Time for a bit of FUN

Today I learned Charles Barkley spent as many years in Houston as he did in Phoenix. I wasn't even born when he started so I mostly associated him as a Suns player, even knowing he was a 76er for longer. He was declining on everything but the scale here but you said 96-97 Chuck was the best PF and I went to basketball reference for a reference.

Holy ****, you might be right. We've mostly had star power at center and guard. Rudy T is still high on our all-time lists and he's from the wayback. Even my selection Horry was probably better known for other teams/championship runs. Elvin Hayes really blew up after leaving Houston and he is so old he was originally a San Diego Rocket...Scola might be the greatest power forward we've ever had, for the prime of their career being in Houston. It's either him or Rudy T right? With a note that Charles F. Barkley probably had the best single season.

Thank you for the weird realization about Rockets PF/4s.

 

Not gonna backread but if it’s been said then great minds think alike .

paul
Harden/Maxwell
Ariza/tmac
PJ/artest
Hakeem/yao

you’re not scoring on that team and we are slicing you up . Can’t go big on us , can’t go small . Best defensive player of all time . Elite passing at multiple positions and unselfish players if we win . Very good shooting . VERSATILITY

might not be the best 9 players , but idk if there’s a better roster . It would compete for best nba team of all time . Shaq counter , Jordan counter , lebron counter , guys to throw at Kobe .

And harden and paul with Capela was outstanding , with Hakeem it’s steroids . Untouchable 3 man game with Ariza and pj as role players . Tmac and Yao as nightmare matchups off the bench along with ron and Maxwell if the team needs a kick in the ass .

 

For me
Pg - Paul/kenny smith
Sg - James harden/drexler/vernon maxwell
Sf- Artest/Rudy T/
Pf-Playoff Horry/rudy t
C- Hakeem Olajuwon/ Horry

 

No Moochie, not the best players list.

 

Harden
Clyde
Vernon
Sampson
Olajuwon

Yao
CP3
TMac
Horry

 

I'm still surprised how many people forget kenny. Anyone look up his 3pt%. That guy was a floor spacer!

 

Briefly…Roosh failed to remember the fourth part i.e. 'Kevin Martin+Kyle Lowry+Louis Scola' era, also quite short-lived, running under Rick Adelman's corner offense.


If lowry had not chose leaving h-town due to his immaturity,
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nba.nb...how-he-handled-time-with-houston-rockets/amp/
there might have been a 'lowry+Harden+dwight' era, which could have been a much more long-lived, stable as well as flourish combination, in the offense harden would not have forced himself to distribute the ball heavily n control the tempo…instead focused more on his pg role.