ClutchFans Game Thread: Rockets @ Blazers 1/9/2026

Dunno if he’s a bust but he isn’t this great player many on this site were creaming their pants about couple months ago. He just isn’t good right now.

 

He wishes he was as good as David Andersen, Ryan clears Jabroni

 

The problem is Ime won't trade him for anything less than Giannis.

 

What did Jabari shoot? Everyone goes up and down....stop hating, start enjoying what he is bringing as a 21 year old 2nd year player.....we really need a CREATOR off the bounce - that would be able to unlock him and KD......and no...FVV is not it.

DD

 

At the end of the day, this loss costs about the same as any other, it's how the players and coaches should treat it. Learn from it, move on.

I will say and have been saying...and I'm trying not to jinx anything...but the Rockets as a team needs a week or two without KD. They played two games without him and looked perfectly fine, guys stepped up, guys got confidence.

KD is an all time great but the team defers TOO much to him. Ime says he takes KD out and the Rockets fall apart...well yeah man, they spend the whole game relying on him and now it feels like a kid that's been spoiled by daddy's money and has no idea what to do without it once its gone.

Ime wants someone else to step up, that's fair, but he has to actually put them in the position to do so and challenge them to do so.

 

Imagine being this guy who is apparently paid to write about hoops

 

Why did bari foul sidy from 3 anyways just leave him open for godsake

 

sure but when Sengun is injured he’s our num 2 scorer which is a big problem. Really frustrating to watch. Sad to say but either he or Sengun goes or both. The pieces just aren’t working. Imagine Amen starting at the 3 in OKC instead of Williams? How about in DEN or DET? You think they can win the championship with him?

 

oh wow. A non sky is falling post lol. Hey what are you doing posting here with all that wisdom oh wise one.

 

Jabari shot 39% last 10 games prior to tonight.

 

His five minute flashes really have put a spell on you brother.

Do you not see him play scared and pick up his dribble when he has nowhere to go, brick open shots and gamble excessively on D?

We need to trade him while teams still think he has value. Feel like we are stuck with Jabari already, we can't keep all these dudes with "potential" that keep shooting us out of games.

 

Yup. He had a decent game until the 4th. And then he had a “quarter to remember” lol.

 

Every team has players who are hurt, FVV hasn't played all yr, so I don’t count him. Sure, Sengun is out but Tari played most of the game.

We need to realize that this is not the same team.as last yr. It is not as deep, because Stone traded away our depth and the players we have coming off the bench are flawed;

1) Reed - inconsistent, don't play defense and is not a PG
2) DFS - Is a shell of himself
3) Adams - a defender and rebounder, no offense
4) Capela - same as Adams
5) Okogie - below avg shooter

Stone traded Cam Whitmore, the only bucket a minute player we had. He didn't play defense but every team needs a.player off the bench who can keep the scoreboard moving.

 

As predicted - Jalen being as bad as he was stopped Jabari copping more flack his way.

And just as predicted - now that Jalen is gone - Jabari is feeling the full brunt of his garbage play.

I'd hate to say my predication was right, yet again, but here we are.

Jabari ain't part of the core. Never was.

 

He’s our version of a make-a-wish kid. Reed has 1 good game every 7 games and they think he’s the second coming of Steph.

 

I believe he was 1-17 on 3s these last 2 games.......???


And even if he was having an off night, Ime did NOTHING to help the team - he could have played Jeff Green there.....just got to try other things can't just throw your hands up and go...clap clap...play more D.

DD

 

Went to the game. I am super disappointed in this team. For all the people that don’t think the offense is the problem, you are wrong. Not having a point guard is killing us. Centers still matter for protecting the rim. Point guards still matter for taking care of the ball and getting the offense in the right spots. We don’t have either right now. No rim protection, no ball handling. Plenty of weak paint defense and plenty of turnovers and bad passing. Amen jacking up 3’s? Bari Bricking everything. Tari losing control of his emotions and dribbling the air out of the ball. Reed taking shots without being set. Garbage garbage garbage play. Ime doesn’t seem to get it. Stone didn’t address our biggest needs this offseason. And it finally time to admit that Bari is not a good shooter. I hate our team right now and I’m checking out till February. Just awful.

 

Yeah, it's a fair point, I don't know what the plan is with the team. Amen is an odd fit and I think they should at the very least just commit to him being PG full time, having him off ball just makes it hard to score since no one guards him.

I think Amen is playable but it takes more than what we're doing. Like this someone dribbles and kick out offense doesn't really help Amen shine at all.

I bet if you put Amen out there on the Warriors he'd shine, even with Draymond, he'd be cutting and creating.

Just having him stand at the three point line is just a failure of offense.