No conspiracy. I do believe that the NBA does some incredibly shady **** and absolutely plays favorites, but this wasn't an example of that.
The officials don't play defense. Unfortunately neither did the Rockets. That's why they lost. That and a stagnant offense without Durant. There's no conspiracy to be found this time. Hell, LeBron only went to the line twice. The NBA had nothing to do with last night, that loss was entirely self inflicted.
That whole game felt strange for some reason. There were times where we should have taken a bigger lead and kept it. Idk but game 1 felt strange maybe the offense was so offensive that game but idk. Either way we should have won. On paper we have a better roster.
The only conspiracy here is the NBA doesn't want this Rockets product to advance because it's an absolute eyesore. They can't shoot, can dribble, can't pass, can't play D and have zero offensive system. The only thing they can do is get offensive rebounds. Their game is offensive to viewers. I don't blame the NBA.
Spoiler alert: 33 year old slow 39% fg shooting pg coming off ACL takes us to the Promiseland and we win the Finals with the best record in the West….NOT!
No we don’t….not without Durant. I’d take Smart over our point guards (oh I forgot we don’t have one). I’d take playoff Lebron over playoff Sengun (who’s horrible). I’d take Hatchamura/Kennard over our other scrubs. The only player we have who wins his position is Amen and he can’t shoot an outside shot for his life. Lakers are the better team. Time for us Rockets fans to realize that Stone shouldn’t have basically given up the Nets top 3 pick, Whitmore, Jalen, Dillon, and last year’s top 10 lottery pick (and 5 second rounders) for a soon to be 38 year old, who we stupidly played 38 minutes a game this year. That’s not gonna end well.
That’s the bottom line. An injured DFS was picked up for no reason. Out with Stone and Ime. Trade KD for the ‘26 lottery pick that they just got from the Clippers.
IMHO we do not know how the NBA stands on Dallas, on one hand they almost gave up Luka for free and then they practically gift wrapped Flagg for them.