Agreed. On offense the Rockets can play 5 point guards....it's the defense where you get destroyed. If the Rockets out run-n-gun teams (even the Cavs & Warriors); the elite teams have the ability to slow the "Pace" and turn to a more post up half court game as a means of opening up 3 point shots. Ultra Small-Ball will be a liability.
We have chosen spacing over rebounding as a team concept. How can we rebound from the 3 point line? Defensively we are small so we can run. There has been only a hand full of players like Marcus Camby to ever play the game. That can do all these things --> shot, run, defend and rebound. We ask a lot as fans.