I'm currently sitting at between 31 and 34 wins. I'm very high on the Green-KPJ pairing and the Sengun-Smith pairing. The team is super young, but it has everything you could possibly want in a team and the talent level is through the roof. Anything less than 30 wins and Silas needs to be gone.
1st round of over/under win totals I have seen. Rockets at 27.5(5th lowest total) Spoiler Team Win Total Atlanta Hawks 47.5 Boston Celtics 55.5 Brooklyn Nets OFF Charlotte Hornets 35.5 Chicago Bulls 42.5 Cleveland Cavaliers 42.5 Dallas Mavericks 47.5 Denver Nuggets 50.5 Detroit Pistons 26.5 Golden State Warriors 50.5 Houston Rockets 27.5 Indiana Pacers 25.5 Los Angeles Clippers 52.5 Los Angeles Lakers OFF Memphis Grizzlies 50.5 Miami Heat 49.5 Milwaukee Bucks 51.5 Minnesota Timberwolves 49.5 New Orleans Pelicans 44.5 New York Knicks OFF OKC Thunder 25.5 Orlando Magic 27.5 Philadelphia 76ers 50.5 Phoenix Suns 52.5 Portland Trail Blazers 40.5 Sacramento Kings 32.5 San Antonio Spurs 23.5 Toronto Raptors 44.5 Utah Jazz OFF Washington Wizards 35.5
They should hit 25-28 wins. These guys are so young and without a rim protecting center it’s hard to imagine getting into the 30s.
I'm much more concerned with the backup PGs not being ready than I am on the centers. Rockets should do fine with Green on the court provided he plays with at least three 3-point shooters a lot. When Green is off the court, do the Rockets have enough playmaking/gravity to get guys like Smith, Eason, Christopher the ball in advantageous positions? I suspect Sengun will play a lot with Green.
I say low 20s but if Silas improves the defense I can see mid-upper 20s. The guys are still all so young it's hard to see a huge leap in just one year.
I wish I could see a graph with average age of a nba team top 10 rotation players and their record in the last 30 years. The age of this team is crazy low. The graph can not take into account talent though. Perhaps draft position.
I kind of agree. I think that's this team's actual ceiling if Jalen takes a step forward and Jaesean has a real 3 ball. They're just going to be too good defensively with the new additions, Jabari stretching the floor, Sengun/Green maturing, and KPJ having a tight leash. If they try to win games, they could easily hit 35. I do want to make sure to beat the Magic, Pistons, Thunder and Raptors like a drum.
I've had it at 35-40 since June but I think reality is setting in a bit more for me, I downgraded to 31-34 this morning. They're gonna be good, not great. And they're gonna be young.
18W-59L. 5 more games to go. Pistons (3/31) Lakers (4/2) Nuggets (4/4) Honets (4/7) Wizards (4/9) At this point even if they win all their remaining games, it'd still be in the 0-24 option.
This is a 25-30 win team just based on talent. Poor coaching and selfish play until recently cost the team 7-8 wins this year easily.
Good thing it rarely works in reality what was good on paper. What makes sports interesting to follow.
I still can't believe people thought this team would win 30+ games. We were essentially the same team minus Wood and plus a #3 pick. The rockets were so good with Harden/Morey for so long people forgot how hard it is to be good in the NBA. You don't just start "trying to win" and be a playoff or play in team. And, we knew we weren't even trying to win. The blazers had Dame, some nice young players, and vets and are sitting at 32 wins.
