http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/20...lum/03/06/rockets.mistakes/index.html?eref=T1 Spring is in the air -- well, I say that as I'm airborne from the East Coast to Los Angeles -- and with that feeling of rebirth comes the desire to unburden my soul. It's time to look at some of the stupid things I've written in this space and own up to them. Having to alter predictions doesn't necessarily mean they were stupid. For example, I predicted before the season that the Mavericks would beat the Celtics in the NBA Finals. Though I would back off that now (the Spurs, Lakers and Hornets are much better positioned than the Mavs), it's not overly stupid. I also predicted that LeBron James would be the MVP. At this point I would probably vote for Kobe Bryant with James and Chris Paul fighting it out for second, but that wasn't overly stupid, either. Listed below are my wrongheaded predictions in descending order of wrongheadedness. Honestly, I'd rank only the first two as truly stupid. 1. My overly harsh analysis of the Rockets. After watching Houston in a December game in Toronto, I wrote off the Rockets, saying that a team with Tracy McGrady at the helm would ultimately fail, not because McGrady is not a marvelously talented player but mostly because he is. His teammates can't read him, I wrote. He's not selfish in that strict sense of the word, but he's difficult to play with, I wrote. Well, over the last two months, the Rockets have played as well as anyone in the league. Always battling injuries, Houston has hung tough and wormed its way into that crowded scrum of elite teams in the Western Conference. After Yao Ming went down with season-ending foot surgery, they still persevered, and were riding a 16-game winning streak after beating the Pacers on Wednesday. Logic says that they will eventually fall out of the playoff picture without Yao, but I wouldn't bet on it. They deserve a lot of credit, and I can only hope that the snakebitten Yao makes it back strong so they can make a run next season.
I don't know about that, Kenny and Charles when they discussed the Western Playoffs they didn't mention our names so they don't think we will even get passed the first round- they don't believe!!!
