Parsons - see the OP. Veterans - non rookies. re bolded, you are assuming a lot. (A) Martin will be fully healthy, (B) the Rockets won't force feed minutes and opportunities to the kids, (C) increased opportunities for Martin would significantly outweigh efficiency hit.
28 wins. The leading scorer Martin will be traded at deadline for picks/young prospects. We won't do well in the 2nd half of the season.
You guys are way too pessimistic... 20 wins? C'mon man! Jeremy Lin is a proven winner at every level he has played. I don't know if they'll get the 8th seed or not, but they will finish above .500 So I say 44-38, mark it down you heard it first.
I will say 35-40 wins. Lin and Asik will be better than people expect. And our rookies are wild cards at this point.
Martin will have the highest scoring average, but he may not be with the team by the end of the season. My record prediction: 42-40. 9th place in the West. 14th pick
28 sounds about right... Maybe 30? LVH win total was at 30.5. I'd bet the under. Lead scorer... Martin (assuming he isn't traded half-way through the season - if he is traded then Parsons).
Parsons averaged 9 points with 28 min of playing time last year. Unless he dramatically improves his scoring, Lin will be the leading scorer after Martin
Impossible to say because it's almost a guarantee that Morey will make a deal at the deadline. Plus, we haven't even seen a preseason game. My "pre-preseason" (new word) hunch is that the Rockets will win around 25 games, which would get them into the top ten but not the top three, and I am so freaking sick of the Rockets coming within a half dozen loses of being able to draft a legit star.
in 2011 (the last full season) it would've given you the 7th pick (assuming no lotto changes). in 2010 you'd be tied for 3rd/4th, but teams were unusually packed in the middle that year. 2009... 7th pick. 2008... 7th pick again. so yep, i'd say #3 would be the optimistic scenario. You should aim for ~20 wins to have a good chance.
