Braddeaux (@BraddeauxNBA) January 6, 2022