I cant remember the last time we played a game with our complete roster. Seems like someone's always sitting - Gordon, Paul, Harden, Anderson, JJ, Wright, Ariza, etc. We are now at the backside of the schedule with a few games to go, and we have yet to see Wright on the court for any serious period of time. Anderson has taken a longer absence than we expected. Is anyone else as concerned as I am that this team has not had enough time with Wright and JJ to know how they are going to gel in the roster? MDA historically shortens his bench in the playoffs, and I cant imagine him creating a whole new rotation days before the playoffs that will carry into the playoff stretch. At full strength, this team is as deep as any in the league and has a lot of strong player, but the question of how we can make use of them in our lineup is still unanswered and usually takes some time to develop (just see how long JJ is taking to fit in, MDAs handling of Green and Gordon as a result of the JJ add, etc.).
IMO, with this much talent on the roster, we should only be playing Harden, Paul, and Ariza 30 minutes a night. 32 MAX.
With as many injury-prone players as the Rockets have, their health this year has been pretty amazing.
