No need to panic........It's a very simple explanation

I know people are wondering what's happened to the Rockets. They've lost two in a row, and have played TERRIBLE. It's simple, we've got some new players who simply don't know they're role yet. The injury to Tmac just made everything worse because now the margin for error is even slimer now. In Tmac, you had somebody who's specialty is finishing games. But what's happened is without him, nobody knows who's going to make the plays down the stretch. You would think Yao Ming, but he just hasn't played good. I expect somebody to step up and make plays. Stromile is going to have to learn the system too. I can tell he's still a little lost, so is DA. But to my suprise, Skip has played good. So that's one brightspot. But rocket fans, don't panic. 5 more games and we should be back on track.

 

With the upcoming schedule the Rockets have there might be one of these threads every game saying not to panic.
Rockets are missing their closer and the 4th quarter scoring has killed us.

Miami, Jersey, Boston, Minn., S.A., Detroit(home), Indiana, Dallas, Phoenix(home), Memphis.
Possibly all without TMac.

 

if our scedule was alot different i wouldn't worry but... look at our scedule now... do u think beating jersy, sa, detroit, indiana dallas, phoneix will be easy with out t-mac? but if i was more of a postive side thinker


WE'RE GOIGNF TO WIN BECAUSE OF YAO WHOOT WHOOT!!!!

 

This is a chronic back problem for TMac, not just some ankle sprain. I wouldn't be surprised if this injury repeated itself later in the season. The only team the Rockets have a decent chance to beat in their next 10 games is Boston and possibly Minny.

 

scoring over 20 pts/ 10 rebs/4blocks in 3 of the 4 games IS playing well .Its not yao's fault. Ask Tmac how it was playing alone amongst scrub teammates.. orlando was CRAP! they had one of the worst records in the nba.

 

Stromile is not gonna step up. I watched couple Rockets games. He does nothing but getting a few rebounds by his amazing jumping ability and some put back. He has no low post skill at all. Very low basketball EQ. DA doesn't do any good at all. Rarely make a shot. He is not the DA in Portland I used to love anymore. He is not old yet..why.. Geesus, I worry about Rockets so much.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting virve119:</div><div class="quote_post">This is a chronic back problem for TMac, not just some ankle sprain. I wouldn't be surprised if this injury repeated itself later in the season. The only team the Rockets have a decent chance to beat in their next 10 games is Boston and possibly Minny.</div>
C'mon, your being too cynical. They lost against Miami last night, but the Rockets had some good signs. For one, Yao played like a MAN finally. Second, Stromile showed some life, and Derek Anderson played decent too. I think it's VERY possible we can beat ALL those teams. Especially Sacremento and Phoenix. Both have no real bigmen to stop Yao. Let's not be unrealistic.

 

Yao Ming played well and he is getting better.
Once T-Mac is back, Rox will win most of the games.

Let's wait and see.

 

I'm not in panic mode right now either......this is a new team learning a new system without their best player.....we have Tmac and we beat all 3 of the teams we lost to........my dad had the nerve last night to say that he "wished we had steve, cuttino, and cato" back........I looked at him like he was crazy......word is tracy might be back against New Jersey.

 

Man I am not worried, its just sad to watch the Rockets lose. They all know they can win, but it's not coming easy w/o t mac..in this case its not coming at all (so far).

When T-Mac is back, this will be an unbelievable team. I really can't wait to see him and the neww Yao.

 

no need to panic. With tmac everything will be better. DA scored 20 last night and he can easily score 20 with tmac here just by hitting open shots and the hustle points that DA is good at. Juwan is looking good out there and our point guard takes care of the ball and distributes well. even luther head plays well. Yao is doing well for being 99% of our offense as of late. Everything will get easier once tmac is back and yao wont be asked to carry the team. I do believe in order for us to be champions, yao will eventually have to be able to win without tmac but we still have over 80 games left so im not stressin.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rock4life:</div><div class="quote_post">C'mon, your being too cynical. They lost against Miami last night, but the Rockets had some good signs. For one, Yao played like a MAN finally. Second, Stromile showed some life, and Derek Anderson played decent too. I think it's VERY possible we can beat ALL those teams. Especially Sacremento and Phoenix. Both have no real bigmen to stop Yao. Let's not be unrealistic.</div>
According to you, no one can stop Yao.

The thing about DA is that I noticed he tended to force shots. While it's true that lack of chemistry caused it, DA forced a deep three with about 1:30 left, and put up some other shots which were questionable, especially with more than just a few ticks on the shot clock.

I'm not panicking at all because I was mentally prepared for it.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">DA scored 20 last night and he can easily score 20 with tmac here just by hitting open shots and the hustle points that DA is good at. Juwan is looking good out there and our point guard takes care of the ball and distributes well. even luther head plays well. Yao is doing well for being 99% of our offense as of late. Everything will get easier once tmac is back and yao wont be asked to carry the team. I do believe in order for us to be champions, yao will eventually have to be able to win without tmac but we still have over 80 games left so im not stressin.</div>
Although Anderson had twenty points, he shot less than .333 percent from the floor. To me, thats unacceptable, especially when you shoot seventeen shots from the field. At least half of those can go else where, mainly Yao. The only other notable player I can mention is Juwan Howard, who has been putting points and rebounds up as well as some intangibles to the team. Other than that, our backcourt needs to figure out the system, Anderson needs to stop forcing shots, and Alston needs to stop running the clock down to zero. He needs to know what to do with it instead of dribbling past screens the majority of the time.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Rock4life:</div><div class="quote_post">C'mon, your being too cynical. They lost against Miami last night, but the Rockets had some good signs. For one, Yao played like a MAN finally. Second, Stromile showed some life, and Derek Anderson played decent too. I think it's VERY possible we can beat ALL those teams. Especially Sacremento and Phoenix. Both have no real bigmen to stop Yao. Let's not be unrealistic.</div>

