when did i leave clan od? like fucking 2012? i cant even remember
qq more

Wemby might be the best center in the league now. This kid just cooked Jokic and played insanely good defense.

Kid is insane on BOTH ends of the floor. Turns 21 years old tomorrow.

This post was edited by Sixers on Jan 3 2025 11:15pm

SGA is now the odds on favorite to win MVP.

Well deserved.

Without the Terror Twins (Amen Thompson and Tari Eason) the Rockets aren't the same team.
Add to that Jabari Smith Jr. breaking his hand in shoot around. Will likely miss two or three months.

Missing three important players right now. This is when we need Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green to step up and show out.
All this talk about Alperen Sengun becoming a first time all-star and Jalen Green being special. And the Celtics ate our dinner.

The good news is Amen Thompson's two-game suspension is over after the next game. He'll start for Jabari.
I'm more concerned with Tari Eason's lingering leg injury dating back to last year. He'll likely return next week.

But obviously they can't beat the Celtics (they spanked us!) right now. At full strength, Terror Twins + Jabari, it's at least competitive and interesting.

The Houston Rockets will need some luck staying healthy if they want to win a playoff series. Ending a five-year playoff drought isn't enough to get me that excited. Maybe a trade for superstar Devin Booker next off-season could light the fire that has me "All In" on the Houston Rockets again. But until then they just need to keep grinding away. Win enough games to make the playoffs. The seeding doesn't matter to me a whole lot, at this point, given their circumstances. Just try to lock down a Top 6 seed to avoid the 7 to 10 Play-In madness.

At this point I'm all in on the Devin Booker to the Houston Rockets trade fantasy next summer. Rather than using assets to acquire Jimmy Butler or De'Aaron Fox. The Houston Rockets have the assets to acquire a superstar in his prime via trade. No need to trade such assets for an aging star or just an average star player. It's better to be patient and wise when it comes to a franchise-altering trade that can help you win an NBA Title for the first time since 1995. We waited 30 damn years! What's another year of waiting?

Nothing in sports ever goes the way we expect it to. I must be patient with the Rockets a lot like I am with the Texans.
The Texans, also decimated by too many injuries, will limp into the wild-card game next Saturday. NFL Playoff time guys!

This post was edited by MADmartigan on Jan 4 2025 12:50am

Too bad the sixers have a bum at center

True

Jalen Green turns into a young Kobe Bryant every time he plays the Lakers.
18 points on 7-for-8 shooting, 3-for-4 from threes. Rockets leading, 41-22.

Need this version of Jalen Green to show up more often vs. every good team.
Well. Record wise the Lakers are a good team. LeBron just looks so old now.

LeBron James is 1-for-4 shooting and -10 when he's on the court. He's too slow defensively.

I expect the Lakers to make this a game. Maybe. The return of Amen Thompson is huge for the Rockets.
Can easily make the case Amen is the Rockets' second best player after Sengun. I still say Jalen Green is.
Amen Thompson is an elite defender. Once he finds a three-point shot the kid is going to become an all-star.

Is SGA the best player in the league?

Must be killing you he's Canadian.

Canadians are the worst aren't they