Steven Adams Season Ending Ankle Surgery (2025-2026)

That's encouraging on the 3 point defense. In that span, Rockets are also best in league at defensive FG% 15 ft & out

Of course HOWEVER, Rockets are 4th WORST in 2 point defense in that span. Most that damage is from 10 ft & in {link} That's after being middle rank in under 10 ft D all year

So perimeter defense has been elite lately. Its once its closer to the rim, it gets really shaky.

https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/defense-dash-2pt?LastNGames=7&dir=D&sort=FG2_PCT

 

What is Jock Landale up to nowadays? Asking for friend

 

It’s an indictment of Stone and Ime being incapable of adjusting at a professional level.

This happened well before the trade deadline, and we have plenty of depth. We can’t have a game plan that only works with Fred and Adams, and just decide to sit on it after both go down.

You give Morey a team with this much talent and he is making adjustments around the edges to improve the teams position.

You give MDA this much talent and he will find an elite offense.

 

You don’t adjust! They’re irreplaceable according to Rockets mouthpieces. We lost prime Stephen Curry and prime Hakeem Olajuwon. There is no replacing those guys. It’s just not our year.

 

"not our year"

 

I told everyone we are better with Capela at C than Adams....for this reason.

Most of the offensive rating plummet is nonsense, because it focuses only on our hot start - and it wasn't ADAMS that was doing it.......the team was already dying on offense with Adams.....so those stats are nonsensical.

Also we have identical win rates with and without Adams......which is really all that matters.

DD

 

If losing your backup center moved you from 4th to 25th on offense, then ... Well, just not our year.