Memphis 7 said:

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I would trade harden for any one of the warriors top 3.

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It's comments like this that make me question just how dumb can our fanbase be.

Farmer1906 said:

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Memphis 7 said:

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I would trade harden for any one of the warriors top 3.

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It's comments like this that make me question just how dumb can our fanbase be.

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Thompson is the only one that would be a 'maybe'. But Curry or Durant would be a no-brainer.

mazag08 said:

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I wish we could trade Capela for Deandre. If we're gonna have a huge contract for a center, I want one who is not a poos.

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What evidence do you have that Deandre Jordan is a good basketball player at this point. He plays lazy defense and is not nearly as quick as he used to be. No thanks.

Capela was an f'n trainwreck in this series, but Deandre would have been completely unplayable.

s13fenton said:

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I am not a Rockets fan but watch most of their games due to living in Houston. I think the problem with the team starts at the top. Morey and Dantoni have never lead teams to anything but early playoff exits, but carry themselves as if they are the best coach/GM combo the league has ever seen. Dantoni might be the most overrated coach in the NBA, I know the Rockets are all in on analytics but their offense is literally the complexity of a 7th grade AAU team. Rarely any motion, guys standing in spots for the whole shot clock, the Warriors were leaving the 15-20 ft jumpers wide open knowing the Rockets wouldn't even think about shooting them. I didn't agree with CP3's contract at all and hindsight is always 20/20 watching Lou Williams, Beverly, and Harrell give the Warriors issues in the first round. Makes you wonder what the series would have looked like had those guys been in Houston.

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This is what annoys me about the way NBA is covered.., yeah the Clips got to 6 games with the Warriors. The Warriors manhandled the Clippers in 3 of their wins and at no point in the series did the Clippers hold control of that series.

Different conference, but same with the 'feisty' Nets. They win game 1 then get totally destroyed the balance of the series, but everyone acts like the Nets gave the Sixers a real scare.

There's a lot of subtle movement in the Rockets offense especially early in sets,.. it is all predicated on taking advantage of Harden, Gordon and to a lesser extent Paul's ability 1 on 1 in terrible mismatches. There's lot of movement that occurs to set those matchups up prior to attack. It is what most teams try to do now in offense. The Rockets offense has been outstanding for 3 seasons now and the results speak for themselves in that space.

The Rockets problem against the Warriors is the switch everything defense... it works well to put a lid on good shots... but they need their big guy to be a monster on the boards because switch everything tends to kill clear accountability on the boards. Capela didn't come through in that role which is a drag because of how well he played this season.

Money Ag said:

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And the Rockets are now in cap hell

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CFTXAG10 said:

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Thats a great observation. Especially the last part, some of those switches left our small guards to try and rebound against the bigs from the Warriors. That allowed a lot of second chance opportunities which are obviously killers against an all-time great team like Golden State.

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I don't understand why people are attacking the Rocket's scheme or set up... it has worked tremendously well on both sides of the court for like 3 seasons now. They don't have big changes to make.

The Warriors are about to likely 3 peat in a few weeks here and win their 4th in 5 seasons. They are an all time great team which takes both unbelievable talent and coaching, they are a full package team and juggernaut. They might lose Durant this offseason and guess what? They'll probably still be the best team in the West. I think it is highly likely the Rockets Warriors angle plays out again next May... and the only way any team including the Rockets finally takes them out is if every player shows up with their A game. The Rockets just didn't do that this season again.

When the Cavs beat them, it took everything they had including every player in their rotation doing their role at their best or close to it.

How was that not the same team that won 3 titles? The first one they win without Durant?

Boogie out
KD out
0 first half points from Curry
Home game
Still lost

They are flat out better than us. In just about every facet of the game.

The 3 on 1 fastbreak we botched late in the game defines this team and it's issues.

Warriors are a great team without Durant. Klay and Seth are a perfect duo. Iguodala and Green know their role in the system and do a pretty darn good job. Livingston is a good bench player. Looney is a pretty solid big man that beat the Rockets for a ton of rebounds.

....with Durant, they are nearly unstoppable.

I get being down on the team's performance last night, but the Warriors run a great system that has won multiple championships. Rockets were given every opportunity to have a game 7 (Durant out, foul trouble for multiple players, and at home), but did not get it done.

third coast.. said:

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Wtf is a mother of dragons?

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Really?