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Raja Bell

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
4047 total appearances

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The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

I mean, I can't quantify how much a point guard changes that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

It's his job to change that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

That's what you pay him to do.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

They are there to organize, to orchestrate, to facilitate, to make sure that what a coach โ€“ it's like a quarterback, Logan.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

What the coach is saying from the huddle, from timeout to timeout, is coming onto the court and it's being executed to the best of our ability.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

They're the ones that have spent a lifetime โ€“

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

doing that and executing that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

And so I don't think you have to look very far to find the reason for why the Houston Rockets have been that all year long.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

It's hard to play in that league at that level, especially when you're trying to contend for a championship without a true season PG.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

And they just don't have that.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

And it's no knock on anyone that's there

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

Um, they were game tonight.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

Like they scrapped, they fought, they clawed, they made the most out of what, what they had at their disposal.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

And, um, you know, they just, they just don't have the personnel to close out the games like that consistently.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

C.J.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

McCollum, what?

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

What?

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

Yeah, 100%.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

And a point guard might not fix all of the issues, especially some of the defensive ones when you can't quarterback that and have the ball in your hands.

The Ringer NBA Show
Rockets Late Game Woes Continue. | Real Ones

But in terms of having the ball in people's hands that shouldn't have the ball, immediate fix.