You know you're not a contender when: (rockets edition)

[Mr. Jabbar]

Kobe-less Lakers with gasol shooting 1-10 and Nash 3-11 beat your team in your own court, shooting 37 less free throws...

[iTare]

.....when your best player is Dwight Howard

[mugiwara]

When your two best players cant hit a mid range jump shot.

[SyRyanYang]

when you rely on freethrows so much yet your 2nd best player can't hit half of them.

[Mr. Jabbar]

this game was beyond dan crawfords reach, thats how bad rockets were, anyway, thanks to dwight who made all these celebrations possible

[coin24]

What a glorious day

[Scholar]

You know you're not a contender when a team that got blown out by non-contenders in the same state as you suddenly own you a few nights later... All while making the same shots they were missing a few nights ago.

[Jacks3]

when you get beat by a team that has 24 turnovers and shoots 39% from the field. rockets are going nowhere.

[Sheik1287]

Dwight Howard a cancer?

[Eric Cartman]

Dwight Howard a cancer?

how much more proof you need sheik?

[KyleKong]

...You have one single man playing the entire teams defense.

[Bodhi]

when you get beat by a team that has 24 turnovers and shoots 39% from the field. rockets are going nowhere.

While shooting 35 more free throws than that team

[Nick Young]

What's happening? For one, Howard post-ups aren't resulting in good looks. According to mySynergySports, 27 Rockets possessions had ended with Howard post-ups entering Monday's game with the Los Angeles Clippers (including derived offense, meaning any field goal that resulted from a direct pass or hockey assist-style pass), and those plays produced just 0.566 points per possession, an anemic output.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...-and-omer-asik

[#number6ix#]

When you lose to the lakers

[monkeypox]

When Steve Blake is blowing past one franchise player and shooting game winners over the other.