ESPN: Power Rankings of the Future (next 3 seasons) -- #13 Houston Rockets

wtf, 14 again!

 

God dammit!

 

lol..

 

post the damn text

thanks!

 

Absolutely the wrong reaction. Being better than 50% of nba teams means this very young team has got a bright future. In two years, with the addition of more talent, we could be a top ten club. Not bad after a full revamp.

 

[rquoter]13. Houston Rockets | Future Power Rating: 652

PLAYERS MANAGEMENT MONEY MARKET DRAFT
193 (24th) 152 (7th) 170 (4th) 57 (10th) 80 (6th)

On the heels of one of the most interesting offseasons in NBA annals, you might be surprised to see our overall ranking of the Rockets hasn't changed that much. They've moved players and draft picks hither and yon, including jettisoning both of their point guards after each had a career year, and amazingly the one guy they haven't moved is perennial trade rumoree Kevin Martin.

Houston's master plan was to get a star to succeed Yao Ming, and so far it hasn't borne fruit. Nonetheless, the Rockets are in a pretty strong position going forward, even if their current roster is nothing to write home about. With several decent young players -- including four recent first-round picks, another in his second season, 2011 second-rounder Chandler Parsons and undrafted third-year pro Jeremy Lin -- the Rockets should have a quality core. They've solved their big-man riddle, too, with defensive ace Omer Asik.

Alas, a lack of star talent still plagues them. The Rockets' bids for Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard failed, but they've put themselves in a great position by having max cap room for each of the next three offseasons. They also have a strong, tax-free market that's popular with players, an ownership willing to spend both on payers and ancillary assets such as draft picks, and a strong management team that we ranked seventh.

Houston's draft position is the other potential path to a star -- it may have high picks the next two years, and will have a near-certain lottery pick from Toronto as well; only five teams rated higher in our draft category.

Thus, while 2012-13 may not be much fun, we're still optimistic on Houston's prospects for the three following seasons. It has three paths to getting its star -- trade, free agency and draft -- and at some point one of them will deliver.

(Previous rank: 10)[/rquoter]

 

true.... but in recent history that number 14 has been ******* awful for the rockets =)))

 

14 stop chasing us

 

Exactly. Quicker than OKC's rebuild. Plus, they will go to the playoffs sooner rather than later.

 

*four paths to a star

Forgot "rookie player(s) everyone in the NBA overlooked developing into a star(s)"

 

That's actually a pretty awesome write-up. I'm impressed with ESPN.

 

LOL we got 14th last yeart with vets Scola and Dalembert, and with established players LOwry and Kmart.

If we get 14th this year with Lin, Asik, Lamb, Parsons and DMo, then you know we've found our core for the future. Players get better with time, so if your rookies this year are as good as your roster last year then they will be awesome in 2-3 years.

Let's not forget OKC spent 6 years collecting top 10 picks before they did anything relevant.

 

Well said.

 

Future power rankings, not their anticipated ranking for next season.

ESPN isn't putting the Rockets as play-off outsiders, they're anticipating that we finish high in the lottery for the next two seasons and build up a young roster full of talent by year three from now.

 

LMFAO 14 again

we are mediocre FOREVER and EVER and EVER and EVER

 

Great optimistic take. I also think that players develop better in a winning situation than a losing one. For example, the same player would develop much better on a mediocre/40 win team than on the Kings. That's my opinion, anyway.

Finally, we need to maintain a locker room that expects to win and, though they might lose a lot, hates to lose.

 

How do we have max cap space?

 

How do we not have when we just have something like 25m guaranteed money commited?