Yahoo Sports: How Rockets' STRANGE Offense Became The NBA's Best!

thegary · Nov 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM

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A genuine bromance is transpiring before us ....

Go Rockets!!!
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Geh

kjayp · Nov 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM

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This is so annoying… Strange and weird? Coming from these guys?
It is "strange and weird" only because this exact bunch of nerds were spreading the BS about how basketball has changed, while fellating Daryl Morey and his BS "revolution".

Guys, this is called basketball, there is nothing weird about it. You win with post-ups and middies, and judicious use of high% 3pointers.
What was weird was your "revolution" that brought us the 0-27 atrocities. Meanwhile, you never figured out that your fat idol is a self-promoting BS artist, who went on to build his new team around a trad Center in Embiid, while you were still drinking his KoolAid…

Weird my azz… How can these people live in such delusion? Look at who is winning championships. Big men Giannis and Jokic, mid-range king SGA…That whole era of peak BS is what was weird, not what the Rockets are doing now, which is just normal, high-quality basketball.
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theDude · Nov 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM

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KOC: Is this offense for real? #1 offensive rating despite 30th in 3PA (1st in 3P%, 1st in offensive rebounding rate). Just a weird team.

TH: Mesmerized by this Rockets team. Imagine you’re Ime Udoka and presenting your vision on the Rockets this season. “Here’s my idea: let’s go out and build our offense around a 37 year old. Let’s not take threes. We’re gonna live in the post-ups. 2nd highest post up frequency. We’re also gonna take a lot of midrange shots. We’re not gonna pass the ball. 30th in assist rate. Post-ups, no threes, live in the midrange and lowest assist rate in the league and revolve around a 37 year old. You guys ready to sign up? You guys in?”

They’re #1 in offensive rating and have all the markings of retro 90s team. The retro Rockets are flipping the script of what it means to have a good, modern offense. It’s fascinating. I don’t know what to make of it.

KOC: It’s beautiful to watch. Everything on paper, you’re like “It’s not gonna work.” Then you see it, and “Wow, wait a minute, they do have the #1 offensive rating.” They do have a diverse half court offense. Sometimes through Sengun, sometimes Amen PnR, sometimes Amen in the dunker spot, sometimes it’s KD off ball coming off a screen, sometimes KD running PnR, sometimes Reed Sheppard is adding a new dynamic. It’s a funky team. Houston stands out as an oddball. Even if they beat Denver, it’s fair to keep them tier 2 below Denver and OKC. It’s possible they are also a level above everyone else.

Their best offense last year was Adams and Sengun crashing the boards. That’s still one of their best half court offensive attacks but now have a bunch of other ways to beat you. This team continues to check boxes. Sengun continues to look like one of the best bigs in basketball. He completely outplayed Evan Mobley. He is a better player than Evan Mobley. It’s not even a question or debate. He’s on an All-NBA pace. No doubt all-star. Rising star. This team is built around KD but it’s built around Sengun as well.

TH: He’s so skilled, so tough. How many times will he run the offense in crunch time and get to the cup? He’s so skilled. I loved it when I went on Le Batard before the draft and said the #1 pick should be this 18 year old from Turkey. Who? The numbers he put up and then you watch the film, he’s baby Jokic. He’s so skilled, crafty, finishing, passing, eyes on the back of his head. The way he sees the game is Jokic like. Who else doesn’t take threes and built in a throwback way? It’s the Nuggets around Jokic. The fabric of this team is Jokic like. He’ll be the hub and in a pinch, throw him the ball, he’ll get you a bucket and you got a crazy cutter in Amen Thompson the same way as Christian Braun, MPJ last year and Aaron Gordon. Now they got Kevin Durant, the most go-to bucket 7 footer we’ve ever seen pick up a basketball. There’s so many looks this team can give you. Here’s baby Steph Curry coming off the bench knocking down threes. I don’t know if this team snuck up on us but I don’t think we expected the offense to be this dynamite.

KOC: It’s worked out for the best.
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