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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by saviorlh, Sep 25, 2009.

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    22 (7) Rockets 53-29 The Rockets have been so scrappy without Yao or T-Mac (or both) that you hesitate to dismiss them in the race for No. 8. Dismissing them is not nearly as foolish (on both sides) as the Ariza-Lakers divorce, but risky.
     
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    ouch, i dont care much for power rankings but damn 22nd?
     
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    rockets are better then half of teams in front of them even without yao and mac
     
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    That better than that hoopsworld site putting them @ 25th place, behind 6 consecutive teams that were in the Lottery last year!!! What a joke. Even as they are currently comprised, the Rockets are better than the 22nd or 25th best team in the league.
     
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    Teams that SHOULD NOT be ahead of the Rockets on that list:

    Raptors
    Wizards
    Pistons
    Bobcats
    Clippers
    Thunder
     
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    I don't know why anybody is surprised over that ranking. This team has constantly been underrated the past two years.

    I fully expect them to take a playoff spot and certainly contend for one late into the season. This is going to be a fun season to watch. The offense will be a lot more fluid, and we'll be rooting for a scrappy, winning, underdog group of guys.

    The vast majority of this board has written the Rockets off this year, and it seems a bit hypocritical to get all outraged now that ESPN is echoing that sentiment.
     
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    I don't know about the highlited teams on your list....
     
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    If there were ever a question as to why journalism is in trouble, this kind of crap analysis is a perfect example as to why.
     
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    those people aren't outraged.. many on this board haven't written them off.
     
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    At least we aren't the Kings...
     
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    It doesn't matter where they rank the Rockets. This isn't college football. The players hold the keys to their destiny.
     
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    but the thunder?? thats a low blow
     
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    Durant, Westbrook, Livingston, and Harden should make teams without size miserable. The Thunder are a post defender and signing JVG as head coach away from being a playoff team and the post defender is optional. They need a coach that will get them to play team defense. Lack of offensive system doesn't matter as Kevin Durant with a contested jumper at the end of the shot clock isn't a bad play relative to what JVG defenses generally force.
     
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    I don't know if I agree with that. It seems the prevailing sentiment has been "They're going to suck, so we should tank for a top pick." I certainly feel in a small minority when I say they'll make the playoffs.

    I agree wholeheartedly. The Thieves have gotten better, but they've been scraping the bottom of the lottery barrel. They're not going to make a leap that high this year. The Rockets have been to the playoffs the past 2 years while having their superstars injured. You could make a case that the Thieves might have more talent on paper, but night in and night out, the Rockets will play smarter and harder and win more games.
     
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    Better to start at the bottom and make gradually win them over, then to start at the top and slide down their charts.

    I like it.
     

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