According to my sportsbook... The Rockets have the 11th best chance to win the Western Conference, behind LAL, LAC, SA, DAL, NO, POR, OKC, MEM, GS, DEN in no order.
Let us face it. The only reason Rockets played above .500 ball despite a 6'6" center (albeit a good one)was because of a future HOF coach in Adelman. With a new coaching staff and the same roster, I see us going 28-38 at best.
Depends on what happens in free agency. Also it is no small factor that most of the cancelled games were against east teams.
We will not have all these guys a month from now. I think that is a fair statement. I don't mean that it a Marcus Cousins sense either. I think you could see a deal quickly after the 9th. But assuming we have everyone... I would like to see- Hayes/Thabeet/Hill Patterson/Scola/Hill Budinger/Morris/Williams Martin/Lee/Williams Lowry/Dragic/Flynn That probably goes 36 and 30.
-First off, make sure you circle Dec 9th on your calendars. It should be the start date of free agency, and expect Morey to make multiple moves and possible signings. Im sure GMs are already contacting each other right now as we speak in preparation. When the dust settles, lets see how the Rockets and the rest of the Western conference looks like. Right now with the current roster I think they could win about 35 games if healthy, but the team thats on paper now wont completely be the team that is playing on December 26th.
The offense wont click quite the same, but the defense will dramatically improve. If they would have won 35 games under Adelman, they should win about 30 to 33 under McHale/Sampson/Finch. Its going to take time to jell with the new coaches, and coaching might cause a late game decision or two, but overall its just basketball, and those three guys know the game very well and can coach the game at a high level.
I'm just looking forward to all the deals that are gonna be made. Rocket fan for life no matter what. p.s. Fire Norv!!!! I'm so ready for my Rockets!
Here's how i see it: 1) Based on last year.. we can have a identical or better record becuase I feel that having a new coach and less time is offset by the injury/trade drama before all star break last year. 2) However, with a western conference favoured scheduled.. we are facing tougher competition throughout the season and cannot feed on the east Therefore, it can go either way because our schedule, new coaches and shortened preseason preparation play a factor into our improved play from the second part of last season.. personally: at or a little below .500 ps. dont pay 11+ milli for nene lol
Right now, with no roster changes at all (including not resigning hayes) I'd say 26-40. For me it comes completely down to what we have at Centre. After that it's really unlikely to think we will add anyone significant at any other position before the seasons starts (i.e. the "saviour" superstar we have been waiting for). So the question is from there, how many wins does having <Hayes/Nene/DAJ/MGasol/etc.> at Centre add to the tally (compared to Hill and Thabeet). If it's Hill and Thabeet we are in so much trouble for the season, which would be a great thing for the lottery.
I meant to say, having Hayes/Nene/DAJ/MGasol/other centres at centre compared to Hill and Thabeet. I used "< >" but the text vanished
66-0 Any less is deemed a complete and utter failure, and would lead to the firing of one of Bullard or Clyde.
28-38 If Lowry continues playing like he did after Brooks was traded last season and Patrick Patterson becomes an all-star caliber player, we'll probably go 36-30.
