If the team is generally healthy, 55 wins should be doable. if this group of players is healthy in playoffs, they can win a round or two.
OKC and Spurs are still the top. Denver is a wild card and also had some bad injury luck last year. But really.... do the Lakers and TWolves really worry you? Both teams that made big offseason moves but at the expense of depth. A young upstart? Feels like we can beat everyone but the top 3 but a lot is still unknown at this point.
I think we'd get spanked by the TWolves tbh, their roster is significantly better than ours. Denver beats us. OKC and Spurs is a given. Lakers with a healthy Luka and Reeves and the rest of their moves look pretty set to do us with ease tbh, bear in mind they spanked us with 41 year old Bron and some random scrubs. Not sure I'd bet on us getting out of the first round, but definitely not winning 2 rounds.
I genuinely hope you're right, I just don't believe you are based on how badly we disappeared in the playoffs. The Lakers absolutely punked us tbh.
We were missing 100M in salary including the only other guy besides Sengun who could score in isolation. Lakers were only missing Luka and even then Lebron and Smart took over the playmaking duties and Reeves came back for two games. Not only are the Rox getting those 100M back they also added Smart, Bogdan and Thornton.
Lamelo makes the Wolves better? lol Denver didnt do anything at all in the offseason, how can they beat us when they literally lost more games last year? They are old and even Jokic is slowing down. 2nd round is already OKC or SAS, thats gonna be bear impossible. But first round should be an auto win barring injuries.
Where does everyone get this false sense of superiority from with this team? Two years ago they were the 2nd seed and got beat by a play in team. Last year they played a geriatric LeBron and a bunch of scrubs that were so bad the Lakers didn't want any of them back and lost. The Rockets young "stars" couldn't get the job done against a B-league Lakers team and those same players and the fat injuried ghost of FVV and the addition of yet another brick layer in Marcus Smart will enable this team two win a playoff series? Not to mention Ime is still the HC of this team and has zero idea how to adjust and game plan in a playoff series. If Amen, Sengun, Smith and Reed were as good as people claim on here they had zero reason to lose to 42 year old Lebron, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton, Luck ****ing Kennard, Rui Hachimura, Jaxson Hayes and Jared Vanderbilt.
So you dont think getting ALL Nba KD back along with a real pg and backup center is a big improvement? Look man talk is cheap 100 usd the Rox make it to the 2nd round deal or no deal? I dont understand people here complain how much the Rox suck but then cant even put their money where their mouth is. Like if you really think the Rockets are cooked why not tale the free money? Or you just complaining to complain? I dont get it.
Ok if you dont believe the Rox can win a playoff series how about a 100 usd bet? It should be easy for you since the Rox suck so bad amirite.
Yawn....... Not everyone has this loser pessimist mindset. Lakers and Wolves actually look good to you? You do you dude! Just seems like you enjoy being half empty. Go Roxs!
Where does everyone get this loser pessimist mindset? Because we lost our first playoff series in 7 games to a very veteran team? Because we had a very unlucky season that ended us losing to the Lakers in 6 without 3 key rotation players? Do you people fall apart so easily in real life at the first major adversity? Go Roxs!
Nice copout, I reject your premise entirely. Realism is not pessimism, sorry I'm not a homer like you.
Right back at you. What exactly makes it so the Wolves' roster is significantly better than ours that we'd get spanked? Laker's roster? Use your words. You said "significantly better" so let's hear this realism. Apparently thinking the Rockets can get out of the first round has become homerism....
Do the last two seasons guarantee the exact same future? When I say the word "guarantee", I'm using exactly that word ...not hyperbole. Said another way, are you willing to wager $100 that the Rockets will not get out of the 1st round this season? If you are so sure, I'll put in $50 that I think they'll advance. You put in $100 that they don't advance. If you are so certain, that should be a quick way for you to earn $50.
I've already explained it to you, I'm not sure why you think I'm obliged to continue inane back and forths with a homer?
