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Play-ins
Wow.... How did we get here? My team was 2nd in the Western Conference. Then in a series of 5 weeks, we dropped 6 slots down to the 8th slot and now fighting for a spot in play-in contention. Only for a chance to face the #1 or #2 seed in the West. Combined, we have only gone 1-7 against these teams: 1-2 against the Jazz and 0-4 against the Thunder.
Could things have gone any differently for the Rockets?
- If the NBA 76ers didn’t have a top 6 pick protection on their 2025 1st round and intentionally held out Tyrese Maxey to tank their record, YES.
- If Brandon Boston hadn’t gotten injured and missed the rest of the season, YES.
- If Nelso didn’t cancel our deal for Taurean Prince because he found a better deal two days before the megatrade week, YES.
- If I had just waited for Taurean Prince to go back on sale instead of spending our spare 2 2nds on Jake Laravia, YES.
- But MOST IMPORTANTLY, if I was willing to go over the luxury tax, I could of gotten PJ Washington at the beginning of the season.
But as a result, we struggled in the last quarter of the season because Maxey was out and we lacked a backup small forward and power forward position. I’ll also slip in that I had the chance to trade Tyrese Haliburton for a 36 year old NBA legend. But I passed. In all scenarios, I would have inevitably had to face the #1 or #2 seed and lost. Except in the scenario had I traded for a 36 year old NBA legend. I probably could have won it all.
End of Season Prediction:
My end of season prediction is that it’s going to end up exactly like every single season. Advance out of the play-ins. Then get stomped by the #1 or #2 seed. Only this time it won’t be at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs.
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| Comments (6) | |||
| laddas 04/27 10:36 pm | QN, Qtr. 4, #1 | ||
| jmac 04/27 03:23 am | Fair! | ||
| Vitticus 04/27 02:36 am | Yeah, its just that memories of my first year in NLL and having a 72 rated Paul Pierce at age 37 still runs in my head. Not saying that KD is Paul Pierce but just can't shake the fall off that Pierce had at age 37 and KD turns 37 next year. | ||
| jmac 04/27 12:04 am | Vitt loves his guys <3 | ||
| laddas 04/26 10:15 pm | You could've got KD? Holy shit, you probably would've been favourite in the west. | ||
| jmac 04/26 05:56 pm | Excellent analysis and even more excellent meme! Thanks for the read. | ||