OT: Rockets' Donatas Montiejunas out for the season and playoffs

Haha, Rockets luck is probably only slightly better than the Blazers.

This one hurts a lot because Dmo was the only other guy on the team that could consistently create his own shot. He was our 3rd best player I feel in terms of consistency.

 

Well if rockets advance further than us in the playoffs I will be very pissed.

I'll be keeping an eye on what Houston does in the playoffs and of course what we will do.

Again I WILL BE PISSED IF THEY ADVANCE FURTHER THAN US.

 

Yeah, the Rockets certainly know what it's like to have a team derailed by injuries. But considering we handed you Drexler on a silver platter, you get no sympathy.

 

Wow, KD with a ts% of 65% on 26.3 pts through 81 games. That is extremely impressive.

 

Oh god.....I hope so!

 

You guys have had it worse with Sam Bowie and Greg Oden, then Roy. This year with Wes. Our luck wasn't that bad until after we traded Hakeem.

I don't know about Blazer fans but every game but I watch Rockets games a bit traumatized. I know all it takes is one wrong turn or fall for a player like Harden and oops, it's all over. Sucks for Dmo, would have been his first year playing big minutes in the playoffs.

 

Oh he sucks.

 

I do not see this being a major factor in how far they advance. Everyone shortens their rotation in the playoffs. Losing your back up center is never good, but we are talking about 15 minutes a game they need to do without. It will depend on the match up. Smith and Jones would have gotten the PF minutes regardless. So like I said.....who backs up Howard? I think they will be just fine playing small ball for those minutes. Papanikolaou may play more.....

It's not like they lost Wes.

 

And Walton... He was never fully healthy as a Blazer. He played 35, 51, 65 and 58 games in his four seasons here and was basically done less than a year after we won our one, and only, championship.

Oh, what could have been...

BNM

 

The real problem isn't so much who backs up Dwight, the big problem is if Dwight goes down. He's been very injury prone the last four years. He's only 29, but started playing as a full time starter at the age of 18 and logged a LOT of minutes his first 7 years in the league. He has a lot of wear and tear on his body and his injuries (bad back and bad knee) could flare up at any time. Forcing him to play heavy minutes because they don't have another center on the roster could come back to bite them.

Motiejunas did a more than capable job filling in when Howard was out. He was having a bit of a break out year. I'm actually surprised it took him this long. I remember watching him in summer league before his rookie season and he looked very polished for a young big man. In any case, he will be missed, even more so if Dwight goes down.

BNM

 

If you go on clutch fans, you'll see DMo has been treated like Beibs was treated the first couple of years he was here. He could do no right.

 

That sucks that that's actually something to be pissed about. Them going farther could have quite a number of variables just like us losing(or winning, for that matter). It's not black and white.

 

Good to see our fans aren't the only ones with unrealistic expectations. When will people learn that young big men need time to adjust to the NBA game? Motiejunas is older than Meyers, was much more polished and experienced when drafted and played a couple years of Euroleague ball before coming to the NBA, and it still took until his third NBA season to become a solid NBA big man.

BNM

 

True they are in the same boat we are. Neither of us can afford losing one more starter.

 

I'm still deflated over losing Wes. We simply aren't as good without him.

 

That's why this year is more so another year of playoff development