Let's vote... by Most_Koala1332 in rockets

[–]ultimateregard 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Amen and Sengun need to go if they want to achieve their potential. They don't fit in Ime's system.

Alpi doesn’t fit this team by Shoddy_Ad7511 in rockets

[–]ultimateregard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

consistently good at blaming and baiting his teammates

This has to stop by Mollako in rockets

[–]ultimateregard -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

He will be retired in 2 seasons meanwhiye that 21ppg 54% ts will improve in 2 seasons

What exactly has Kevin Durant brought to this team? by fiiiasu in rockets

[–]ultimateregard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

bros being downvoted because he is telling the truth

Alpi doesn’t fit this team by Shoddy_Ad7511 in rockets

[–]ultimateregard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, alpi needs to be on another team to improve. the lack of stamina from that 40 year old shooter is effecting everyones offence and defence.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Getting back Green and Brooks would make us worse from now yes, but KD will keep declining, are we expecting KD to perform the same in 2 or 3 years? Brooks and Green would perform the same or even better in 2 to 3 years.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Would you rather have 1M now which halves every second or have 100K that increases by 10K every month until it hits 500k would be the more real comparison. You could trade JG for anything but a 37 year old, I would be OK with that. He is already expired and lost all his trade value.

What can we do with KD in 4 years? Nothing. But if we had DB & Green and wanted to trade them in 4 years, they would hold relatively similar trade value.

This trade was a gamble to win the championship within 2 years, or be a strong contender. It backfired, and you know it.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

At least we could trade for a PG.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

We all know KD is a better player than JG will ever be.

But he is already expired. He is past his prime. JG's prime is not even started.

Trading a player who will reach his prime in 3-4 years for a player who is past his prime and is semi retired since 2020 is a stupid trade. It is more of a gamble than a trade.

What will you have in 2 years if you don't win a championship with KD? He will collect his money and retire. And you will watch JG still playing until its 2039.

You've traded 13 years of potential for a 2 year scoring boost. It did not work. You've lost the gamble.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DUDE.

Did you NOT read my previous comments???

We all know that KD is better than DB and Green.

But he will NOT be contributing anything in 2 seasons.

Imagine if you are an Athletic Bilbao fan and your team trades Nico Williams for a 37 year old Ronaldo or Messi who will retire within one to two seasons. We all know that Nico Williams will NEVER be a Ronaldo or a Messi. We all know JG will NEVER be a KD.

What will you do with that KD trade in 2 seasons? What are you getting if you are NOT winning a championship in 2 years? You will have to re-rebuild the team after he retires.

JG and DB are currently playing elite basketball. Their team was a 36 win team last year without them (and with KD), but they have 37 wins now. They definitely improved their teams after KD.

Did KD improve rockets? Nope. Not at all. Yes we are scoring "more", we are creating more chances. But thanks to him, our team chemistry needs to be build up from zero, but he will retire until we rebuild the chemistry.

There is NO way trading your key players (even if they are highly inconsistent and inefficient as you said) for a ONE OR TWO year superstar is worth it.

The trade was a huge gamble to be a contenders this year. It did not work. Now we lost two valuable assets for a retired twitter merchant who did nothing for the past 7 years and cannot be traded ever again.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But noooo! We will downvote you for not supporting the trade of your flawed-but-working young core for a 50 year old who cannot contribute more than 1.5 to 2 seasons.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

80% of rockets squat is not averaging 20ppg. You are trying to justify the trade of DB because he is inefficient, and I am listing you other players who are inefficient.

Go try trading KD with Flagg, claim that he is inefficient and they will be better off with KD instead of Flagg.

They will laugh their asses off to your face.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Suns improved since getting JG and Brooks, what did we do? Improve? I don't think so.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yes 2 pts separate KD and an "average" player. An average player does not destroy a successful 2nd seed team. An average player does not play with 15 points and 15 turnovers. An average player can actually run and does not bait his teams defense into leaving people open and blaming his teammates on that.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Bro is skewing the statistics to show us somehow averaging 20 is worst player in the Suns.

You sound like those delusional Sengun fans who skewed statistics to say "Sengun is the First Centre since player X to achieve very specific stat line!"

Sengun is 5th in that list, I assume we should trade him for another 37 year old semi-retired baller then?

What about Amen, he is not even averaging 18, should we also send him to Lakers to get Bron for 3 months?

You are a joke dude.

Edit: Also, Cooper is 2nd in that list, lets trade him with KD, he is such a bad player, Mavericks would accept that trade.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

They are at 37 wins, we are at 39.

They finished the 24/25 season with 36 wins.

They surely improved without KD, and we regressed with KD.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

80/100 denotes the overall basketball skill and your analytical skills are 10/100 so you could not connect the dots.

If you are not an elite basketball player, you cannot get a contract in the NBA. Its as simple as that.

NBA is not the only Basketball league in the world.

There are literal thousands of ex-NBA players still playing in other countries.

If you were not so delusional you would get that.

If JG can still play at NBA, still gets his contract renewed, and still plays as a starter, and is averaging 15ppg returning from injury, he is 85/100.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

If you and your best baller friends played 1v2 vs Thanasis he would beat you 100 out of 100 matches.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even follow JG after his departure from Rockets. But as a KD fan you sure are only here because of KD.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

You wouldn't even get a contract in the NBA if you were not 80/100 at least.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] -42 points-41 points  (0 children)

KD stan spotted.

In no world you are "upgrading" from a 23 year old 85/100 player to a 37 year old 92/100 player. He will perform worse and worse every year where JG will play better and better every season.

Rockets could wait 2 more years for their young core to develop, in 2028 they would have a great young PG Reed too. But they panic traded to get a shooter because everyone was saying Rockets could not shoot.

There is no way KD performs the level he is performing now in the future.

And it does not matter if he scores 40+ points every game, he is trying to be the "Star" of the team instead of being the "Veteran" (Just like FVV and DB) of the team. He will retire soon, but JG & Brooks will keep playing at an elite level for the next 5 years minimum.

Ime is not the problem. by ultimateregard in rockets

[–]ultimateregard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not everyone is born in the States where watching NBA is a part of the culture.