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[2018-2019] The Media Narratives Thread

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Sajan, Jul 23, 2018.

  1. shtinkee

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    Media has me convinced. We need to blow this thing up, trade everybody for picks, and shoot for the number 1 draft pick. That's clearly our only chance to be relevant in the next ten years.
     
  2. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Rockets got better....

    In NBA 2K19 Carmelo is rated at 79 and Ariza is rated at 78.

    *shrug*
     
  3. The_Yoyo

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    They also lost this guy named Boogie
     
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    What about LMM and Ennis?
     
  5. Deuce

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    LMM was rated at 76 last year. Ennis at 74. So there you go, the big downgrade! :p
     
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    I hope our soft ass local media has the balls to call out all these national clowns when the Rockets wreck the league again this season.
     
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  7. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    I will be looking forward to Morey's "passive aggressive" tweets.
     
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    Working on coding the script right now
     
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    True, but I thought they were better without him.
     
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    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    RIP victim #1

    “Rockets will not be able to trade Anderson without attaching multiple first rounders”
     
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    FALLERS
    [​IMG]Houston Rockets

    • 2017-18 record: 65-17
    • 2018-19 projection: 53.3 wins (-11.7)
    Outlook: The Houston Rockets had a league-best 65-17 record in the regular season, and pushed the eventual NBA champion Warriors to a seven-game series in the West Finals. But 2018-19 may not be the same story. After losing 3-and-D star Trevor Ariza, SportsLine's projections have the Rockets slumping to a 53-win regular season for 2018-19.
     
  14. Invisible Fan

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    ^We just lost 3pt sharpshooting specialist Ryan Anderson for a gimp pg who hasn't played a year.

    That's 3-- and D- for the folks whos counting.
     
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    had the fakers made the same trade dumping luol deng:

    "Lebron will get Chriss on the right track to realize his vast potential and Knight looks to have a great bounceback year in Walton's system. Magic gets a solid A- for this brash & pioneering transaction"
     
  16. Deuce

    Deuce Context & Nuance

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    Speaking of Luol Deng.....they were NOT able to trade him. They instead decided a waive/buyout/stretch for him.

     
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    Didn't the media give us a B+ for the trade and the Suns a C- ?
     
  18. Deuce

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    That was ESPN's Kevin Pelton with that grade in his ESPN+ article.
     
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    Haven't seen many people talk about Feigen's appearance on this podcast. I thought he was really good and you could tell he was trying to push James Ennis a lot. Something the National Media basically is ignoring. You could tell Mannix was skeptical on Melo but Feigen did a good job pushing.

     
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    Here are the UPDATE Vegas O/Us. The Rockets started out at 54.4 and are now UP to 56. The initial line was ridiculously low so no surprise there was a rush to bet the over to then raise the line.

     

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