Houston Rockets 2017 Preseason Thread - Spurs MyPlayers Take Over

[markangelo]

fellasssss

great win 

everyone played great

except for brewer 

 

[second2nonee]

Ryno 

Harrell 

Gordon 

Dekker 

Harden triple double in a national TV statement game 

Double OT winner on the road stopping a 12 game win streak 

 

 

[markangelo]

change that **** headline Peep 

*win of the year!!!!!!! (12-7)

obligatory Bobby Brown pic 

 

[jewbacca2]

Too god damn ******* lit

 

[second2nonee]

 

[Peep Game]

Will have a proper update tomorrow later today. I'm tired AF but amazing when. They really gutted it out even through mistakes. Will be tough to face Denver in just a couple hours, but I'm not too worried about it.

 

[polosanddunks]

I couldn't watch the game because of work smh but when I saw OT I was praying we took this W. Thank God

 

[Retroballer]

Not bad Houston. Crazy with a real offense we can hang with/beat anyone. Last year we lose by 25

 

[kingfoamnyc]

Props to y'all. I'm rooting for you guys to come out the west, color me crazy but I think you can do it.

 

[Peep Game]

Not bad Houston. Crazy with a real offense we can hang with/beat anyone. Last year we lose by 25

And the game would have still been the same length because of all the hacking they would have did on Dwight and Josh Smith. Would've missed like 19 FTs.

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[do work son]

late game offense is problematic. we revert to iso ball and bad shots. need to continue to run the offense, even if it doesn't end in a harden shot. EG should also get some more of those late looks to take the burden off harden

 

[Peep Game]

late game offense is problematic. we revert to iso ball and bad shots. need to continue to run the offense, even if it doesn't end in a harden shot. EG should also get some more of those late looks to take the burden off harden

That was a bad handful of possessions late, but that was a problem for both teams. It looked like OKC vs OKC out there

 

[polosanddunks]

late game offense is problematic. we revert to iso ball and bad shots. need to continue to run the offense, even if it doesn't end in a harden shot. EG should also get some more of those late looks to take the burden off harden

I agree especially with the late looks. The way Harden is playing at an MVP level it's gonna have to happen with E.G having to help with late looks.

 

[polosanddunks]

Props to y'all. I'm rooting for you guys to come out the west, color me crazy but I think you can do it.

They could. If they just pull off one more piece by the trade deadline.

 

[markangelo]

if it isn't obvious to MDA now, Dekker needs all of Brewers minutes..

dude made some clutch shots and rebounds 

If Anderson can ball like this night in an night out, the 80 million is well worth it 

 

EG, Harden, Capela 

Montrez needs more minutes too 

this was a huge win, optimistic for another victory tonight against the nuggets.. Perhaps MDA should trust the bench more with minutes. I feel like Wiltjer should at least get some burn too. 

 

[Retroballer]

This game also the definition of the back to back nightmare. Play the best team in the league night one, 2 OTs, on the west coast. Then night two, IN Denver. Tired legs in altitude.

 

[polosanddunks]

Brewer needs to be traded immediately. So glad we picked up Dekker and I hated that guy in Wisconsin

 

[Peep Game]

Props to y'all. I'm rooting for you guys to come out the west, color me crazy but I think you can do it.

They could. If they just pull off one more piece by the trade deadline.

I feel like guys may just have to play better and advance instead of looking for a trade, cause in order for a trade to happen, it would probably have to include Bev or Ariza. Wish we could just for somebody into taking Brewer and Ennis and get something great in return. As much as im a fan of Rudy Gay, I'd hate to give up 4 players for him, especially after seeing how he can take you out of a game

 

[statis22]

Rudy Gay wouldn't put us in the title picture.

We'd need a better guy than that.

 

[Peep Game]

That was my point, he's a lateral move, maybe even a negative. I don't know who we'd be able to trade for without giving up somebody he need.

 

[Peep Game]

Donatas Motiejunas has signed a $37 million offer sheet with Nets, per report

A week after the Houston Rockets and forward Donatas Motiejunas failed to reach a contract agreement, the Brooklyn Nets have signed the restricted free agent to a four-year, $37 million offer sheet, according to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears. The Rockets have three days to match Brooklyn’s offer.

Last Wednesday — Nov. 24 — was the last day this season a team could sign a player they could still trade by the Feb. 23 deadline. Houston had set an internal deadline to sign him by then, but talks never progressed past where they had been before the season.

Motiejunas was still a restricted free agent after opting to let the Rockets’ $4.4 million qualifying offer expire on Oct. 1, essentially holding out for a better deal. ESPN.com reported Houston’s latest offer was a multi-year contract starting at $7 million per year, “with attainable incentives that could take it to $8 million,” but that offer was reportedly taken off the table on Nov. 24.

It’s unusual for a player to remain a free agent this long into the season due to a contract dispute. Both Motiejunas and the Rockets refused to budge, even five months after free agency began. If Motiejunas had signed overseas, his rights would have remained with the Rockets.

Houston attempted to deal Motiejunas, alongside Marcus Thornton, at last season’s trade deadline to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Detroit’s 2016 first-round pick (top-eight protected) and center Joel Anthony. But Pistons president Stan Van Gundy nixed the deal when Motiejunas failed his physical due to back problems.

The 26-year-old Lithuanian big man has been a serviceable stretch four when healthy. In 71 games, including 62 starts for the Rockets in the 2014-15 season, Motiejunas averaged 12 points on 50 percent shooting from the field and 36.8 percent shooting from downtown.

But Houston’s shooter has rarely been healthy, playing in just 214 of 328 possible games in his four-year NBA career.

Brooklyn could use Motiejunas’ shooting as a way to space the floor along with center Brook Lopez, who has emerged as a three-point threat this season. He would join a Nets big man rotation that is shooting a combined 36.4 percent from downtown.

Motiejunas appeared in just 37 games for the Rockets last season. He averaged just 6.2 points on 28 percent shooting from downtown.

 

[statis22]

If it was a substantial piece then I'd just about trade any guy besides James

 

[polosanddunks]

Love DMos game but no way I would pay him that with that back injury. Good luck Dmo

 

[markangelo]

man, gotta love this rockets team