The problem is that each of those guys you mentioned had their flaws as well...Stro played well BUT managed only 2 points and 0 rebounds in the second half...Anderson scored 20 BUT needed 17 shots to do so...I think that, if TMac is out for the three weeks, we go 3-10...right now, we have a nice defense who keeps us in games, but no offensive consistency or anyone who is willing to step up and be that secondary scorer...

 

The Rockets can potentially beat all these teams? And since when is TMac due back tomorow? He's out another week at least. Seriously, you are the one being unrealistic. Yao is good, but he's not amazing, and if PJ Brown, Battie and Mourning/Haslem can hold him then what makes you think all those other elite teams can't? Until TMac comes back, don't expect the Rockets to win too many games, if any.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">And since when is TMac due back tomorow? He's out another week at least. </div>
Supposedly he can come back, just wouldn't be at full strength. According to the TNT anchors anyway.

 

No one blames the the "Mr. Coach"? Everything is all right with him?

It is not a matter of Panic, we are trying to find the problem out, right?

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Yao is good, but he's not amazing</div>
I can't believe what i'm reading, The team doesn't play well and first person you blame is Yao well excuse me but KG has great numbers but can't get his team to the playoffs does that mean he's crap? KB, LBJ and T-Mac in Orlando as well as others had the same story but are you saying that they're not that good?

I don't know why everyone is going hooha over nothing and the media is making judgements way to prematurely.

May i remind you last season we struggled at the beginning and couldn't even beat the bobcats (remember all the "fire van gundy" comments?) but as the season progressed we just kept getting better.

And as you know the Rockets are slow to start but once the get into the rhythm then it gets better and this is no different.

Be patient and you'll see soon the true potential of the Rockets will be realised.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting AznxBaller:</div><div class="quote_post">Although Anderson had twenty points, he shot less than .333 percent from the floor. To me, thats unacceptable, especially when you shoot seventeen shots from the field. At least half of those can go else where, mainly Yao. The only other notable player I can mention is Juwan Howard, who has been putting points and rebounds up as well as some intangibles to the team. Other than that, our backcourt needs to figure out the system, Anderson needs to stop forcing shots, and Alston needs to stop running the clock down to zero. He needs to know what to do with it instead of dribbling past screens the majority of the time.</div>
Lol.......Leave it up to you to exaggerate things to the 10th power. But back to earth now, everybody is playing bad. Anderson shot bad, but he played aggressive. Outside of Yao, he was by far the most aggressive player against the Heat. That means more than his shooting percentage right now. He played with good energy. I guess we'd be winning if we did what you said and started Wesley

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Locke:</div><div class="quote_post">According to you, no one can stop Yao. </div>
Nobody can, its a fact. If the man can give Shaq 30pts, then that pretty much sums it up.

<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Locke:</div><div class="quote_post">The thing about DA is that I noticed he tended to force shots. While it's true that lack of chemistry caused it, DA forced a deep three with about 1:30 left, and put up some other shots which were questionable, especially with more than just a few ticks on the shot clock.</div>
Thats where we differ in opinions. I like the fact that he took some bad shots, believe it or not. With Tmac out, he has to score atleast 15-20pts a game. The fact that he tried to create his shots doesn't bother me.

 

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Lol.......Leave it up to you to exaggerate things to the 10th power. But back to earth now, everybody is playing bad. Anderson shot bad, but he played aggressive. Outside of Yao, he was by far the most aggressive player against the Heat. That means more than his shooting percentage right now. He played with good energy. I guess we'd be winning if we did what you said and started Wesley</div>
Tell me which part I exaggerated. All I did was post some numbers up and clear concise facts. I could care less if he was aggressive, aggressiveness does jack when you don't have the soft touch or skills to finish around the basket such as someone like Iverson. I'll agree that he played with good energy, but he just forces up the shot way too much and isn't really that good of a shooter. Half the time he would drive into the lane with Mourning and Haslem there only to throw up a crazy shot. We could have a much more effective team if he would just differ it to someone else like Howard, Swift, or Yao in the low post since that's where our real strength lies but instead he forces up at least six shots which really take the team no where but a turnover. I don't know about Wesley starting, but I do know that Wesley made all his shots last night and was more effective than Anderson.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Thats where we differ in opinions. I like the fact that he took some bad shots, believe it or not. With Tmac out, he has to score atleast 15-20pts a game. The fact that he tried to create his shots doesn't bother me.</div>
Thats bull. Let me paraphrase you. "Anyone can shoot twenty shots a game and score twenty points." Oh how quickly we forget. We have better options in my opinion than Anderson and passing the ball around to get everyone to score around ten points seems like a much better solution to me. No one other than Yao needs to score twenty plus points, if everyone does their job and provides us with about eight to ten points each we'll be fine.