James, Wade, Bosh, equal drool to have on the team. Superstars are great. Their great in talent and they are great to have. What if you win a championship without having to go buy a superstar. The Rockets are already a good team. They are young and hungry always looking to prove themselves. They are not the Knicks, Heat, Bulls, or Clippers where without buying a superstar means no championship hopes. The Rockets clearly will not be favored to win the NBA title. Being the underdog makes for a fun season to prove everyone wrong. I believe that with Yao coming back and Aaron Brooks only getting better is the beginning. Scola proved how consistent he is. Ariza can't be worse then he was at times last season. Martin will gel into this starting lineup. Budinger and Lowry, Hill improving off the bench. We have young guys that lead to improvement while most other teams have older guys that lead to the end of their careers. We have the most important pieces of this team coming back the Chuckwagon and Battier(He will play better with Yao back on the court plus not sure how healthy he truly was). They are the glue of this team. I want to see the Rockets prove to the world that chemistry can win a championship. I believe in this team and we will win! We don't need to buy are way to a championship. We show the true Heart of a Champion with are play on the court.
I have given up on Bosh... Having the heart of a champion can only take you so far, but once you meet a team that is much better you will lose. I'm tired of having mediocre seasons
If Yao stays healthy and can play 30 mins/game, the Rockets will be pretty good. They will not be a championship contender without some kind of huge upgrade.
its sad that morey has gained all these assets and cant use them. either because he is blacklisted/players dont want to play for injured yao/whatever else oh well. at some point you can only gain so much. at some point you have to release or trade or let walk a scola/lowry/hill/budinger because there wont be enough minutes or money kinda like portlands situation. just loaded last year ,and dumped blake,now about to dump rudy,and pretty soon next will be prizbilla or oden
Unfortunately, most times talent > heart. But it would be freaking awesome, wouldn't it? I'm sure the Pistons got an extra kick out of beating the unstoppable Lakers. As was our own road to the championship in 1995.
Superstars or no superstars I just want a Championship. I'm sick of all my teams sucking in every sport.
I probably should not have said sucking. Rephrase that. I'm tired of the teams I pull for not winning a Championship.
though I have tremendous respect for teams that play with hearts, in reality mental/spiritual power can't entirely make up for lacking of talents. Heart would push a B team to beat a B+ team and maybe an A team every once in a while but winning a championship takes big heart and great talents, maybe even more on the talent side i.e the lakers.
I dunno about you but we had the most talented guy playing his heart out in the playoffs. Nothing like that 2004 Piston team which remains the exception to the rule.
I know I was just stating that for the people that always mention the Pistons when talking about a team with no superstars. They didn't have a superstar but they were a team filled with all-star talent.
To be honest, the only thing separating superstars and the rest of the players in the NBA is a small fraction of skill, ego, mentality, and consistency. Anybody in the NBA can put up 30 points easily. It's just the consistency that separates a player like Brooks from somebody such as... Chris Paul. Brooks has shown he can play at level, but not stay at that level. I mean when Brooks is shooting and everything is falling, you catch glimpses of a superstar foreshadowing... Good example is his similar to "13 for 33" showing in Portland. They didn't win, but Brooks took the game over in what could be argued as a desperation move... Being considered clutch also helps... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H08QlVTud24 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBpt2ZaKmY4&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaV130DG6Pw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxFxVSRIXPM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv_KbQ_zdrk
