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@BradeauxNBA Udoka didn't prepare any player for bench contribution for the playoffs as well. Yes, bench is almost non existent but why Holiday almost didn't play in reg. season?

Houston needs to go small ball off the bench. Clint Capela currently has a -65.8 net rating when he plays and the Rockets have been outscored by: -11 (4 minutes) -9 (5 minutes) -7 (11 minutes) In the three playoff games he’s played. He’s unplayable, Houston’s issue is almost everyone on their bench is unplayable. Aaron Holiday is currently 0/8 from the field, Tate hasn’t been good at all. I think Dorian Finney-Smith (I know, they at least locked up while he was on the court) and Okogie would be the only 2 players I give minutes to off the bench if Durant doesn’t play.

@zayonsocial So you are basically saying Booker and KD would play in the same team but with worse depth and quality? xDDD

Devin booker you are a houston rocket

@KaveenMufc I just hope they won't be quitting on their players thinking the issue is another star. It would be disaster.

@nimthelenar Completely agreed 🤝 was so excited at first but in hindsight just wasn’t the right move

My hot take is that Trae Young would’ve benefited us more than KD

@KaveenMufc KD is the biggest star in this team without a doubt who gets buckets. But was it what Rockets needed? From last 3 years it is very obvious this team needs depth and decent rotation players who can shoot. Rockets have net rating -50 without Sengun and -80 without Amen.

@nimthelenar He didn’t want harden at 2023 either 🤷‍♂️ we needed an actual offensive engine who cares about “culture” we need to sack him asap anyway

@BradeauxNBA Sengun -50, Amen -80. This indicates it is not the starter issue. Who failed here is definetly Stone and Udoka. You don't need Kobe to eliminate injured Lakers team.

Amen Thompson has played in 134 of the Rockets 149 postseason minutes so far. Houston is winning those minutes by 7. The 15 minutes he’s sat? Houston has been outscored by 27… (-79.8 net rating) He’s only sat for 10% of this series and Houston has been fried in that time.

You can't afford to play -80 net rating without Amen and -50 net rating without Sengun on the court. I don't think there is any single team in the league with stats like this. Even when Lebron is off the court without Luka and Reeves, they have +4 net rating.

Don't know why some people want almost everyone gone. This team has the worst bench contribution in the league both in regular s. and playoffs by large margin compared to playoff teams. The problem is not the starters. It's the depth and coaching.

I think Udoka could be the coach of a champion team while having 2 elite iso players like Tatum and KD while having at least 7 highly talented players on defence like any NCAA coach could be.

@Htown032 @GerardTakiwa @funakistats The starting 5 does not know what to do as well. All static, all predictable and everyone staring at each other clueless what they want to do

@nimthelenar @GerardTakiwa @funakistats Yeah the issue is we have the worst bench player in NBA playoff history

Udoka just threw his young core under the bus for the loss at the presser Sign of a man that knows he’s on the hot seat…

The solution is not another superstar. You have KD already and it did not work. Giannis + KD would not get closer to finals than this with the current team. Problem is the depth and bad coaching. You dont need 5 superstars to win a championship.

And next summer same story for Amen with this coach :)

@Htown032 @GerardTakiwa @funakistats It's his fault that they dont even know what to do at the half court after 2 seasons. You dont even need to get into specific plays and subs when you have much more serious issue.

@GerardTakiwa @funakistats So it’s his fault Tate decided to foul a 3 point shot and Jabari had a bone headed turnover??? Sick of him taking all the blame. & that Tari decided to shoot him self on a 4vs1 and miss ?

@BradeauxNBA I fear Ime might waste talents of this team with 0 improvement on offense. Literally everyone is clueless what to do. Amen drives the ball, Sengun drives the ball or everyone stands still and look each other.

“What coaches are available” is the only thing running through my head currently.

If Ime stays next year, this team is gonna go rebuild in the next 2 years and players are gonna be traded way under their value. Literally everyone is staring at each other what to do without any clue. But then the narrative is he misses that etc.

@mattiaarturim Really not. It was the same last year too but with a vet PG (Fred) things moved a bit better.

@nimthelenar I really believe we haven’t seen half of the potential this guys have because of who is coaching them

Well, it is pathetic that after a whole season this team doesn't have any offensive sets and doesn't know what to do. It is kinda surprising Amen, Sengun and Jabari could create this many without offensive plan.

@BiasedHouston He is getting the ball way too far away from the rim. I don't know why he is not getting those touches at the post like last year.

We need to do a better job of getting Alperen Şengün the ball deep post, Alperen Şengün needs to do a better job of finishing at the rim. Reed Sheppard’s defense has been bad (to be expected). Two biggest things I’m seeing right now.

Well we are playing pretty bad on both ends, the Lakers are playing pretty well on both ends, and it’s a 2 PT game.

Ime is putting out there 4 (including dfs 24% this season) non shooters with double big lineup and then people freak out here about net ratings of individual players xD

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