Salman Ali
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Independently covering the Houston Rockets for @RedNationHoops . Email: salman.ali1220 @gmail .com
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New
@RedNationHoops
episode w/
@DUNOTS
: Summer League takeaways
-Why Summer League left me speechless
-Reed Sheppard and Cam Whitmore appear too good for Summer League
-In-depth observations of Sheppard’s first two games
-Why Sheppard is way more than "just a shooter"
-What
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Kevin Porter Jr. airballed a three, limped as if he was hurt, then asked for a lob pass (didn't get it), didn't run back in transition, and then looked at Stephen Silas and asked out of the game.
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The Rockets consistently have the best dance cam in the entire league.
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Russell Westbrook on Rudy Gobert guarding him: "I don't have a reaction."
As for how to attack bigs like Gobert? "I put it right through his chest and put that shit in the basket. Same thing I do with everybody else. He ain't no different. He just happen to be a little taller."
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DeMarcus Cousins: "I don't feel betrayed. My interest was playing with John Wall to be perfectly honest."
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James Harden on what he was doing in Atlanta in Vegas during training camp:
"I was just training."
For what?
"The start of the NBA season."
Why in Atlanta and Vegas instead of Houston?
"My personal trainers."
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The Houston Rockets under Daryl Morey:
55-27
53-29
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43-39
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45-37
54-28
56-26
41-41
55-27
65-17
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44-28
Not one losing season in 13 years. Managed to rebuild after Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming without tanking.
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As a reminder, the Houston Rockets own Brooklyn’s:
2023 first round pick (swap rights)
2024 first round pick
2025 first round pick (swap rights)
2026 first round pick
2027 first round pick (swap rights)
The Nets were also kind enough to leave all of them unprotected.
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I feel like James Harden deciding to lead the lead in assists for a season will go forgotten in history because people don't like him.
"I want someone that's gonna pass the ball..."
Giannis, on taking Kemba Walker over James Harden 😂
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James Harden really went into Oracle Arena with Austin Rivers as his second best ball handler and beat a healthy Warriors team.
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*Reed Sheppard attempts back-to-back logo 3s*
Broadcast: “You okay with that coach?
Ime Udoka, laughing: “Yeah he got that.“
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Christian Wood on if Houston can still be competetive without James Harden: "I do. I'm going to make this team competetive, whether they like it or not. I didn't sign with Houston to lose games."
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Basketball junkies will look back at James Harden’s statistics and career winning percentage in a couple decades and be like “How did this guy not win more awards/individual honors?”
And the answer will be pretty simple: “Because people didn’t like him”.
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Jalen Green on working with John Wall: "Yeah that's like my big bro. He gives me a bunch of advice. When we're at the crib, we watch film and stuff together. We break stuff down and watch games."
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James Harden on if he enjoys watching Russell Westbrook:"Yeah, I think everybody do. The excitement he brings to the game - I don't know of another player in the league that brings that kind of intensity and is actually skilled."
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WON’T COUNT BUT JALEN GREEN, WHAT IN THE GOOD HELL IS THIS?
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Stephen Silas: "Right after the anthem started, I took a moment [to soak it all in]... It was almost a surreal feeling that I'm the head coach of the Houston Rockets."
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Glad Alperen Sengun and Jabari Smith are starting to put it together as a front court duo.
Much like Jalen Green and Sengun, their games compliment each other perfectly in theory.
No reason they can’t thrive together.
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Eric Gordon on scoring 50 points: "It really feels great, man. All the stuff I've been through over the years. All the injuries. For me to get a chance to get 50, it definitely means a lot. And I'm headed in the right direction."
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I'll never forget this all-time podium moment from Beverley talking about guarding Westbrook in the playoffs:
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Through 5 playoff games, the Houston Rockets have the best defense in the NBA.
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I’m 100% sure James Harden will warrant 1st or 2nd team All-NBA consideration next year and the Sixers will finish with a Top 3 seed.
That’s how confident I am that Harden was hurt last season, not “declining”.
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Here's James Harden, slapping his head with both hands, mouthing "I'm back".
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Jalen Green on the city of Houston: “The food is crazy. They got the best food out here. I swear. It’s where you put the weight on for sure. They got all types of different food out here. I love it.”
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James Harden and Russell Westbrook playing cards together in Chicago.
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James Harden is at risk for missing the All-Star team this year basically because people don’t like him.
Bobby Marks said on the Lowe Post that he’s going to leave him off because he saw him have a particularly bad game.
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Trying to defend James Harden just looks exhausting and demoralizing.
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Russell Westbrook: "We were supposed to come out and take care of business to be completely honest and that starts with myself... So, this one's on me. I didn't bring the amount of pressure I needed to be able to make us go. So, I'll take this one and get ready for the next one."
