ClutchFans Game Thread: Warriors @ Rockets 3/5/2026

I don't know, I think as a sports fan it's not even fun if you just root for whoever is the best team, not sure how that is fun. To me, the joy of winning only comes when you've watched a team go through it all to make it to the top of the mountain. It's not fun to me to just hop on to bandwagon of a team that's already there. Anyone can do that. I too can just become an OKC fan but what's the point? I would find no joy in seeing them win.

I'm not asking about your joining date or your hobbies, I was just asking if you'd root for OKC over the Rockets in a playoff series, its clear you would, I don't need to ask myself that question. I'd root for the Rockets vs any other team in the NBA in a playoff series 100 out of 100x. The whole thing about being a sports fan is that no matter what happens to the team, owner changes, scandals, losing, the team is the team, and you might move to one city or another country but you're still a fan. Only time I'd root against the Rockets is for a draft pick and that's not technically rooting against them, that's more rooting for them long term.

Any ways I was curious I wondered if your posts were frustration of a fan or rather just being against a team opposing your favorite team, the Thunder...also, no, Reed is not too small to be a star player or too small for any lineup, he's the reason any lineup even works actually. Our coach just over values defense far too much.

 

Ime is an idiot and can't get out of my city fast enough with this D2 level coaching.

I also cannot wait until and soft Alphie and Trash bag Jabri are off of my team.

 

I don't see myself as a fan but that question was purely private....I see myself growing older and I have a picture in my mind that I do not want to become. (another guy that is closeted media guy who studied it and who never kickstarted his media career for various reasons and trying out other things etc.)

Trump.....I am not going to become a hateful, old guy that is fixated on one thing alone..... I am going to be a modern old guy who is watching everything and enjoying other teams......that is what I am gonna do.

To the hell with the narrowmindedness and rooting for just Rockets first, American first, that is not what I stand for, I want to stand for Diversity.

In my case I am European, but u can call it No to European first.

 

Well man I don't think it's that deep.

I can watch and appreciate OKC playing and other teams, being a fan just means I hope for the Rockets to be on top. If SGA got hurt I'd be like...man that sucks...any ways, what we doing about Ime? What we doing with Alpi? What we doing with Reed? At the end of the day, I root for the Rockets first. That's all it means...but yeah it makes sense that you are a European and thus might not have ties to the team and will float around. I just personally don't see the fun in it. I can't get into a sport if I don't have a favorite team and if its not a team based sport then I root for players I like. Fans can still watch and appreciate other teams.

I do think there is a connection to a team that loyal fans get that non-loyal fans miss out on. So that's why I completely understand the anger and frustration that comes from other Rocket fans when they see the team losing...but that turns into pure joy when your team does win. I don't think neutral fans get that, well I know neutral fans don't get that because when I watch sports where I don't have a team and the team I'm rooting for loses? It's just meh, whatever, moving on...but the Rockets losing always stings.

Any ways I guess that's why I was curious because all I said was I think the west is more wide open than people think and you reminded me of other OKC fans that get angry the moment you don't think their team is the dynasty of all dynasties, but you being European it does make sense that you might be more of a neutral fan and just float to players/teams you enjoy at the moment. I didn't mean it as an insult.

Also, most dudes on OKC seem like okay and good dudes, they just not on the Rockets, so I don't particularly root for them...but F Lu Dort, I think he intentionally tries to hurt players, same as Draymond, so F that dude. SGA is a bit of a foul baiter but I watched Harden for years so whatever.

 

i dont think the players trust each other like they did last year (I blame KD and his burners). they don't fight for one another, I think that is the reason the defense is so bad. there is a lot of "I thought you had it" instead of "I got you's"

last year i feel like the defense was so good because everyone was covering for everyone else as a unit.

That blow up with Tari and Ime comes to mind when Tari is yelling at Ime saying "that's not my man."

 

Nope, it is only as deep as peeps want to go, they built teams to last and to be more than just about Wins and Losses.

They built chemistry to last the current CBA about 5-8 years.

And while a matchup of Rockets vs Thunder might be everything to the normal fans, it is just not enough for me, I want to look behind the scenes, I find myself wanting more, that is also what drives people like Presti, the infinite search for a life goal.

We have something in common, he is just endless times better at it.

 

I think there's something to say for our GM publicly saying "this is not our year" leading to frustration and indifference. Then again, having such an incompetent coach, a star who whines and is prioritized even though he cannot create on top of having a fake tough burner b**** who cannot be a star anymore and you have a recipe for loss. And still, these guys are highly paid so effort should never be an issue.

