This years Houston Rockets is the second best in Harden Era? Conclusion - Trevor Ariza is a god.

Was PJ Tucker deleted from history? Did he day something unacceptable on the Twitters?Twitter?

Edit: nevermind. Just saw the post above lol

The difference is that years team had a Death Lineup with some insane net ratings. I'm not sure this team will find one. Its more than just the players, its about how the combinations of players do.

 

The small forward is weak. 0-20 due to house keep missing. It needs to upgrade and look for Ariza buyout, Michael Beasley is another good choice, he has 6 feet 9 inches which can guard those tall small forward like KD and Kawaii. It is better spend time on growing those new rookies

 

I'd like to give this squad a season

But the fact remains that 18 team could lock down defensively. Vs anyone.
They nearly won game 7 based on defence alone. Despite missing a million shots.

ATM our Defence(admittedly 2 games with half our rotation out) has looked atrocious.

 

Very good point. That 3 headed monster of Tucker, Ariza, Luc with Capela and CP3 lurking around was an all decade defensive lineup.

 

Unfortunately the 4 spot was and still is our weakest spot. Ariza offensively was missing in our last 2 games and so was our backup. We need to trade House and a pick.

 

What!? How dare you leave out Bruno Caboclo, the next Durant, the Brazilian freak???? This is the year he breaks out. He's no longer a year away from being a year away...from being a year away from being a year away....

 

PJ Tucker, Eric Gordon and Gerald Green (if he returns) were all better then than now. Hell, Gordon was downright terrible last year. Hopefully it was just a down year and he'll return to form.

Harden is probably actually better now. He gets better every year. It's crazy.

And I do think it's a night and day difference between Paul and Wall. Chris Paul will go down as one of the greatest point guards of all time. Wall will be completely forgotten unless he fully returns to health and accomplishes some monumental things. Right now I'd say what he has accomplished in the league is closer to the level of Steph Marbury or Damon Stoudemire than it is Chris Paul.

The one thing I do fear they share in common - he'll likely be injured when we need him the most too.

 

Defense is horrible.