7 teams w/at least 20 wins in the NBA - WC has 5 of them, including HOU...

Eastern Conference is totally trash this year. Of course, Miami and Indiana excluded.

 

I don't even think I'll be tuning into Eastern Conference games until the ECFs start.

 

it says we are a top 8 team like all the other rankings that have been coming out.

 

I don't understand why we have played so many more games than some teams...

 

all of the rankings (hollinger/stein) have put the rockets as a top 8 team. the records simply demonstrate this.

 

West is good but tbh there are only like 4 ELITE teams in the NBA: SA, OKC, MIAMI, INDY

 

Like kenny and charles said tonight on Inside the NBA, we're a great team, we're just not consistent. Sometimes, teams can play at a 6 against us and win. Teams like SA you have to play at least at an 8 level in order to beat them, they don't play at a level lower than that. We do, sometimes we play at a 9, sometimes we play at a 5 or a 6. Once we get that consistency down, we'll be mentioned as title contenders.

They were right, but in all fairness, we're still getting to know eachother, and the team is still really fresh. by the end of the season i think we'll have whatever chemistry we need, and we'll definitely be able to gauge if we're a championship caliber team by that time.

 

I know they will be ready come playoffs but SA will have problems if one of TP or Duncan is injured or is playing bad.
I am not saying we are a top contender now but our games against them proved it.

 

Against SA, but not the other teams. We don't bring it every game and have a doo doo game plan where we do r****ded things. TJ played awesome tonight but we still need to address the stretch 4 situation and backup C. Until we do, we aren't legit contenders.

 

If not for Assik being a tool, and the Rockets early season attempts to keep him happy, they be a 4th seed team, a couple of games behind the Clippers and breathing down the Spurs' neck. The way I see it is that the team is only going to get better, especially after "the real" big baby is traded. My biggest concern is the big three playing too many minutes.

 

Honestly, under the circumstances that we've had to deal with (Injuries that i've grown to call "The Asik Curse.") i'd say we've performed at about an 8.5/10. I mean, through all the injuries, the Asik/Howard experiment and just trying to get the chemistry down. The fact that we have 20 wins already is rather encouraging. And we've yet (or so it seems) to have a completely healthy team for a solid (5+ games) length of time. I actually feel like our best basketball has yet to come. I'd keep an eye out for post-ASW. That's when all the teams seem to pick their play up since the Playoffs are right around the corner around that time. So we'll really get to see what our team is made of from that point forward. Until then, I just hope everyone gets healthy and continue to improve upon the season they're having.

 

We currently have the same record as the Clippers...

 

i have yet to see a game where everyone is healthy 100%.

 

I am more talking about Spurs than us. In case they are going strong in the playoffs I won't count them out.

 

Forget the stretch 4 for now.
I'd rather take a look at Zach Randolph type if nothing comes up.