Zach Lowe: "Rockets - least watchable of all playoffs teams"

does an omelet flip flop? i kinda fold mine, never flip ...

 

Grantland Zach Lowe Picking Rockets as Biggest Threat to the Warriors:

It’s time for an annual tradition: a bunch of random predictions about the upcoming NBA season. For this to be fun, we have to find the sweet spot between bat-crap crazy and probable. Let’s all be wrong together!

1. Houston Emerges As the Biggest Threat to Golden State in the West

There are six things to worry about with the Rockets:

1. They don’t have much good outside shooting, though Ty Lawson should generate some clean spot-up looks for James Harden.

2. It’s impossible to hide both Lawson and Harden on defense.

3. Harden spent time dating a Kardashian, Lawson is dealing with an alcohol problem, and Dwight Howard is Dwight Howard. Do you trust the personalities on this team in gut-check moments?

4. Howard’s farts could incapacitate the entire locker room before a big playoff game.

5. Several key players, including Howard and Donatas Motiejunas, are dealing with injury. If Motiejunas or Terrence Jones is ever out long term, Houston will either have to play more small ball or slot a rookie in at backup power forward.

6. Their defense, ranked sixth in points allowed per possession last season, may regress a hair — even if Howard plays more games. Opponents shot just 32 percent from deep against Houston last season, the lowest such mark in the league. The Rockets had a lot to do with all of those bricks, but that number will creep up.

2015-16 NBA Preview

Everything you need to know about the coming season.But you know what? I love this team. They are freaking loaded with relentless athletes who will never stop running, flying to the rim, launching 3s, and whipping the ball up the court in transition. They are exhausting to play against. They got Lawson for free! K.J. McDaniels may be ready for more time on the wing, Clint Capela is a player, and Harden is going to make a run at MVP again.
And for all the anxiety about the shaky makeup, these guys held together during the same tense moments in which the Clippers quaked. Howard was great in the playoffs, and he has already led a team to the Finals. Why do we act as if he has accomplished nothing on the big stage?

This team should scare everyone, especially because Daryl Morey has one more trade to make. Count that as an extra prediction: Houston will make one win-now move.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/35...16-nba-season/

 

How many threads are you going to spam this to?

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Took less than a quarter of my first Rockets broadcast of the season to hit the mute button.</p>&mdash; John Schuhmann (@johnschuhmann) <a href="https://twitter.com/johnschuhmann/status/657722521102471168">October 24, 2015</a></blockquote>
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They really are the worst. I love Worrell but it's about that time to clear the deck and get a full new crew.

 

Annual Tiers of the NBA

Spoiler

Championship Contenders
Cleveland
Golden State
Houston
San Antonio
Oklahoma City
Los Angeles

Solid Playoff Teams, But Nothing More
Chicago
Atlanta
Miami
Memphis
New Orleans
Washington
Toronto
Boston

8-Seed Battle Royal — East Version
Indiana
Milwaukee
Detroit

8-Seed Battle Royal — West Version
Utah
Phoenix

Out of the Playoffs, Murky Future Division
Charlotte
New York
Sacramento
Brooklyn
Dallas
Denver

Out of the Playoffs, and Happy-ish
Orlando
Minnesota
Philadelphia
Portland
Los Angeles

 

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I'm giving the Rockets 5-6 more games before I worry. But, yeesh, glad I chickened out picking them to win the title.</p>&mdash; Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/660999742768463872">November 2, 2015</a></blockquote>
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I think 20th was a little generous....

bias lol