ClutchFans Game Thread: Pelicans @ Rockets 3/13/2026

Sengun out

 

Varun Shankar
‪@byvarunshankar.bsky.social‬
No Sengun tonight for the Rockets
6:22 PM · Mar 13, 2026


Brutal benching for the whirling dervish

 

Rockets win by 30

 

Bounce back game against another Western Conference contender LETS GO

 

Would like to see some more movement on offense, some easier buckets.

 

I wonder who Ime will start in place of Sengun. Capela? Go small with either Reed or Okogie and have Jabari at center?

EDIT: Good God, Ime! DFS starting in place of Sengun?! Like, not even Okogie is trusted anymore?!

 

lol. Udoka’s fantasy of starting all forwards

 

Someone in the front office needs to pull him aside and tell him to cut this sh-t out. This obsession he has with a supposedly all defensive lineup is killing the team. They're struggling to score at even a 1990s clip and their defense isn't very good.

 

really starting to think of stone is forcing him because they can’t afford a rich guy off the bench or udoka wants to prove something. Either way this organization is r****ded.

 

there's only like seven guys in the pregame huddle . . . wassup wit dat?

 

There's nothing holding him back.

 

I don't know what to think anymore. It's like Ime doesn't even watch the games.

 

I have wondered recently with the prioritizing of DFS over Okogie that maybe Stone was pressuring Ime to play him in order to either validate the signing or at least get his trade value high enough so they could offload him this summer.

But that doesn't justify starting him tonight. He'll still get minutes off the bench. It's insane to replace Sengun with a guy who can barely buy a basket and barely brings anything else to the table right now. It'll be a miracle if we're not down double figures halfway through the first quarter.

 

He does **** like this as a **** you to the few fans who still care.

 

I hope they continue to ****ing lose so we can rip the bandaid off and get rid of these POS DEI hire. Incompetent as ****


@Salvy

 

Or he's betting against the Rockets. Honestly I'm at the point where I'd almost accept that as an excuse because there's no other logical explanation for these lineup choices. I get that he couldn't care less about offense and that's gonna be why his coaching career will be shortlived. But he could start Clint or Josh.