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A reminder that James Harden was portrayed as the villain here just a few months ago.
In a meeting with Nets owner Joe Tsai, Kevin Durant reiterated his trade request and informed Tsai that Tsai needs to choose between Durant or the pairing of general manager Sean Marks and coach Steve Nash, sources say.
Story:
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I don't think the Rockets will win the NBA championship this season.
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James Harden in this series:
34.1 PPG
6.8 RPG
5.5 APG
2.2 SPG
3.8 TOVs on 35.2% USG
59.4% True Shooting
We're not doing this again.
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James Harden on personally getting stops on Giannis: "I have nothing to prove to anybody. Nothing to say."
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James Harden on getting Russell Westbrook back: "Extraordinary....He's our leader and we all know what he does for the take of basketball and for our team."
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Elfrid Payton did everything right here and Harden still hit this. Ridiculous.
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Find yourself a friend who is willing to pollute the mind's of your opponent with false information.
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Jalen Green walking off the court after one on one with John Wall: "Hey we're going to run it back again.
John Wall back to him: "I ain't even 70% yet. You 100% I'm not."
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James Harden on Russell Westbrook: "He'll continue to get better. Think about it - this is his first time away from Oklahoma City so he's still trying to get adjusted. You know, it's not going to take 20-25 games. It may take the course of a whole year."
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Russell Westbrook wearing one of his social injustice t-shirts. The shirt honors Eric Garner, Sandra Bland, George Floyd, Tamir Rice, etc...
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There’s zero reason Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green can’t form an awesome tandem.
Their skillsets compliment each other so perfectly.
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The Houston Rockets have climbed to the 4th seed in the Western Conference.
Houston is now 8-2 in the micro-ball era.
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Chris Paul since the All-Star break:
18.7 PPG
10.0 APG
6.2 RPG
1.7 SPG
62.6% True Shooting
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Sometimes I think about how the Rockets brought James Harden, Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, Daryl Morey, and Mike D'Antoni in a free agency meeting for Kent Bazemore.
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Per Stephen Silas, Rockets starters:
John Wall
James Harden
Danuel House
PJ Tucker
Christian Wood
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Jalen Green on his first 30-point game: "Michael Jordan did it in 3? That's lit."
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The Harden-era Rockets really peaked at the worst possible time in NBA history.
With respect to the top teams, I’d probably pick that 2018 squad over the field today.
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Jalen Green
Alperen Sengun
Jabari Smith
Tari Eason
Amen Thompson
Cam Whitmore
It’s absolutely ridiculous that Houston was able to draft this much high-end young talent in just 3 years.
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Russell Westbrook: "I don't really care what nobody else thinks about my game... As long as I'm satisfied with what I do and bring to the table, I'm going to keep busting everybody's ass."
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PJ Tucker his relationship with Chris Paul: "He's not on the Rockets right now. If you're not on the Rockets, I don't care about nobody that's not on the Rockets."
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So the Warriors official Twitter account has been doing a countdown to the NBA season
They skipped yesterday, when there was 31 days left.
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Mike D'Antoni on James Harden continuing to shoot tough, contested 3s when he's struggling to make them:
"You can tell him not to do it, but we've won a lot of games [that way]. That's his game and you kind of live and die with what you got."
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James Harden told Josh Christopher that he was proud of him.
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Alperen Sengun beats Nikola Jokic off the dribble for an easy layup.
Jokic was preoccupied with defending Sengun’s jumper + passing lanes.
What a ridiculous basketball player.
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Clutch, the Houston Rockets' mascot, won the NBA's Mascot of the Year award.
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James Harden and Russell Westbrook sitting front row of the Astros game.
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.
@WindhorstESPN
on the Rockets (Hoop Collective last night):
“I think they will spend a lot in the first couple days of free agency.”
-Houston will go after Fred VanVleet
-Philly is increasingly optimistic about retaining James Harden
-Rockets will also pursue Dillon Brooks and
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"If that's what he believes, that's what he believes."
Man, you can't play dumb when you call James Harden a bad passer and then he responds with something equally ridiculous. Had to know this was coming.
"There's not back and forth. ... At the end of the day, if that's what [James Harden] believes, that's what he believes."
—Giannis Antetokounmpo on James Harden's comments about him
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Russell Westbrook on returning to Oklahoma City: "Obviously it's going to be different. That place is always going to be special to me because I grew up there. I spent a big part of my career there, met a lot of people there... "
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So if Ime Udoka is serious about putting all 5 starting spots up for grabs…
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The Houston Rockets now have James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Clint Capela, and Eric Gordon locked under contract for the next 3 years.
