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#punjabi 🙏🙏
Panjab❤️ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਅਤ 🙏

#ROCKETS🏀 #TEXANS🏈 #ASTROS⚾🤘

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@SleeperRockets Pull the Plug

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@jumangeez @BenOndaTop They are not even better than LA or Denver or Minnesota

[Ben Verlander @BenVerlander]

YORDAN ALVAREZ NOW LEADS THE AMERICAN LEAGUE IN ALL TRIPLE CROWN STATS

[Jeremy Branham @JeremyBranham]

Give me Yordan Alvarez, y’all can have the rest of the field.

[MLB Replays @MLBReplays_]

Loudest crowd pops in MLB history

[MD @mike_daddino]

These were a few of the calls from game 2 that pissed me off

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@reed_sheppard 👀

[Pitless @pitlessball]

Tony Parker 2007 Finals MVP Tape:

24.5 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 57% FG%, 57% 3P%, 60% TS (+7.0 rTS%)

[Pitless @pitlessball]

Tony Parker 2007 Finals MVP Tape:

24.5 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 3.3 APG, 57% FG%, 57% 3P%, 60% TS (+7.0 rTS%)

[big ounce @_bigounce]

JD Clowney reunion in Houston?

Texans got a need at that third EDGE spot. Would be sick to see him chase a ring where it all started, lining up next to WAJ and Hunter on the best defense in football. That front would be filthy.

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@MadManLeaks Fr give me Morant.. See if they can trade maybe Picks for him

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@asoukuptx Goodluck with that because Tate and holiday and Jeff ain't going anywhere either

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@Kd7_Szn Dude is making too much money

[Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho]

Imagine knowing all this decades before anybody else even had the slightest idea.

It would literally drive you truly crazy.

Here’s the full clip. Enjoy.

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@TexansCommenter Would Texans traded Daniel for him n picks too

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@Jeff_Shull I begged for them to sign Williams over Capela

[RedNinetyFour @RedNinetyFour]

Here is a list of all of Rafael Stone's draft picks:

2021 - Jalen Green (2)
2021 - Alperen Sengun (16)
2021 - Usman Garuba (23)
2021 - Josh Christopher (24)
2022 - Jabari Smith Jr. (3)
2022- Tari Eason (17)
2022 - TyTy Washington (29)
2023 - Amen Thompson (4)
2023 - Cam Whitmore (20)
2024 - Reed Sheppard (3)
2024 - Pelle Larsson (44)* [picked by Heat]

1. Taking Jalen Green at #2 was obviously the original sin and biggest misstep of the rebuild.

2. Trading for Alperen Sengun at #16 was probably the best move of the rebuild, which is ironic for reasons I've touched on recently.

3. I personally think that the jury is still out, but I think that 99% of people outside of Houston at this point would say that Reed Sheppard over Castle was a huge mistake.

4. Despite Jabari being incredibly underwhelming for a #3 pick, Amen, Jabari, and Tari were all good picks, but they were all also just a case of taking best player available. You could also probably argue, with the benefit of hindsight, that trading down from #3 might have been better value than taking Jabari outright.

5. Garuba, Christopher, TyTy, and Cam were all complete busts and wasted picks. The 44th pick in 2024 (which became Pelle Larson) was also traded to Miami for A.J. Griffin who subsequently left basketball before ever even suiting up for the Rockets. Another wasted pick.

6. To unload Garuba and TyTy, Stone traded second round picks in 2025 and 2028 to Atlanta to clear cap space for Brook Lopez who ultimately played the Rockets and returned to Milwaukee. Those of us who expressed concern over this train of events at the time were mocked as "asset management Twitter." Meanwhile, guys like Ajay Mitchell and Jaylin Williams are making major contributions on a contender while the Rockets fill their rotation with glorified cheerleaders like Jeff Green and Jae'Sean Tate.

7. Some notables picked after the Rockets' picks:

2021 - Quentin Grimes (25)
2021 - Herb Jones (35)
2021 - Miles McBride (36)
2021 - Ayo Dosunmu (38)
2022 - Andrew Nembhard (31)
2022 - Jaylin Williams (34)
2024 - Jamal Shead (45)

And unless you're a Jae'Sean Tate or Daishen Nix fan, the Rockets also haven't had any notable undrafted free agents. (Yes, the same Daishen Nix that Stone infamously called a "lottery pick talent.")

Once the Rockets' season unraveled, most of the discussion centered around the team's bad luck with respect to landing top tier talent. And it's true - they had historically bad luck missing out on Wemby and Cade. But what has been more concerning to me has been Stone's inability to find talent at the margins - talent evaluation at the cheap end is something an organization can actually control and not subject to lottery luck.

Even if the Rockets are eventually able to land top end talent, either through a panicked trade this offseason (Giannis? Jaylen Brown?) or from lottery luck in 2027, I'm curious how anyone can look at the list above and have any confidence that Stone can build out a roster to compete with the league's elite teams.

[Baseball Performances @MLBPerformances]

Yordan Alvarez is making a case to overtake Aaron Judge as the best hitter in baseball 👀

.312 AVG | 20 HR | 39 RBI | 1.085 OPS

All 20 of Yordan’s bombs this season:

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@ScpTomas37 @SkyedOKC True if they are going to foul then let them know it's not gonna be easy foul

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@cdhthegreat True while he's got little value. Send him to DC or back to GSW or Miami