Who is in the Rockets 9 man rotation and a James Harden return?

I'd take Harden back in 2 years when

Harden Ty/KPJ
Green Mathews/Christopher
Tari KJ/Tate
Jabari
Victor Sengun/Garuba

 

I think you ideally look to have 3 man rotations at guard and forward and then 2 bigs that get plenty of minutes. I think right now I like KPJ-Green-Christopher as the main guards. Perhaps Nix or Tyty get some run but likely just a few irregular minutes or mop up duty. I think Smith and Eason are guys I see as potential fixtures at forward. Tate I think is moved at the deadline or next offseason when the Rockets add a vet free agent (Wiggins?). I do like the idea of one using the 2023 lottery pick to get a forward to bring off the bench (Jarace Walker, Cam Whitmore or GG Jackson maybe?). I just love the idea of Eason and Smith with Sengun, KPJ and Green down the road. Perfect compliments. As for the center spot, I think Sengun is locked in there at the moment. I think a backup is probably coming in the draft next year or if Garuba develops. I like Adem Bona with the Bucks' pick to groom as the guy behind Sengun. Obviously a lot of time before we know what we have with guys on the roster or whats available in upcoming drafts but thats where I am right now.

 

Can you really blame him? The guy gave houston years of his career, making the rockets relevant again. We still would have been a struggling lottery pick if it wasnt for him. We tried to get the winning combo for a championship and it didn't work.

Some of yall are acting like he pulled a KD, the man gave Houston its best years since the Tmac & yao era, arguably better.

 

He repeatedly had subpar performances in close out games, feuded with the team's most clutch player and pushed to have him traded for his inefficient ball dominant garbage friend which finished off an already declining team, then he bailed during the season instead of the offseason when value would've been higher (fortunately it worked out for us).

So.... there's that.

I dont hate the guy but I hope at this stage of his career he evolves into a more team friendly Harden again instead of an uber high usage guard with declining athleticism and negative perimeter defense.

 

KPJ/Bev
Green/Harden
Tari/Gordon
Jabari/PJ
Sengun/Capella

That would be borderline romantic

 

1) Kyrie off the market (LeBron wanted Kyrie)

2) Lakers trade for Beverley (Westbrook -Bev hate each other)

3) rumor is Lakers now possibly revisiting Westbrook (2 first Rd Picks) to Pacers
for Buddy Hield/Myles Turner

Can Rockets get Eric Gordon/Kenyon in on that deal? I know it belongs
on random trade thread....but it may alter our 9-man rotation

Trade works on trade machine (WB x Hield/MT)

 

KPj
Green
EGO
Sengun
Smith

Tate
Christopher
Bruno
Nix
Eason
KMJ
Mathews
Ty Ty
Garuda
Nwaba

are my 15.

I would like to trade, EGo and Nwaba.

Also maybe, Mathews, KMJ, Garuba, and Tate.

we have too many players that need time to develop, and you can’t play them all.

DD

 

Reality just set in...

 

Please move on from Harden. If you want a new better culture, you have to skip on him. Arriving out of shape after the summer, and partying too much won't do good to the current crop of players. Besides, a balanced offense is a lot better than Harden's hero offense.

 

Harden.
Paul.
Ariza.
PJ.
Clint.

 

Harden signs with Lakers next summer now that they will have near max cap space with PatB trade.

 

green
tari
bleksmith
senjoon

don’t even need 9 man rotation. we can win with only 4

 

Adem Bona and Alpi will fight for center position of Turkish national team in near future. So, it is not desirable to see them at the same franchise.They should work seperately for better outcomes.

 

Agree - no way Harden goes the worst team in the league just because he is feeling sentimental. If anything he would just go back home to LA if he really was a sentimental guy and wanted to play for a bad team.

 

Harden was so underappreciated.

By fans and ownership.



And IMO - Beard not returning to a rebuild. Nor should he.

Happy belated James!

 

That reflects positional roster spots but that's not really all that useful for this team because we have exactly one real PG on the roster(TyTy) and as a result functionally that's not how Silas played guys last year. For instance, even though Jaygup is a SG, he often was the backup PG last year.

I totally agree that Harden was under appreciated throughout his career and continues to be but despite that I don't see the point of Harden being a member of a team that is trying to contend well past his eventual retirement. The skills he brings would be crutches that this team needs to be able to develop for themselves if they want to be competitive for a long time. It's painful at times to watch now, but better for our long term development to have guys like Jalen and KPJ taking their lumps with as many reps as possible. You don't want Harden cutting into that because it would be at the expense of developing a future on this team.