On Pure Talent alone? Do you think we have the Talent here to Win a Championship THIS YEAR? [If Healthy] No Excuses . . .[if they jell, if the stars align] blah blah blah If we go into the Playoffs with everyone healthy Do you feel we have the talent to win it all? Rocket River
Yes. Yao, T-Mac, Battier, Hayes, Rafer, Head, Bonzi, Snyder, JHo, and Deke are a talented enough 10 man rotation to win the NBA Championship in my opinion. They aren't perfect, but neither are most playoff teams. It's all about matchups, playing to your strengths and hiding your weaknesses. The Rockets can make it out of the West going through San Antonio, and probably Utah, but they must avoid Phoenix at all costs imo. Bonzi is a big if though. And I really think his talent is needed to win big.
If we can have Yao, Tmac, Bonzi, Shane, and LUther, all of them heathy, I don't see any reason to lose.
I can't help but think a healthy duo of Yao & Tracy could/would/should get us the ring...this year. RR
Yao of now T-Mac, 02 Battier now Hayes 09 Rafer, doesn't matter Head 09 Bonzi 06 Snyder 08, JHo 96 Deke 93 Sura 04 KBill 10 Novak 11 Multiple Championships
Maybe... if Yao and TMac are healthy, Bonzi gets the right attitude, and the supporting cast continues to improve.
We need a decent pg to win the title, I think Rafer is a good guy and average pg, but not good enough. May be next season is more realistic. I hope Rafer steps up and prove that I am totally wrong.
I didn't believe it until TMac kicked it up a notch and started playing like he was a kid again. I think we can do it.
Without a doubt. We have a championship caliber team, unfortunatly so have some other teams, so i'm not sure we will win it this year. but talent wise we are one of the elite.
Try putting together 2 12 game winning streaks with a healthy Yao and McGrady and then we'll talk about Title hopes.
winning steaks mean nothing once you reach the playoffs. just because you may have the longest winning steak during the regular season will mean nothing once you hit the playoffs. what about the 1995 rockets who came into the playoffs as the 6th seed and going all the way? i doubt they had any winning streaks worth noting.
i forgot to answer the question in this thread. yes, the rockets are definitley a championship caliber team.
Yes- contingent on not having to meet Phoenix to early in the playoffs.If we were 8 seed and Phoenix was 1st - this would be a problem....
The thing that impresses me most is that the Rockets have been in position in the 4th quarter to win every game this year. I don't remember a game that we've lost, where we haven't been either leading, or down by 4 points at most in the 4th quarter. Rockets are showing up to play every night, and are competitive against every team. I think we can handle the Jazz, and maybe the Spurs. Suns and Mavs will give us problems.
