Now that we have a little clarity as to Yao's situation, it brings up more questions, yes, but also provides a base from which to launch some predictions about the coming season. In this thread, I want to hear ANYTHING Rockets/clutchfans that you folks see coming down the pike this season. It could be a trade, a final record, how certain Rockets are going to perform this year, or prognostications of moronic posts like this one. Now, I'm going to attempt to get this going. 2009 - 2010 I'm going to assume we're at least picking up a slab of meat and play the 5 by committee up until the deadline.(maybe longer) I hope for more, but that is my assumption. Yao staying healthy is obviously a major concern and we all hope he makes it through with his limited minutes. In the meantime we'll be slugging it out over 82 games with plenty of back to backs. From what I've read, the regular season is going to be tougher than most believe. Going into the deadline, I see us needing a go to guy..or a top 6 or 7 player. And having the assets to make the deal. I"m also saying Yao makes it this far without reinjuring that foot. So at this point I'm thinking we're back half of qualifiers in the West. (and the board is tripping out) The Rockets make a deal for Carmelo without giving up Brooks or Martin. I'd like to see Anderson too, but that's probably too much to ask. After working through chemistry adjustments we finish the year strong. Say about 51 - 31 Over the course of the year .... Kevin Martin shows us major game.........shooting 46% from 3 Aaron averages over 8 assists a game Yao stays healthy....... And Major Malcontent starts 15 polls (yeah,I guess that's the over/under) Anyway, have fun with it.
42-42 I think injuries will once again hit this team. No depth behind scola,not sold on battier,and martin is injury prone,yao no minutes hardly. Basically team is older than last year.
If the team stay how it is right now I see us at 50-32 and barely make it to the play off. Now, if we can somehow acquire a star before the trade deadline it'll be a whole different story.
No depth behind Scola? Power forward is probably the deepest position on the team with Hill, Hayes, Jeffries, and Patterson all able to play the position. Also, I'm pretty sure the season is not 84 games long.
y'all really need to consider the competition.....last year 50 was good enough to get the last playoff spots....generally speaking, you could flip houston and the suns, houston ends up with 54 wins....but take into consideration improvements by Dallas, OKC, clips, kings, and Portland...now there's hardly enough room to being with, so their improvement in the standings likely won't range by more than 1 to 5 wins, which probably puts houston back by that much of the 54 wins. So i'd say 49-50 wins, but only because the competition will be tough...look for Denver, Lakers, SA, NO, and possibly Utah to take more L's....wouldnt be surprised if 50 wins gets Houston a 4 or 5 seed.
http://www.vegasinsider.com/nba/odds/futures/ You are close to the bookies prediction. I'm taking the over on this one.
About a week ago, I went down the schedule game by game and came up with 51-31. Then, I tallied up the home and away records and got 32-9 at home, and 19-22 on the road.
I see us maybe getting in as the sixth seed some how, but I think that we'll all know that we're in for a throttling and the Yao era as we know it will come to an end. Once he's gone, we'll be able to land a star like Chris Paul and we'll all reminisce and think, "What if Yao was still here?" But he won't be the same player anymore if he's still here at all. People will start to call into question exactly what Morey's been doing and they'll realize that although he can put together good teams, his philosophy doesn't lure stars in any sort of way. We'll go titleless for another ten years and that will be all she wrote.
I predict that Yao will almost never play more than 24 minutes in any game during the regular season. I also forsee that he will not play both games in a back-to-back.
if Martin shoots 46% from 3 next year I will get you credit and sig your quote, but don't see it happening. hope he does tho. that would be insane. also hope he picks up where he left off at the beginning of last season where he was averaging 30 a game and does it for the whole season :grin:.