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PJ Tucker on Rockets waiving on Gerald Green: "It's not fun when brothers get released."
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Jalen Green says he got an apartment for himself 15 minutes away from the Toyota Center so it’s easy to get to practices and games.
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I'll never got over this:
Steve Kerr really convinced you guys that a healthy Andre Iguodala was just as valuable as a healthy Chris Paul.
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The Rockets really traded Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks and a second-round pick for 23-year old James Harden lol
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James Harden is now the league's all-time left handed scorer.
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Chris Paul and PJ Tucker about to ambush Rondo in the secret tunnel like
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One thing James Harden will never find on this app is the benefit of the doubt lol
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James Harden is the biggest star of this decade who doesn’t have anyone in media outside of Houston standing up for him.
In national media, there are Steph guys, LeBron guys, Giannis guys, Jokic guys, etc… No Harden guys.
I totally understand why he gets defensive like this.
“I knew people were going to talk and say, ‘You quit' and all that stuff, but then the following summer, the other superstar there wanted to leave. So it's like: Am I still the quitter?” 👀👀👀
- James Harden on Brooklyn
(Via
@FOXSports
)
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Austin Rivers: "I've never seen our defense be like this. Ever. It's never been like this since I've been here. Our defense has never been this good. Honestly. The way we're playing right now, I've never been apart of. Since I've been in Houston."
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Harden pushing Westbrook away from the officiating crew is the definition of friendship.
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Rockets starters for Monday in Toronto:
Kevin Porter Jr.
Jalen Green
Jae'Sean Tate
Christian Wood
Daniel Theis
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Kevin Porter Jr: "My mindset before the game was to try to break James Harden's record and drop 60."
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James Harden and Russell Westbrook:
77 points
17 assists
10 rebounds
2 steals
2 blocks
26-46 from the field
10-19 from 3-PT range
15-18 from the FT line
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Houston should send Yao Ming to the lottery on June 22nd.
A) He's the last number one overall pick the Rockets drafted
B) It does well for the optics of the franchise's relationship with China
C) He's just a beloved figure
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Alperen Sengun is the greatest show in the NBA that only like 6 people outside of Houston know about lol
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The Houston Rockets are no longer a bottom 10 defense. After tonight, they're 18th in defensive rating.
Over the last 5 games, the Rockets have the best defense in the NBA (98.5 points allowed per 100 possessions).
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Started following Shams when he was breaking G League transactions for RealGM.
It's surreal to me that an Ismaili Muslim is now the top newsbreaker in basketball.
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Alperen Sengun: “I’m doing my best. I’m fighting when I’m in the game. I want to lead the team.”
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Gerald Green: "I know when all this is over I'm probably going to go to the bathroom and cry like a baby... I sleep, eat, breathe Houston. It's all over my body. I may be the only coach with tattoos like this."
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Rockets starters:
Russell Westbrook
James Harden
Eric Gordon
Robert Covington
PJ Tucker
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Russell Westbrook: "We got to attack the basket [when the 3s aren't falling]. It's as simple as that."
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"I'm just trying to do my job and go back to my family and my kids."
This part is what gets me. Like, what?
"There's not back and forth. ... At the end of the day, if that's what [James Harden] believes, that's what he believes."
—Giannis Antetokounmpo on James Harden's comments about him
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Clint Capela on playing the Rockets: “It feels weird. First time since I left. Obviously I didn’t play with none of them, but still seeing that jersey… It’s a good feeling.”
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Robert Covington in his debut:
14 points
8 rebounds
4 assists
2 steals
2 blocks
5-8 shooting from the field
4-6 from 3-PT range
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PJ Tucker on James Harden returning: "It changes everything. He's our team He's our captain. He's runs the ship.... The intensity goes up. The level of play goes up. He raises the stakes everytime he steps on the floor. That's what we all love about him."
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The Houston Rockets have won five straight games and are now 6-3 since the James Harden trade.
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Unless he wins a championship at his next destination, I don't think another city will embrace James Harden the way Houston did.
The majority of fans who are upset right now will look back at his time here fondly. He's the 2nd greatest player in Rockets franchise history.
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James Harden since Eric Paschall called him "food":
Step-back 3
Step-back 3
Euro step layup
Two free throws off a cut
Step back 3
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DeMarcus Cousins, no so subtly: "I think it was a good showing for whoever's watching."
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The Rockets have 3 games on NBA TV, 1 game on ESPN, and 0 TNT games this season.
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Austin Rivers on choosing Houston:
"I told my agent 'This is the team I got to go to'. It's crazy to think that I was considering anything other than this place... Everything they emphasize are the things I like to do. I know I've found a home. "
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KJ Martin says tonight isn't the first time he's blocked Evan Mobley.
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