 

It's a game to game reaction essentially. Yeah, we aren't the best team, but we aren't garbage either. It's a long season, going to win some going to lose some. It's been a little more frustrating this year since we are in too many close games that we should of won, but at the end of the day we are being competitive. I think a lot of the fans here are probably limited to a few hobbies so every loss feels like an insanely big deal and they need to vent endlessly about it. It sucks losing, but we have the next game to look forward to for now.

 

These dudes stopped helping each other way before the burner incident.

The Pelicans loss on December 19 was where it all started spiralling out of control. At that point we were cruising along and had a respectable .667 winning percentage at 16-8. Room for improvement if you want to be considered elite but still pretty good.

Since then we've had a winning percentage of .584 over 37 games so we have a bigger sample size of being close to mediocre than we have had of being good. Yes we have had injuries but the eye test shows we are the worst team in the NBA down the stretch of close games because we just slow things down and expect Durant to do things he just doesn't have the skillset to do.

So many people told me after the trade that Durant was toxic and we would regret it and sadly I think they're right. And Durant is only going to decline from here. Our rebuild got cooked before it was even complete.

GODDAMMIT SILAS IME/STONE

 

the only reason Durant is in houston because San Antonio said no to his geriatric ass. I wish phoenix should have still traded his ass to Golden State anyway even though he said no to warriors.

 

2024-25 Rockets:
Sometimes You. Sometimes Me. Always Us
2025-26 Rockets:
Kevin has to have the last shot!

 

Last yr we actually had rim protection. Ain't anyone's fault that Sengun ate too many cheeseburgers and is fat therefore slow

 

Last years team was much more likable and way more fun to watch. Durant is a great player, but Stone has ****ed this team up. The chemistry is gone and the pieces don't fit together. It's a shame.

 

Durant has given us exactly what I expected from him, good and bad. He's not a leader and he's not a ball handling facilitator. He a stupidly good individual scorer, and he's delivered that.

What I did not expect was that all of the young players (not you Reed) would show no improvement and play with less effort and focus. These are grown men expecting massive deals, they shouldn't need on court babysitters to keep them locked in.

Ime is f**king up plenty as well not adjusting to what is actually happening instead of what he wants to happen.

 

Has anybody investigated Durant for missing free throws down the stretch to lose games?

 

Segun has lost his touch around the rim. He blows way too many layups & point blank shots. & really only has 1 move & it's that spin.

I've been over Jabari he is the weak link.

Tari looks dejected alot his chemistry with the guys seems off ever since he didn't get that extension.

Amen is simply playing out of position. Which negates all the things that made him so dynamic last year.

Reed & his development has been the team's bright spot.

KD as much as I admire the guys basketball skills his charactee track record is being proven right before our eyes.

DFS = garbage

Capela my guy he has produced when given proper minutes.

We should be seeing Holiday a whole lot more & not just with the bench brigade.

I agree with everyone about Udoka. I thought I was stubborn dude refuses to make adjustments. I still think had we had a real Offensive guy on the staff this would look a whole lot better. I'm not completely out on him yet tho.

Stone lol. Mr. This isn't our year. Guy needs to be in a court room not a NBA front office.

 

Another loss to a team we should have beaten. What is that, like, 8 now? More?

Since Ime is on a long term contract we can't hope that Tilman "Cut the Lemons this way to Save Money" Fertitta will eat his contract.

Why play Jabari Smith so many minutes when he just came back from (an ankle?) injury? 0-8, was he? Why rush him back? Play Okogie more minutes, play others.

And I don't know what the hell is going on with Sengun. I guess this is his way of saying, "Yes, please. Go ahead and trade me this offseason." Which will likely happen anyway because he and Ime:

"There ain't no good guy. There ain't no bad guy. There's only you and me and we just disagree. Whoo-ooo-oooo, whoa-oa-ooaaa...."

 

Yeah the next day and 100 percent sober I still think Udoka has to go. I respect what he did to turn our culture around from being a tanking team to a team that tries hard and gives effort, but now that we're supposed to actually be contenders, he's regularly getting out coached and we're regularly losing to teams we should beat and regularly dropping games late because he can't seem to make the right calls down the stretch. Maybe Udoka could lead this team to the Finals if we were in the East and had a prime KD instead of a 37-year-old version, although I somewhat doubt it. There's virtually no chance in a brutal Western conference where the other contenders have better #1 options and better coaches.