[WOW] Are the Rockets destined for the Lottery?

Good, insightful read. I'm surprised at Mcgrady's numbers...that he produced 4 wins. I wonder if the author used Mcgrady's stats from last year or from 2 years ago because I honestly do not see how his on the court production last year could have produced anywhere to 4 wins.

 

That's what I've been telling people. If you look at just the raw numbers, the Rockets are expected to lose every game, but there were many times when eveyone (including myself) expected the Rockets to lose and they came together and played great team ball. They've shown these past few seasons that the team is greater than the sum of its parts and that's reason for why they went on a 22-game winning streak and beat Portland in the Playoffs and played a great 7-game series to the eventual champion Lakers. I still believe this is a playoff team and nobody wants to play the Rockets because they give their all every game.

 

All signs point to us going to the lottery....

We have 40 million dollars of payroll that will be on the bench for nearly the entire year.
No team can contend for a full season without feeling negative effects from losses that great.

I'm an avid Rockets fan and I wish the team well,but if we just make the playoffs we realistically have no shot at going past the first round.

And if you aren't winning a championship most general managers, and owners would call that a failed season.

By making the playoffs and falling out of the first round nothing positive really comes from that.

 

Is this John Wall guy any good?

 

How did Taylor get into the 2nd lineup, while Budinger doesn't even merit one word?

 

Yeah, the shooting guard situation is pretty messed up right now. Until McGrady returns, my guess is we'll see Battier, Ariza and Brooks holding down the SG spot with Budinger getting some time as small forward. I don't see Taylor getting major minutes in the first half of the season.

It's a good thing Adelman is pretty creative with lineups.

 

I hope we pick up a big man sometime very soon. Scola and Andersen are great players but the size disadvantage is very obvious

 

You know, sometimes I wish we lose alot of games and get first pick and get another franchise player who will turn this club around.

I dont care how many teams we surprise by pushing better teams to the brink yet still losing. We still lose. Ive grown weary of our almost Cinderella-esque team.

 

2 words do NOT belong in the same sentence.

 

This analyzing is based on stats of last year. Situation is now very different than last season. We lost Yao, the one of best big defender in NBA. It's obvious that we'ill be killed in the paint. Supposedly, this slashes the win share stats of our bigs.

 

It's pretty accurate i just don't see them having that mean confidence to do better then 15th in the lottery.

They will be scrappy against better teams who won't play as serious as they would in the playoffs.

They will blow big leads against teams who are no better then .500 trying to make the playoffs.

I don't see much improvement from the club during the season as their record indicates .500 ball won against good teams and lost against bad teams.

It will be an up and down season with no consistency throughout an entire ball game.

Tomany new faces, new offense, missing pieces, rotation questions.

 

I don't think it would be the end of the world. Get some young talent and we either keep T-Mac if he shows some of his old form, or we get 20 million to spend in Free Agency.

 

We do not get $20 mil in free agency from T-mac leaving. The Rockets only get the available cap space between team salary and the salary cap.

 

O'rly?

 

This isn't true. You lose all season and you will get a top pick.

On the other hand, if this team makes the playoffs and is knocked out, free agents will consider joining. We would be an excellent team with Yao returning as well.

Whereas, no FA will join a team that has just receved a top pick (automatically 4-5 million in rookie contract).