Game Thread GAME# 2: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 26, 2020 - SATURDAY, 7:00, NBATV & NBCSNW

I'd move to this:

Starters: Dame/CJ/Cov/Melo/Nurk

Melo off the bench is going unchecked. 9 shots in 20 min, with shit defense and no passing is not it. Play him for 15-20 mpg but mostly with the starters where he doesn't feel obligated to shoot every damn time and is a release valve instead of a focal point.

Either Jones or Roco need to be on the floor at all times. And both need to finish games. I'd but Roco around 30 mpg and Jones around 25-30.

Bench: Ant/ Trent/ Hood/ Jones/Giles.

Giles is better than Kanter. And I think he can be terrific with shooters and Jones flying all over the place. Enes can come in as needed in certain matchups where he won't get picked on by defenses. Squeeze in 20 or so MPG for Trent/Hood.

Dame (34)/ Ant (14)
CJ (32)/ Trent (16)
Cov (24)/ Hood (20)/ Trent (4)
Melo (18)/ Jones (24)/ Roco (6)
Nurk (30)/ Giles (18)

 

Stotts will be the one driving Harden to the strip clubs after the game. Haha

He will only answer in "yes James" and "no James."

 

I agree but I was happy with Hoodie's mobility tonight by the end of the game. I was pissed that not only was Ant playing over Gary but that they're even thought of as in the same stratosphere. Gary should be getting close to starters minutes IMO.

 

Hood, Melo, and Kanter shouldn't be playing, imho.

 

Have a great evening everyone, thanks for putting up with my crap, and I hope you managed to enjoy the win!

 

Ok. I was talking about drives and him taking what looks like three steps, especially on a Eurostep move. But the first step he times right as he gathers so it’s not a step and he gets two more.

 

Yeah, we should probably keep him.

 

I want Melo to play 15 minutes at the most and I want both Jones and Covington in the starting lineup anything else is crazy in my opinion. Did you see how those two can switch on any two players on the court. They're masterful together on D and both bring different but very necessary skills on O. I appreciate you wanting both to play starters minutes I would just like them to start.

 

see my minutes breakdown i added.

 

There was a timeout but I am not sure if traveling violations can be challenged? Could it have?

 

Yeah, like I said in the post that you were replying to... superstars have always got away with steps in the paint, I really have never had a problem with that and I like his euro step. This thing with Harden on the three point line is mind boggling though, there is no way the ref is looking anywhere else and he gets away with it a lot, and on important possessions.

 

Dan Marang just replayed the step back and said not a travel.

 

GTJ’s acting like a crybaby on the bench has me wondering if he thinks signing with Klutch makes him more than a spot-up shooter with average-at-best defense. Bad look for him. Be a professional.

 

Posting in these game threads is a coping method - I can't be there live so this is the next best thing.

 

Who is this idiot?

 

Yeah, I liked them but unlike how I always want Dame or CJ on the court because I want to see them without each other as much as possible... I want to see RoCo and DJJ together as much as possible because of how they have the potential to just shut the other team down as a tandem.

 

Melo shouldn’t be on a team and it’s painfully obvious to everyone except the team that signed him.

 

My guess is Ant played because Terry likes having two ball handlers on the floor at any one time, and Trent is not that.

The ones squeezing Trents minutes are Hood and most importantly, Melo.

 

CJ has 0 turnovers in two games.