Rockets (32-14) at Celtics (16-28) Game #45 1/30/15

[fantankerous]

At the half of this Rockets game Marcus Smart is the 15th most impactful player tonight. Virtually every player that has touched the court tonight has had a bigger impact on the game than him. I wish I could say this isn't very common.

He's got to get the minutes and the touches to be impactful. They give him no role in the offense, and his minutes have been spotty.

His minutes have been spotty because he hasn't done anything with them. There are several other players tonight that have played similar minutes and look like they actually belong in the NBA. He looks like he belongs at OK St or possibly the D League

Righhhtttttt.

So you think he's just ready to go. Just ready to be a big piece but Stevens is just messing around with his minutes because.....no good reason?  Pressy is the better NBA player right now. They're giving him more minutes than he deserves already. He's not going to be on the all rookie team despite all the injuries. As of this moment he's a bust.

Only in the realm of trolls is Pressey better than Smart right now. Absolute nonsense.

Pressy doesn't suck completely when he plays and that's the difference. Smart flashes some good defensive ability here and there and that's about it, and no amount of wishful thinking or denial changes that.

This isn't what anyone signed up for with this guy, not by a long shot. He has a long ways to go.

#troll

EDIT: At least I hope you're trolling, because those comments aren't based in reality.

Troll would be "He'll never be that good at defense". 

This is just an issue of being honest with ourselves. He's having a horrid horrid rookie year.

Exactly.  The trolling accusation is simply a defense mechanism to protect their fragile delusion.

[jpotter33]

Smart's shot is a lot better than I thought it would be and his defense is spectacular.  He and Crowder have really frustrated Harden and that doesn't happen a lot.

Definitely. Both have been excellent on him, and I think they've got in his head a bit too.

[Scottie]

Smart is a gamer. I like that he is willing to take the big shot as a rookie.

yet Sully wants to be a hero for taking a much easier three a couple of plays before?

[jpotter33]

Sully just might've lost us the game right there....

[Chief]

Sully likes to be a hero.

Dumb, dumb, dumb

[soulman]

come on Sully... Why? 

[danglertx]

Smart was wide open under the basket and Sully with the three attempt.   

[jpotter33]

At the half of this Rockets game Marcus Smart is the 15th most impactful player tonight. Virtually every player that has touched the court tonight has had a bigger impact on the game than him. I wish I could say this isn't very common.

He's got to get the minutes and the touches to be impactful. They give him no role in the offense, and his minutes have been spotty.

His minutes have been spotty because he hasn't done anything with them. There are several other players tonight that have played similar minutes and look like they actually belong in the NBA. He looks like he belongs at OK St or possibly the D League

Righhhtttttt.

So you think he's just ready to go. Just ready to be a big piece but Stevens is just messing around with his minutes because.....no good reason?  Pressy is the better NBA player right now. They're giving him more minutes than he deserves already. He's not going to be on the all rookie team despite all the injuries. As of this moment he's a bust.

Only in the realm of trolls is Pressey better than Smart right now. Absolute nonsense.

Pressy doesn't suck completely when he plays and that's the difference. Smart flashes some good defensive ability here and there and that's about it, and no amount of wishful thinking or denial changes that.

This isn't what anyone signed up for with this guy, not by a long shot. He has a long ways to go.

#troll

EDIT: At least I hope you're trolling, because those comments aren't based in reality.

Troll would be "He'll never be that good at defense". 

This is just an issue of being honest with ourselves. He's having a horrid horrid rookie year.

Exactly.  The trolling accusation is simply a defense mechanism to protect their fragile delusion.

Trolling: make a deliberately offensive or provocative online posting with the aim of upsetting someone or eliciting an angry response from them

Tell me that the quote "Pressey is a better player than Smart right now" does not have a hint of trolling to it. That's obviously false.

[Redz]

Sully's silly

[jpotter33]

come on Sully... Why? 

He should be pulled. No excuse for his last three possessions.

[Chief]

Sully's silly

 

[satch]

Zeller hurt?

[pokeKingCurtis]

An hero

[jpotter33]

Stevens is making a Sully for Prince offensive swap in this game? Say whaaaaatttttt? All Sully has done is brick three straight three point attempts.

[danglertx]

Well, we got defensive stops when we needed them, just didn't knock down the shots we needed to.  That is basketball.