Seems like we miss that spark off the bench. We have practically the same team as last year but the bench has sucked since Paul has been out and Gordon is starting. We really need a legit scorer off the bench. I know it sounds dumb but it's a formula that worked last year. Mbah Boute can start and we can bring Gordon off the bench.
I don't think its dumb. I've preferred since it was clear Gordon was such a sparkplug off the bench. I think it backfired of MDA in the playoffs last year also, when he moved Gordon into the starter role against the Spurs because Nene went down (which makes no sense really).
Mbah Boute. It's not as if we had a prolific scorer next to Harden last year. We had the same issue last season as well when Bev was out. We need the scoring off the bench.
Call me crazy but i'd start Troy Williams for few games against lottery teams like Philly, Knicks, Charlotte, give him a chance and see what he can do, how he fits with the main guys etc instead how running to the ground injury prone players like Gordon playing them 35/40 minutes per game after the first two weeks of the season...
I disagree. We need his offense of the bench. Harden can get us the early offense we need. The bench is just not giving us the offensive energy we need and it's making it really difficult to get back into games.
he was actually having a very good floor game tonite. no idea why we sat him and ran ariza the rest of the game. ariza was complete trash on both ends of the floor
Definitely agree. Mike can be really stubborn with his rotations at times. It's not as if Ariza was having a monster game defensively. Mbah could of been just as effective.
It's not dumb at all. When someone is injured on the Spurs, Pop inserts some obscure bench guy so his rotations aren't screwed up. MDA has the same 8 players.. He has a real problem. Why did the Rockets sign Troy at all?
ya i posted elsewhere here that ariza still looks hurt. or at least out of shape. simmons was killing him off the dribble all night long. but again, mike being stubborn and playing a tight rotation is something we can all see from 100 miles away. it's something we basically can't change. what we could have easily changed till now though was simply signing a 4th guard. i still cannot believe we've now played 7 nba games with only 2 nba guards on our roster. that is just mindboggling.
Why though? He still runs with the second unit. It is also where he gets most of his points. What are glaring let downs are the way we start halfs. We severely miss iCP3 running that 2nd unit. Once he comes back, we'll be back to blowing away the other teams' bench guys.
fwiw: Gordon is both starter and spark plug off the bench This is what happened tonight, and I believe it is same with the Charlotte game. He missed MEM game: Gordon is playing the 1st 6 mins Harden plays entire 1st Q Harden sits to start 2nd Q Gordon starts the 2nd Q Rinse and repeat for 3rd and 4th Gordon plays first 6 mins of 3rd Harden plays entire 3rd Harden sits to start the 4th Gordon starts the 4th
