Rockets OUTCLASSED By Spurs As Houston Looks LOST And Alperen Sengun Faces New DOUBTS
Rockets OUTCLASSED By Spurs As Houston Looks LOST And Alperen Sengun Faces New DOUBTS
Houston Rockets unravel in a 145-120 blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs as Alperen Şengün’s struggles raise urgent questions about the team’s trajectory. Can the Rockets recover their defensive identity and close the widening gap between themselves and rising teams like San Antonio and Detroit?
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) examines a night full of warning signs, spotlighting Kevin Durant’s limited shot opportunities, Reed Sheppard’s rough outing, and Jabari Smith Jr.’s quiet efficiency. Key discussion points include the alarming defensive regression, the impact of Clint Capela’s minutes, ongoing lineup fit issues, and whether Ime Udoka’s coaching can spark a turnaround. With Şengün’s inconsistency hampering star potential, fans are left wondering if the young core can elevate their play before the postseason. Don’t miss this hard-hitting breakdown of the Rockets’ biggest challenges and what must change to compete in the Western Conference.
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44 Comments
among tens of potential transfers they brought kd, this is lazy, among tens of guards they brought no one, stone is worst than the fired mavericks gm.
We need to Trade Jabari Tari they both lack consistency n IQ Sengun is too slow on defense can’t shoot n a 3rd option on a better team n some of our bench players are non playable all around poor roster construction
Tari and Alpe are the biggest disappointments. Both need to be traded.
Jackson i have a proposal; rest the kd for five games see what happens, tell it to the team.
Let stones fall into your heads as big as Şengün
Dead in the water franchise
Sengun gotta go next season, Windows 98 can process the game faster, his IQ, effort & competitively is not there & I’m not about to act like I don’t see him getting outplayed by every center, the Stans will pretend they don’t see it
this team and supporters deserve kd and 20-60 tanking vision
How many times has Tari fouled a three point shooter? I'm curious because it seems like once or twice a game.
How you supposed to create a good chemistry or identity without making any adjustments? They know that this starting lineup is not working, it’s more than obvious. You can say whatever you want about Reed starting but the reality is that this team is 8-2 when Reed starts. The first 6 minutes of a game are crucial to create any momentum thats why you need to start with your best offensive options. It’s a DAHHHH decision but Udoka is protecting the ego of someone on the starting lineup.
Sengun is simply not dominant or consistent enough to justify structuring your team around his unique play style
“i want sengun to get back to playing sengun basketball” this is sengun basketball, you assume that because he had a good stretch at the beginning of the season that that’s his new baseline, but it was just that, a good stretch
It’s sad that the difference makers on this team are over 30 years old. Fred, Adam’s, and Durant. Our young players are not on the level with the other contenders
I mean bro it’s easy to gameplan when 2 out of 3 of our stars can’t shoot 3s and the only other real threat outside of kd is reed…plus we don’t run any offense like the warriors
Fake ass top 4 seed. (Formerly even faker top 3 seed)
I could see this team being near the very bottom of the playoff picture by end of season.
Udoka is the only idiot who sees this much failure going on and has zero concept of anything to even try to make it better.
You put Sengun on guards and expect to clamp that isn’t going to happen against castle and fox
Hilarious that this is the offense udoka wants but he doesn't want Harden
Easy buckets will fix the defense. It's a law of basketball physics. When they can generate easy offense and not have to struggle and work so hard for every point they have more energy, more synergy, better moral, more willing to fight for every possession etc. The game becomes fun and feels less like a job.
People pretending like the Spurs weren't taking open 3s all night and we got hit with some fluke need to check back in to reality. We're a defensive team with bottom tier defense.
Second “soft” rebuild on the horizon, at least there will be plenty of cap space when KD, Fred, Adams, and DFS are off the books.
Falling to 7th and getting swept by the Spurs in the first round would be the ultimate end to this rotten ass season.
We are right there with the Spurs and OKC. 1,1A and 1B
Sincerely,
Delusionaly Rafael Stone
Now you realize the conundrum the coaches are in. Your center is a defensive liability and shot 50% from the paint
Can’t play Reed and Sengun at the same time
They have Eason at the starting lineup to keep him “happy”. Stop with that BS. Eason is not playing like a starter. The only thing he brings is defense and everyone is scoring on him.
And Sengun has the same defense as Udoka coaching adjustments: ZEROOOOOOOOOO
KD has been dogging it like a mfer too. Nobody has been good enough 😢
Say what you want but last year’s team had a better chemistry and vibe. The chemistry just isnt the same with KD this year, this is not to discredit what KD has contributed this season thus far but something just looks and feels off. Ive watched every single game thus far and the players just dont look happy like they did last year. I dont know if it’s due to the addition of KD or the constant negative posturing from Ime during the games but something just doesnt feel right.
Sengun as an all star is a fraud
team stinks man
Kevin Durant playing like crap.
I'm done w/ Sengun bruh, please trade him. He give up open 3s like candy
Alpi silksin sizi
Won’t be surprised at all if the Rockets end up in the play ins
Your team just isnt on the spurs level. You dont have cohesion. You expect to durant to help you skip a few steps to grab a quick ring. Your organization hasnt learn one damn thing. Thats why youre the step child of texas.
I dont understand all team why are they doing ın the practice 3 point shoot never up gradeing look like never will be defans same they cant do even one on one defans how every position they are open three
mmm I think this Rockets squad needs more fine tuning to be really good and more consistent winner
I'm glad the national media didn't use the burner account story as a backhanded swipe on the way out. bc we put that to rest, remember?
oh how the snickered and giggled, but it's all worth it, right?
Trading Dillon Brook is the biggest fault for the Houston. The team will be good again if Adams and FVV back and sending KD back to Suns for Dillon. If Al-p and Jabari can not improve their shooting this year in the play offs trade them immediately.
Spurs just couldn’t miss a shot yesterday, this is anomaly, they are the best team in the league recently, and this was one of their best day so why all the panic and negativity? You want young talent to be gone, like you did with Jalen last year? And I still see people want to see Harden back, are you crazy. I think only one that needs to change is Ime, I can’t stand people that are angry all the time.
Sengun used to have 'I want to be the best player on the floor' mentality ( he talked about this in some podcasts)… But after a good start into the season (he could be the MVP of the championship in Europe) they wanted him to change his mentality to 'you cant be the best one anymore, try to find your place'… Unfortunate choice to make for the rockets, to kill that fire in your loyal young star player… maybe not too late?
You can clearly say for some reason he not as fast or jump as high as often … its simple what that reason is my only question is why Amen get the fair assessment for a similar reason
Alp a bum turnover machine