2022-23 Houston Rockets -- will they be over/under 24.5 wins?

My heart says over, but my head thinks under.

 

27-55 over.

DD

 

I’m the opposite, my heart says under because draft pick is far more important then some meaningless wins but my head is concerned about the over

 

I voted under. I think we will be better but we are still playing a bunch of rookies and sophomores.

 

need to trade for mason plumlee, korkmanz, rj hampton, and jarrett culver and make them the bench brigade......

barely win 20

 

If the young players are as good as most of us think they are, they should be over. The young talent is there. Time to shoot for the playoffs.

 

I think you just let it play out and see what happens. Ideally I would like to see the core of the team gel and be more competitive. If that leads to more wins and you are not in the top 5 in the lottery, I am okay with it.

 

Over, just barely. 25 wins, but I won't be surprised if they get 2 or 3 more.

 

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Surprised the confidence in Silas is that high. I'm in the unsure department as he hasn't been given much to work with, but community at large (at least the vocal portion) seemed very anti-Silas.

 

My prediction is under at 24. That would be a +4 game improvement from last year.

 

Pretty surprised by that number too .... didn't expect the confidence numbers to be near 50% considering the vocal majority is so anti-Silas.

I think he's done a rock solid job myself - even if it hasn't turned into W's just yet and it appears the plan was to lose / maximize those ping pong balls.

Some of the offensive metrics were off the charts and doing that with such a young team is impressive. They can get lots better ....

As for the defense, he was handcuffed from the get go with a center who wouldn't center and again we have to mention the youth of this team - young players / teams are almost never very good defensively and there have been flashes of quality from several players - KPJ, Tate & Christopher stand out and even Green improved as the season wore on.
He didn't have a heck of a lot of defensive talent to work with last year but they've added to that with Tari & Jabari in positions they were lacking last season - they can put 5 solid defenders on the floor at once now.

I don't think it translates to a whole lot of W's this year but I also think that's by design.

They'll be a better, more competitive team with a similar record.

 

Heart says over but mind says under. Like some of you have pointed out, this season should technically be our last tank season since our pick could go to OKC next year (unless we bottom out again).

Best case scenario is if we get Wemby or Scoot (pass first PG). I think we should be looking at signing FA next year and get back into competing. Besides, I doubt Tilman would want to tank anymore after this year. He wants his return as well.

Idk if Green, Sengun and Smith Jr. will panout but hopefully one of them turns into a top 10 player of the league. Positive Vibes~

 

27-30 wins this year....over...book it.

One Caveat, SILAS has to try to win and not put in scrubs every game.

DD

 

Silas will be judged this year and next. So the over.

 

45 wins, play in, second round bounce

 

Just looked at the schedule. Holy F#@#. I knew they were away from home but they scheduled them against the best teams for like the first 20 games.
There are only maybe 13 good teams in the league that can overmatch you easily and somehow the Rockets play all of them. What gives.
Thunder, Pelicans, Blazers, Magic and maybe steal one from the Jazz. Those are the only teams that give you a chance at victory in those 20 games.
Then it starts all over for the next 8 games.

 

Might be a blessing if the end of the schedule is mostly weak teams (haven’t looked at schedule). Since we aren’t expected to even make playoffs, we can end the season with some momentum. Winning does more for growth than anything, imo.

 

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The schedule is going to tempt the FO to tank again. 20 games in an the play-in is going to look impossible so expect a lot of weird rotations the rest of the way.