Rockets Smallball Elevates Defense

Again, you are certainly entitled to an opinion.

It would seem that rj barrett, the lottery pick has bearing on direction of team.

Only problem I see with harkless is finishing in traffic which is why Portland got swept late last year. Idk !

I think Steve Mills, gm for Knicks!?!?

It seems to make sense to keep Gibson as a backup or piece to go along with randle and their core.

 

Try to pay tax this year, as no KD, curry and Thompson. It is important to upgrade our bench

 

Getting rid of Capeala was nice way for rockets to get some tax bill relief.

Instead of 'making America great again'...the slogan is ' making rockets lineup small again'!!!!

 

thanks to DM and MDA's work on roster, right after/on the edge of signing Jeff Green and DeMarre Carroll, our D gonna be much more formidable!

we got all pieces to pointing at best players (most wings) in top 1-4 seed teams Est&Wes Conf., as well as locking down or at least have their offense confined a little bit (putting aside C from the picture)
West
Lakers: LBJ (1-5) 6'9'', AD (PF,C)6'10"
Clippers: the claw (1-4) 6'7'', PG(1-4) 6'8"
Nuggets: Jamal Murray (PG) 6'4", Torrey Craig (SF) 6'7", Will Barton (SF) 6'5", Millsap (PF) 6'7"
East
Bucks: Great Freak (1-5) 6'11", Middleton(SF/PF) 6'7"
Raptors: Siakam (SF,PF) 6'9", Anunoby (SF) 6'7", Chris Boucher(PF) 6'9"
Celtics: Jayson Tatum (2-4)6'8", Hayward (SG,SF) 6'7", Jaylen Brown (SG,SF)6'6", Theis (PF, C)6'8"

OUR TEAM (D-wise)
RoCo (D 1-5) 6'7'' (age: 29)*
PJ (D 1-5) 6'5" (age: 34)*
Carroll (D 3-4) 6'8" (age:33)*
Jeff Green (D 3-5) 6'8" (age:33)
Bruno (D 4-5) 6'9" (age:24)*
JH (D 4-5) 6'5" (age: 30)
(another 1-2 spot awaiting to improve)

above-mentioned players on our roster, most are D specialist (*) and hard-nosed roles.
after we got Covington on board, and close to sign Jeff Green and Carroll, I got much more confidence air in our D lineup RIGHT NOW.

(EDIT: we are the oldest team in the league, as for aging problem, at least this season we gonna be fine. just keep healthy and trying to clinch 3rd seed, staying low-profile strategically)