Surprising Japan shares that kind of logic. In every WARRIORS or NBA related thread he usually breaks it down in depth with page essays. When the Mavs squeak out a win against the Rockets, it's this ref nonsense. Good thing the Rockets didn't win. Or I'd have to read about injuries, refs, it's only the fourth game of the season no biggie, refs, T-Mac still hasn't gotten out of the first round, oh and damn those refs for all these nonsense calls even though we were the home team. What were those refs doing?!. HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO
Just to set the facts straight, I quoted someone on RealGM boards, a Rockets fan. My own fault for not quoting that.DALLAS MAVERICKSProving the doubters wrongAger, Barea, Bass, Dampier, Diop, Fazekas, George, Hassell, Harris, Howard, Howard, Jones, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, Terry
I didn't see your edit, so I thought you were implying that the only reason the Rockets were even in this game, was because of the refs. Which would be out of character for you, hence why I posted what I posted. So, yeah.
Oh definitely man, I agree you guys are much better than last year, but Mavericks have gotten better also, no more cancer in Greg Buckner, and Austin Croshere, and in their place we actually got value. I mean, repalce those two with Brandon Bass (who had a good game in preseason against yall DALLAS MAVERICKSProving the doubters wrongAger, Barea, Bass, Dampier, Diop, Fazekas, George, Hassell, Harris, Howard, Howard, Jones, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, Terry
My whole point with the foul trouble is that the Mavericks were able to execute with J-Ho/Dirk sitting on the bench. It's an obvious plus to have your two best players playing in the game, I know it's all what-if's, but what DID happen was that Dirk and Josh both sat with foul trouble and the Rockets didn't run away with the game, our bench did well and kept us in the game. What I meant by chemistry is the ebb and flow of playing together where they don't lose momentum throughout the game like some teams do, especially executing late in the game. The Mavericks, Spurs, Suns (and throwing them out there), the Pistons all play very well together regardless of who's on the floor, they all play very good team basketball throughout the entire game. It will be interesting to see the transformation of the new offense for the Rockets, but something they need to identify is their roles. Maybe it's just me, but Mike James and Rafer have looked a bit lost at times during these games. Will that come with time? Maybe, maybe not. Is it just me, or is Scola not getting much PT? I see him out there every now and then, but he doesn't seem to do much, I'm sure he's having to make the transition between international basketball and the NBA, and he will probably develop into what the Rockets imagined him to be, but I'd just expect him to start if they had such high hopes for him. DALLAS MAVERICKSProving the doubters wrongAger, Barea, Bass, Dampier, Diop, Fazekas, George, Hassell, Harris, Howard, Howard, Jones, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, Terry
I'm convinced the Rockets didn't stand a chance after Jason Terry went on that 10-0 run by HIMSELF towards the end of the 3rd quarter. I'm a JET fan, honestly. But, I hate him against the Rockets. DIE JET DIE HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO
Seeing JET go on that run definitely encouraged the team. You can agree or disagree on Dirk being the best player, J-Ho being the second best, and JET being third, but I think it's clear that JET is the heart of this team (even though Dirk has been there his entire career [excluding 5 minutes in Milwaukee DALLAS MAVERICKSProving the doubters wrongAger, Barea, Bass, Dampier, Diop, Fazekas, George, Hassell, Harris, Howard, Howard, Jones, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, Terry
Ignoring this game but.... Is T-Mac back?? I've seen every game from him this season except this one, and I can't help but notice that he looks like the T-Mac of old. Is he healthy and is he back... or is it in my imagination? Team DMV / Nuggets Fan "Young Body, Old Soul" - The Double LP Debut. Coming Soon... O.G. Member #1
He's back. And healthy. He's back to his old ways of attacking the basket and such. As a result, he's getting to the line more. And the difference this year, so far anyway, he's hitting 85% a clip from the line. Compared to 70% from last year. HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO
Meh, i dont care if tmac dropped 600 points on dallas. I rather him get everyone else involved tonight than jack up shots. Tmac is my favorite player and i know him best when he dishes it out when time is needed. That makes him different from a similar guard in the league. 12-31 is unacceptable. 8 dishes was fine, but he coulda got a double double if he looked for Yao more often then not in the second half. In the end, Houston lost to Dallas, Dallas lost to Atlanta, in the end were both 3-1 and behind spurs...speaking of the spurs...Rockets play them tonight. Southwest division Hornets 3-0 Spurs 3-0 Dallas 3-1 Rockets 3-1 memphis 0-2 what a tough division HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO
^ it would b/c they're adjusting. so for them to win against a team running their offense for years vs us running it after one month, it wouln't meant a lot? b/c this team will be much better 3-4 months from now. yao has been talking about how he's still struggling mightily adjusting to this offense right now. he has spoken up abuout that 2x already. he said he already has talked to adelman and adelman is still adjusting to him. he never had a low post guy like yao. and apparently from the houston chronicle, nobody on this team outside of tmac is pikcing up this offense fast enough, hence tmac is being asked to carry the scoring load until everybody catches up. when they do, tmac won't score this much anymore b/c he does not have to. he's taking 25 shots a game right now. that's too much. but apparently he has to since no one on this team is capable of learning the offense yet. we're just basically riding tmac through this tough tough stretch early in the month.
I also love the whole Dirk > T-Mac thing. I love how Dallas fans get hyped up thinking their team is one of the elite teams in the league (they ARE) but fail to realize that they're not THAT much better than the Rockets. 2 years ago in the playoffs, it went to 7 games. EVery game really it's been a battle. They can play each other a 100 times, and both teams might win 50. Give or take a few games. Or I love how Dallas fans try to justify T-Mac has Yao, and Yao > anybody Dirk has ever played against. That may be true, but look at Dirk's squad every year. His team is stacked year in and year out. If he doesn't do well against the Rockets, which he usually doesn't (Ryan Bowen, Shane Battier, and T-Mac has shut him down time after time) he has a TEAM that helps him out. That's what it's all about. Good for you Dirk. All these petty arguements is stupid. Yao > Everybody Dirk has, T-Mac has never gotten into the second round, blah blah blah. THat's like me rehashing how the Warriors straight ran the Mavs out the gym AS AN 8 SEED. How the Mavs choked as a 1 SEED. What's the point? What does it prove? Whatever though. HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO
Charles Barkley is a loser too then? ers, but hey, a loss is a loss. DALLAS MAVERICKSProving the doubters wrongAger, Barea, Bass, Dampier, Diop, Fazekas, George, Hassell, Harris, Howard, Howard, Jones, Nowitzki, Stackhouse, Terry
It's all about championships, that's what it comes down to at the end of the day. To say Dirk this, Dirk that, when you're comparing him to T-Mac doesn't matter. What has Dirk done? "Hey, at least Dirk got out of the first round." Congratulations, Dirk. T-Mac has won scoring titles? So what, right? What does it prove? Nothing really. HoustonRocketsFRANCIS - MCGRADY - YAO