zay_from_the_future
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zay_from_the_future
@ze_futur
I talk sports, motivation and good words!
Houston, TX Katılım Şubat 2016
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@MadManLeaks @fyrebear Yea there are lots of emo fans.
Reed should have been playing 35 minutes in the PG spot all season. Not just in the playoffs.
Also further back the stone should have picked up a legit PG knowing FVV was hurt. But you can’t depend on Stone for any logic.
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Rockets fans have been yelling for Reed Sheppard to play more all season. Then KD goes down and Reed is forced to play and now I have never seen folks been so low on Reed lol yall just think about that
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Biden sucked, but here comes Trump trying to get gas more expensive than Bidens admin.
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This is why I feel Rafael Stone is not a good GM. #rockets
zay_from_the_future@ze_futur
I appreciate the response. I would argue these in response to your answers… 1. It’s not hard to draft when you are in the top 5. Mock drafts everywhere and it’s kinda known who is going where within the top 5. I like Green and Jabari and I give him points on Sengun because that was a trade up, but anyone in the top 5 can’t really screw up too bad (happens but rare) 2. I’m not real sure on this angle. We do have a couple good contracts, but also some terrible ones. Capela, DFS major Ls. Added JD Davison when possibly could have had CP3. 3. He micromanages coach by adding/subtracting talent on the roster. That has been a major fail particularly this season by not getting a PG which was a massive gap on the roster…then yesterday doubled down on not adding a PG. 4. 6 year turnaround isn’t necessarily fast. They tanked for 3 years and when you get top 5 picks over and over it’s hard not to eventually turn that around.
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I appreciate the response. I would argue these in response to your answers…
1. It’s not hard to draft when you are in the top 5. Mock drafts everywhere and it’s kinda known who is going where within the top 5. I like Green and Jabari and I give him points on Sengun because that was a trade up, but anyone in the top 5 can’t really screw up too bad (happens but rare)
2. I’m not real sure on this angle. We do have a couple good contracts, but also some terrible ones. Capela, DFS major Ls. Added JD Davison when possibly could have had CP3.
3. He micromanages coach by adding/subtracting talent on the roster. That has been a major fail particularly this season by not getting a PG which was a massive gap on the roster…then yesterday doubled down on not adding a PG.
4. 6 year turnaround isn’t necessarily fast. They tanked for 3 years and when you get top 5 picks over and over it’s hard not to eventually turn that around.
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1). He’s drafted very well (outside of Sheppard)
2). He got everyone to sign below market deals to invest back in the program.
3). He hired a strong personality as coach and doesn’t try to micromanage him very often.
4). Turned this team around fast and the last step he hasn’t taken is the hardest one
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I think Rafael Stone is a very good GM but this answer is disingenuous. Dennis Schroeder checks every box he mentioned in what he wants in a PG. and he was available at a VERY reasonable price. And what makes it worse is that Reed Shepherd, who inherited Van Vleet’s minutes, is the OPPOSITE of the kind of PG he claims to value x.com/mshap2/status/…
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@APH00PS Fix is great, but I don’t see how he is worth green and Royce.
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@HEBenjoyer @AdamSpolane Hilarious 😂
But no…he needs to lose some weight and move his feet. Right now he is moo-ving slow.
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@AdamSpolane They should dial it back to 20 mins a game off the bench next year
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Sengun was averaging 36 mpg early in the season, by far the most of his career, and the Rockets smartly dialed that back a bit when it was clear the minutes plus the added offensive responsibilities were taking a toll
Paulo Alves@PauloAlvesNBA
Here's a very interesting answer from Ime Udoka regarding Alperen Sengun and Eurobasket, how he hit the ground running early in the season but, like Manu and Tony Parker in SAS, it felt like he hit a wall physically mid-season. Please listen.
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I think Stone has to go.
It’s just unbelievable that he can sit there and act like we don’t need a PG.
Ok, we tried that this year…it was a mess, even with KD…remember the double team fiasco?
Fred coming back will help and Reed should improve, but what if one of them go down? It’s crucial that we have a solid backup PG and Center. The other positions are more fluid.
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It’s time to hold Rafael Stone to the fire thedreamshake.com/rockets-analys…
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Rockets GM Rafael Stone on season: "Disappointing. We expected to win more games in the regular season than we did. We expected to win more games in the playoffs than we did. I understand that we took a lot of injuries, but the expectation for winning is with the players we have"
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@PauloAlvesNBA I can’t imagine a worse response than this.
So if Fred gets hurt then we repeat what we saw this year? Got it. Stone is as dumb as a rock.
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Here is Rafael Stone's full, 3 minute answer to the "Why didnt you get a true PG question?".
It didnt boil down to the single quote everybody is throwing around, he goes pretty in depth into what went into the decision.
Listen to it, it'll serve you better than a one liner.
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@TheRocketsWire That’s how the fans feel about Stone and Ime
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Rafael Stone, asked to sum up the 2025-26 #Rockets season:
“Frustrating and disappointing.”
Says they should have won more games, both in the regular season and playoffs.
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Not that I expected anything insightful from this presser, but I don’t know what “adding a PG for PG’s sake” means. More often that not, the Rockets couldn’t even get into sets.
Not to mention, FVV last year largely wasn’t a “threat after the initial pass.”
Whatever.
Varun Shankar@ByVarunShankar
Stone said doesn't feel adding a PG for PG's sake is helpful. Doesn't want someone who just gets you into sets / isn't a threat after the initial pass / can't defend or shoot.
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@clutchfans And what reserves will be in place in the event of injuries, or do we just go with “not our year” again?
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Ime Udoka on if the offense will be different next year -- he says he expects to play differently offensively next year just based on the personnel that was missing (Fred, Adams, KD at the end).
He says he does not see any changes to the coaching staff.
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@ChancellorTV Basically nothing changed or will change. Just a waste of time.
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The Rockets plan to bring back its entire coaching staff.
Ime Udoka: "I don’t expect any changes."
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“For us it’s almost a little bit laughable,” said Rockets HC Ime Udoka about the articles talking about the chemistry in the locker room. GM Rafael Stone chimed in at the end:
“The people who were around the team wasn’t the ones writing it.” #Rockets #Sarge @TheRocketsWire
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@BradeauxNBA They HAVE to move Eason. He is the most valuable trade piece we have.
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Realistic moveable salary for the Rockets this offseason:
DFS: 13.3M
Adams: 13M
Capela: 7M
Davison: 2.6M
If they don’t like Adams coming off injury that’s 35.9M to improve their shooting.
If they have their non-taxpayer MLE, Robert Williams (UFA) is a great option.
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@SportsTalk790 @HoustonRockets He truly looks lost. Is he ok?
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Rockets GM Rafael Stone on the approach this offseason, says getting healthy will be key, but also wants to see his young core get much better next season. @HoustonRockets #AllFire
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