While we all search for the next great Rocket, we may be overlooking something really fun that is happening. We have a team, a true team that anyone on any night can lead in scoring etc, it makes us very hard to match up with, when other teams don't know whom to focus on. https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/hou/houston-rockets We have 8 players....EIGHT averaging double digit scoring - that is amazing, I don't believe any other team has that level of balance. While we might not win a chip this year, we are going to be a tough out - and the Rockets are flexible enough to win any game. GO ROX ! DD
Definitely more fun than watching KPJ/Wood kill all offensive flow or even watching Harden dictate 95% of what the offense does while standing around without the ball. A 5-out offense with a 2 man pick and roll over and over and over again is so boring
If we're talking about successful teams due to group effort, the high end of course are the mid-2000s Pistons. The low end you have the mid-2000s Grizzlies. In the middle I would say you have the Hawks under Budenholzer. I think the Rockets currently on a talent level most resembles those Hawks teams.
It's really about depth. When healthy we have like 12/13 guys who can slide into the starting team and hold their own depending on the matchup. Most teams have like 6-8 of such guys and that gets even thinner when injuries hit. Like I wouldn't trust Holiday to run with the starters on every game, but he could be an acceptable starter in the right matchups - same with guys like Tate, Landale, Adams, Uncle Jeff, and pretty much all our young guys aside from Reed. That type of flexibility means you have an answer for most styles of play. ....it's just really rare to see a team like this because the realities of the salary cap make it difficult to field teams THIS deep unless you both draft well and are sitting on stacks of future lotto picks. OKC and Houston are really the only two teams who fit that model currently.
Sounds good… Can’t wait for the thread when we inevitably lose in the playoffs because our offense is too inconsistent
Pistons, Magic and Hawks too IMO. The new wave of young and upcoming teams are more geared towards this balanced approach instead of having a big 3 and vet mins/rookie deals.
I mean making the playoffs just 3 yrs after you tore it all down to draft 19 yr old rookies is already an amazing accomplishment.
Yes, absolutely and I love it...but the offensive lulls this team goes through are painful to watch. I'd feel safer with "that guy". I'd so love to be proven wrong, but I don't expect success in the playoffs. Not yet. It's easy to forget we're still really young.
