**not espn or stein rankings*** Rockets #2 behind Celtics imo we are better than boston. let's see what their record looks like after they visit texas.
boston defintely deserves the #1 spot right now. they are playing great. honestly i think they would give us a lot of trouble.
I think we will match them up well. They have no killer PG to take adv of us, they have no big man downlow to defend Yao. They will probably have to shoot jumpers all night long.
The only reason they are number one is that they are the only team unbeaten so far. A big reason for that is their weak schedule. Wizards, Raptors, Nuggets, Hawks & Nets? I mean c'mon. Those aren't exactly cream of the crop. Wait till they play the legit teams (like the rockets ). The rockets on the other hand had IMHO the toughest schedule to start the season. Still adjusting to the new offense and yet they are at 6-1. Not too shabby.
KG did a good job double-teaming Yao last year. But lets see what happens when we don't run the same predictable post-ups to Yao like we did last year.
they paid all the salary on the triple-stars,look their rest,i think they wont win any titles this season.
Yes, the first month for them is nothing but D-league teams (Lakers and Heat don't really count b/c they are kind of sucking right now0 they don't play anyone until 12-19..Detroit.
I sorta Agree on this. I mean It doesn't seem like we got our defense on check; enough to say were the best right now.
I agree with the thought that they are #1 only because they are unbeaten. But who have they played? We'd most likely be undefeated if we played that beast of a schedule.
Let's Rank those Rockets: http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/rank?versionId=4&listId=46 The Current Rankings: 1 Celtics 2 Spurs 3 Rockets 4 Suns 5 Mavericks 6 Pistons 7 Jazz 8 Magic 9 Hornets 10 Nuggets 11 Cavaliers 12 Lakers 13 Nets 14 Clippers 15 Raptors 16 Pacers 17 Bulls 18 Bobcats 19 Hawks 20 Trail Blazers 21 Knicks 22 Bucks 23 Heat 24 76ers 25 Kings 26 Grizzlies 27 Wizards 28 Warriors 29 Wolves 30 SuperSonics
The only team that Boston beat that I think is worthy is Denver. Even still I watched that game and Denver player ridiculously poorly. Look at its record so far. That said, I don't think Boston can compete with the Western 5, but may be able to overcome Detroit. Seriously though, Boston does not really have much eastern competition so it might wind up with a really high win percentage. I also do not know why people consider its win over New Jersey to be such a big deal.
boston only played those eastern conference teams and not even some of the best contender eastern conference team yet. Plus the big 3 played more mins than the starters of the teams that they beat
