The Houston Rockets Thread

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Rockets to sign Sergio Llull next season?

http://www.thedreamshake.com/2015/3/26/8296535/rockets-to-offer-sergio-llull-17-million-deal-according-to-report

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Rockets to sign Sergio Llull next season?
http://www.thedreamshake.com/2015/3/...ding-to-report

What's his motivation though? He's a bigger star in Europe than he'd probably be in the NBA, and every Spanish shooting guard who has come over has gone right back over the past decade or so. Navarro, Rudy, etc. It makes me wonder if Abrines will even come over. Maybe they're seeing what guys like Mirotic and Nurkic are doing and thinking they want a chance at that? I'll be shocked if he comes over but I hope he does because he is a great player.

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What's his motivation though? He's a bigger star in Europe than he'd probably be in the NBA, and every Spanish shooting guard who has come over has gone right back over the past decade or so. Navarro, Rudy, etc. It makes me wonder if Abrines will even come over. Maybe they're seeing what guys like Mirotic and Nurkic are doing and thinking they want a chance at that? I'll be shocked if he comes over but I hope he does because he is a great player.

I agree. Llull needs no proving in the NBA unless he really wants to play. Seems like Houston wants a Beverley upgrade.

Speaking of which, Beverley will miss some games and Jason Terry / Pablo Prigioni will fill up the void.

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I agree. Llull needs no proving in the NBA unless he really wants to play. Seems like Houston wants a Beverley upgrade.

Speaking of which, Beverley will miss some games and Jason Terry / Pablo Prigioni will fill up the void.

Yeah that's what I figured but I wonder if he can play the point.

I saw that. How long is he out for? I saw it could be the whole season. Hard to see Houston even winning a series with no legitimate starting point guard.

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Yeah that's what I figured but I wonder if he can play the point.

I saw that. How long is he out for? I saw it could be the whole season. Hard to see Houston even winning a series with no legitimate starting point guard.

According to the news, 7-10 days but according to Houston's physician, 2 weeks atleast for proper healing.

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As much as NBA pace fits him, he is more of a 6'3 SG than a PG really, a tweener one way or another. He might be okay in some of the teams, even if he's done if/when posted up by some taller SG / standard SF's in the league, but I wouldn't really bet on Houston here, a running, fast paced team would suit him much more than the Rockets imho.
If anyone needs a Spanish PG and an upgrade on Beverly that's no other than Sergio Rodriguez, I'd pick him over Rubio in an second, if he wanted to go back to NBA, he didn't get much oppurtunity with.... I believe Blazers iirc.

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As much as NBA pace fits him, he is more of a 6'3 SG than a PG really, a tweener one way or another. He might be okay in some of the teams, even if he's done if/when posted up by some taller SG / standard SF's in the league, but I wouldn't really bet on Houston here, a running, fast paced team would suit him much more than the Rockets imho.
If anyone needs a Spanish PG and an upgrade on Beverly that's no other than Sergio Rodriguez, I'd pick him over Rubio in an second, if he wanted to go back to NBA, he didn't get much oppurtunity with.... I believe Blazers iirc.

Same with the Kings. We had Rodriguez back in 2009-2010 as a backup to Udrih. Paul Westphal greatly deferred to Evans and Martin taking shots alternately. Udrih can run a team but Westphal had orders to give Tyreke possessions as much as possible.

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Everyone hates these alternate jerseys from the Rockets.





The black jersey set is not so bad but felt wanting. The straight V-Cut towards the sternum is unflattering. While the white and the red ones are just uninspired. They went minimalist but the type font of Clutch City is straight out ugly in terms of hard selling the embed cast. Could have used a more accent.

Dwight Howard's shirt size is left little to the imagination and it looks like he has flabbing of excess fat. Too tight and too fit is bad.

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Everyone hates these alternate jerseys from the Rockets.





The black jersey set is not so bad but felt wanting. The straight V-Cut towards the sternum is unflattering. While the white and the red ones are just uninspired. They went minimalist but the type font of Clutch City is straight out ugly in terms of hard selling the embed cast. Could have used a more accent.

Dwight Howard's shirt size is left little to the imagination and it looks like he has flabbing of excess fat. Too tight and too fit is bad.

The No sleeve jerseys are getting old. The Short sleeve jerseys look so much better. The Short sleeve is the future.

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Perhaps you are right. Say, do you know if Euroleague teams will also wear short sleeved jerseys in the future or are there short sleeved jerseys now in Euroleage teams? Thanks in advance.

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Perhaps you are right. Say, do you know if Euroleague teams will also wear short sleeved jerseys in the future or are there short sleeved jerseys now in Euroleage teams? Thanks in advance.

No.There isn't a single team that might have a short sleeved jersey in the Euroleague this year And I don't think we will see it in the near future.Europe likes to stay old fashioned . I like how NBA teams try everything. This might be a money difference that NBA and European teams have but every year NBA clothing and jerseys look amazing. I am actually on the NBA store website right now checking out some stuff.

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No.There isn't a single team that might have a short sleeved jersey in the Euroleague this year And I don't think we will see it in the near future.Europe likes to stay old fashioned . I like how NBA teams try everything. This might be a money difference that NBA and European teams have but every year NBA clothing and jerseys look amazing. I am actually on the NBA store website right now checking out some stuff.

Thanks for the info!

NBA teams will also be featuring sponsor patches in the jerseys someday. I also like the way on how Euroleague is marketing itself internationally. This year, PAOK invested two games in China vs local clubs and the Maccabi and Milan game went better in the 4th. A lot of potential for Europe to be a global brand just like the NBA.

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Thanks for the info!

NBA teams will also be featuring sponsor patches in the jerseys someday. I also like the way on how Euroleague is marketing itself internationally. This year, PAOK invested two games in China vs local clubs and the Maccabi and Milan game went better in the 4th. A lot of potential for Europe to be a global brand just like the NBA.

Yes we are right behind you I believe Euroleague is slowly closing that huge gap against NBA. But still far to go. Again these jerseys rock.
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Yes we are right behind you I believe Euroleague is slowly closing that huge gap against NBA. But still far to go. Again these jerseys rock.
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I like the short sleeve jerseys of the LA Clippers and Phoenix.

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Tremendous energy shown by KJ McDaniels tonight and it seems the Rockets will give him more freedom in the season. All they need him to do is let him loose and he'll produce hustle numbers. Also, Clint Capela has shown great hustle.