***** Official Houston Rockets 2024-2025 Season Thread *****

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AG@RICE
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Hard to tell what we will do in the offseason as these playoff games are critical to the evaluation process. We know that our pups can put up numbers in regular season games, but the playoffs are another beast. In his career, Booker is 28/5/5 guy in the playoffs with 49% FG, 39% 3P% and 90% FT. That's ELITE production in the biggest moments and something you have to seriously consider if its on the table in any way.

How Jalen performs next week will certainly impact how we proceed this offseason. If he flops and puts up multiple low-efficiency stinkers, I'd expect to see a more aggressive approach this summer. If he raises his game, its a different story. That said, Jalen has been hot garbage against the warriors this year: 12 pts a game with 32% FG, 25% 3PFG, 68% FT...

Woods Ag
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Yeah. Booker is a cold blooded killer.

If green gets to what Booker is today then he's a miracle baby.
Guitarsoup
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Woods Ag said:

Yeah. Booker is a cold blooded killer.

If green gets to what Booker is today then he's a miracle baby.
Exactly this.

In Booker's 4th season/age 22 season (which is this year for Jalen Green), he averaged 26.6p 4.1r and 6.8a on .584 TS% and FTr of .362. Book had his 70 point game in his 2nd season. When the Suns made the Finals, Booker was the go to scorer and the only player averaging over 16ppg in the regular season. He put up 27/6/5 in the playoffs and was their only player to average 20ppg in the playoffs.

Jalen's ceiling isn't as high as Booker's who has been All-NBA 1st team and 4th in MVP voting. Rockets need that go to scorer that can be counted on in the playoffs. That is who Booker is. Jalen is very talented, but I don't see him ever being trusted the way that Booker can be trusted to be the go to scorer in crunch time.
FrioAg 00
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I feel 80% confident KD will be on our team next year. Just a matter of how much we have to give up for him.

The price was too high mid-year this year, but as he gets older and his contract gets shorter, the price will come down
MaxPower
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That's fine but what about defensively? Booker has had one season where he had more DWS than Jalen's last two seasons and he was much worse this year. VORP was overall similar ahead of 22 seasons, just for different reasons (Booker better offensively, Jalen better on defense).

Agreed about the playoffs but we don't really know what Jalen is in the playoffs.
Guitarsoup
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MaxPower said:

That's fine but what about defensively? Booker has had one season where he had more DWS than Jalen's last two seasons and he was much worse this year. VORP was overall similar ahead of 22 seasons, just for different reasons (Booker better offensively, Jalen better on defense).

Agreed about the playoffs but we don't really know what Jalen is in the playoffs.
Both are bad defenders and DWS is a bad stat.

https://cleaningtheglass.com/stats/player/4865/onoff#tab-team_efficiency

Booker would look a lot better defensively if he was sharing the court with FVV, Amen, Brooks, Tari, etc. But that isn't you want him. Teams don't win the championship without that go to #1 scorer that you can put the ball in their hands when it matters.
Guitarsoup
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The Original Houston 1836
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Durant will be 37 by the time next season starts. Since his 2019-2020 injury year, he's averaged 46 games a year And I'm pretty sure he doesn't play defense.
Barring the Rockets lose this series 0-4 and the score of every game is 100-0, I see no way in hell they would trade for Durant.
Guitarsoup
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Yeah, I wouldn't do it. I am really unsure what team would do it. No one is really going to want to give up what Phoenix needs. The teams that would make the most sense are teams like GSW that need to make that one last run.... but GSW traded away those assets to get Jimmy. If GSW traded Moses, Buddy, and Draymond, they could get there salary wise.. but they would have Steph, Jimmy, Durant, and Podz with a bunch of GLeaguers.

The 76ers could give up Podcast P and some picks. Clippers could maybe work out Norm and the rest of their depth, but they don't have picks.

He's a weird player to want to trade for at this point. Suns screwed themselves by going all in for him.
Guitarsoup
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Hard to not love Aquaman
Faustus
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"Some mates do that though"
Iowaggie
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Guitarsoup said:




Hard to not love Aquaman

Even harder to not hate Draymond.
Guitarsoup
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superaggie73
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Watching the Minnesota-LA game right now and this is why the NBA is failing. The refs have completely taken over this game. Minnesota destroying the Lakers until the refs take over. Silver can't let the Lakers lose.
Aggie09Derek
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Yet they lost by 22
Guitarsoup
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Lakers weren't called for a single foul until 4 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.
Ags #1
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Rockets +1.5 need amen to shut down curry
Faustus
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Praying he gets the Easter boost to his game.
superaggie73
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That's not a flagrant foul on Tatum's layup attempt. That's a normal foul, but they are gonna screw over Orlando because Tatum hurt his wrist. NBA is so soft these days.
Aggie09Derek
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Who else will be in Toyota tonight?
FrioAg 00
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Wouldn't miss it - about to head that way
CFTXAG10
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Curry tryna bait Brooks
PoppaB05
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Great Start!
The Original Houston 1836
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Didnt realize how much I missed Rockets playoff basketball until Sengun threw that dunk down.

Absolutely love seeing Thompson on Curry. Disrupting a guy like that is a 48-minute effort
94chem
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Any reason I can't get the game? Max, which I have through Prime video, is saying "unavailable with your current plan."
94chem,
That, sir, was the greatest post in the history of TexAgs. I salute you. -- Dough
k20dub
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Good energy to start
CFTXAG10
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We just look a lot more athletic and much hungrier
The D
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Love the Mike jones beat as they cut to commercial
Guitarsoup
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Sorry to interrupt this playoff talk but I listened to KOC's podcast today while working on the yard and he and Tom Haberstroh voted for Amen Thompson to be DPOY. Fred Katz also did.
Guitarsoup
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Back to playoffs.

WES2006AG
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Feels like there are less W's fans here than normal for the playoffs. Of course I am sitting right next to one though.
JohnnyTexAg1995
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Off of draymond but definitely too close to overturn
Woods Ag
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Didn't look like draymond touched it on the replay.
JohnnyTexAg1995
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Why does draymond ever shoot 3s…
Aggie8587
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Amen having a really rough night

Now 0-4 at the FT line, multiple turnovers and point blank misses
 
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