2009 We had a lot going on for us in 2009. We had the 22 game winning streak and advanced to the second round, all while dealing with injuries. YAO MING RON ARTEST TRACY MCGRADY LUIS SCOLA AARON BROOKS RAFER ALSTON VON WAFER CARL LANDRY SHANE BATTIER KYLE LOWRY LUTHER HEAD BRENT BARRY JAMES WHITE BRIAN COOK DIKEMBE MUTOMBO CHUCK HAYES JOEY DORSEY VS 2013 The Year Of The Beard. We had a lot going on for this year as well. Houston Get's Their Star (James Harden). A Big Man in Omer, which we been crying for the longest and a young ( Really Young) Talented roster. Taking 2012 Western Champs to 6 games and being the #1 target for Dwight Howard. James Anderson Omer Asik Patrick Beverley Aaron Brooks Carlos Delfino Francisco Garcia James Harden Terrence Jones Jeremy Lin Donatas Motiejunas Tim Ohlbrecht Chandler Parsons Thomas Robinson Greg Smith Royce White If I can take players off both teams for one year, this would be my team. PG-Jeremy Lin SG-James Harden SF-Tracy McGrady PF-Carl Landry C-Yao Ming Bench- Chuck Hayes, Omer Asik, Chandler Parsons, Luis Scola, Kyle Lowry. If you can pick 5 starters and 5 bench players from these two teams, who will you choose?
Goran Dragic/ Patrick Beverly James Harden/ Ron Artest(2009) Chandler Parsons/ Shane Battier(2009) Luis Scola(2009)/ Carl Landry(2009) Yao Ming/ Omer Asik
Tracy McGrady / Jeremy Lin James Harden / Brent Barry Ron Artest /Chandler Parsons Omer Asik / Shane Battier Yao Ming / Dikembe Mutombo Reserves & Honorable Mentions Kyle Lowry , Patrick Beverley , Luis Scola , Chuck Hayes , Carlos Delfino
Aaron Brooks/Kyle Lowry James Harden/Ron Artest Tracy McGrady/Shane Battier Luis Scola/Chandler Parsons Yao Ming/Omer Asik Reserves: Jeremy Lin, Chandler Parsons, Dikembe Mutombo, Chuck Hayes, Carl Landry
McGrady's last good season with the Rockets was 2007/2008, by 2009 McGrady was a shadow of his former self and couldn't even get on the court. So with that said I'd go with this.... Jeremy Lin / Patrick Beverly James Harden / Aaron Brooks Ron Artest (2009)/ Chandler Parsons Luis Scola / Carl Landry Yao Ming / Omer Asik