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KD not on bench during game 3?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by groovemachine, Apr 25, 2026.

  1. groovemachine

    groovemachine Member

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    Is the KD era over?
     
  2. DreamShook

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    i would expect nothing more from KD. KD is a franchise killer has tricked many franchises since GSW.
     
  3. daywalker02

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    The not fun part of the KD Story, he wants to seem to be the good guy, but deep down he is a real villain.

    He never developed playmaking also which further led him down his path that Offense is the real key to winning....which he totally believed in.

     
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    **** him and his petty burner accounts.
     
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    Someone on here said he was getting “treatment”

    bad look either way, he could have been on the bench yelling at them to run certain plays in the end, but seems like this ride is over.
     
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    If there was Dillon Brooks instead of KD in this series, Rockets would lead 3-0 right now.
     
  7. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist
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    I don’t buy the “treatment” reason. No one is getting treatment 24 hours a day. Take a 3 hour break and support your teammates.

    Luka and Reaves are also getting round the clock treatment to rush back. They still show up for their teammates, including traveling for the away games.
     
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    KD is ten times as toxic as Harden ever was.
     
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    I hope Tillman learns his lesson about trading for stars
     
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    As someone who didn't favor the KD trade when it did, but supported him as a Rocket, he needs to be gone.

    KD needs to go. Tate, Holiday and the rest of the trash bench, except for Davidson who our esteemed head coach failed to develop giving the lack of opportunities.
     
  11. Aruba77

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    it needs to be. The experiment failed. Time for KD to add another franchise to his NBA fair well tour.
     
  12. dobro1229

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    This is a true statement.
     
  13. Hank McDowell

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    Exactly this. Bullshit excuse.
     
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  14. Air Langhi

    Air Langhi Contributing Member

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    Harden quit too. Remember that spurs series when Kl was out.
     
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    I liked the trade, defended him while he was here, hope we dont see him again. If you couldn't be there in the lows, we are fine, we'll find a way out with what we have.
     
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    I honestly hope they trade his a$$. The chemistry is all off this year, and even though I wasn’t the biggest fan of Jalen, I’d rather have Jalen and Dillon back. KD is obviously a superior score, one of the best to ever do it. But as a teammate and a member of the franchise, I’m underwhelmed

    Every other injured player in the postseason was on the bench supporting their team. Wemby in Portland yesterday, we’ve seen the Lakers stars over there at every game. FVV and Adams, 2 1/2 hours of treatment isn’t going to miraculously fix KD for game four. At this point, let him stay home and don’t even bother showing up on Sunday. Bum. I suspect he’s either going to demand a trade, or be shipped out this summer, and then something will come out down the road about what a mess things were behind the scenes. You can tell somethings off with this team.
     
  17. J.R.

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    Centel is never wrong, just early :D

     
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    He and Stone trusted Ime.
     
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    If we kept the same group we would have got out the first round then lost to OKC. This organization needs to prioritize winning a championship by any means necessary and it just doesnt. FVV being out still would have F'd us. No Adams too.
     
  20. fattz

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    Random thought…

    maybe the team told KD to leave. He didn’t quit but got fired. Looks the same. ~~> 2 out of the last 3 games.
     

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