Arenas Places Houston in the Top 4 Teams in the League

We almost beat Dallas with no Yao.

Giving the ball to Hakeem O was pretty predictable.

We belong. But again I guess these players have no idea what they are talking about, right?

 

Yay for getting recognized/acknowledged by Arenas.
We're definitely a top team now, #5 best record in the NBA.
We beat the teams we're supposed to beat (usually, and much better than in the past...but did we beat the hornets?), and we put up a good fight against the top teams.
I'm just waiting for Yao, and hopefully he will play just as well as he was playing before his injury.

And, I'm still not sure we can handle the top teams. We have the potential, but it hasn't happened yet, and I hope to see it soon.

 

A BIT

 

"Almost" doesn't count for anything. It's a loser's cop-out to play the "almost" card.

And don't even try and say this offense is like the ones of the championship years. You could count on at least 10+ points from Thorpe, Maxwell, Cassell, Horry and even Smith. Aside from Yao and TMac, no one is proven in the playoffs, and aside from Rafer and, to a much lesser extent Wells, no one contributes double-digit scoring consistently.