http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=cnnsi-champsandchumps&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns Houston Rockets This team has more holes than a No. 8 draft pick can fill. The squad probably has more holes than the 1st, 8th and 24th picks combined could fill, but that doesn't stop us from appreciating the direction Houston could be headed following this week's draft. The Rockets will no doubt find a rotation contributor on Wednesday, maybe even a starter, and look toward making sense of a roster that lost its way last season. Whether they go with a banger (Simmons?), a shooter (J.J. Redick?), a slasher (Ronnie Brewer?) -- or watch as a top 5 stud like Rudy Gay, Adam Morrison, Aldridge or Bargnani falls down to them -- Houston should be happy with its evening. This group has one year to get things right before assistant general manager Daryl Morey takes over for good. Last season's 34-win campaign made it look as if the game had passed Jeff Van Gundy. And though he's rallied his beleaguered troops, JVG has this upcoming campaign to prove that he can adapt enough to win while remaining true to his minimalist roots. Don't think Van Gundy didn't noticed that his former mentor pulled off another championship in Miami, featuring a two-pronged attack with a familiar refrain: a sometimes-dominant beast in the low post alongside a dynamic perimeter scorer.
this part? that first line is a load of ****. 34 wins is what happens when your best two players are sporadically in the lineup not because the coach doesn't know what he's doing.
Nothing sad about it, IMO. This offseason is really important to the franchise. They have a chance to get it back on track and it shouldn't be too hard with the pieces already in place. Edit: The author's Kelly Dwyer...I'm sure he knows that, he was probably just trying to make a point about JVG.
erm, Yahoo Sports? If its not Steve Kerr slurpping his old teams its horrendous game recaps, I mean how do you mess those up?
