Is the current rockets team a moderate team?

david_rocket · Aug 18, 2010

HillBoy said:

Hmm, on what planet is this Western Conference of which you speak? If I understand you correctly:

A team that finished 42-40 and missed the playoffs last season vaults to the 2nd or 3rd seed in the NBA West simply by bringing back (yet again) Yao Ming from injury, adding Brad Miller and replacing Trevor Ariza with Courtney Lee. These moves magically make them better than Dallas, Utah, SA, Portland, Denver, OKC to the point that they can be considered a potential championship contender. I don't know DD. Sometimes your hyperbole is a little hard to follow.
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well, Utah got from the 2nd seed from the 5th seed just for losing against Houston, so I think this year the difference between the 2nd and the 6th seed are only going to be like 4-5 games.

I think the rockets will get between 3rd and 5th seed.

ryano2009 · Aug 18, 2010

abc2007 said:

You think the rockets could be a contender under AB's lead?!
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So you saying we can't win a championship with AB as our PG, is that correct ..?

pass_to_Hakeem · Aug 18, 2010

abc2007 said:

It's sad to accept this, but I think the current rockets team is a moderate team. The team will fight for a playoff spot this season.

Most fans believe that the rockets will be a contender this season since Yao is coming back and the team was no.9 in WC last season. But, I don't think so. Things won't be that simple. Every WC team is improving, and the rockets' defense is declining since Ariza is traded and Battier is aging. For Yao, the task for him is recovering from the injury. If you think this season he could be as dominant as he was before, you are delusional. And, the current rockets team lacks a star player who can lead the team to a higher level.

I think if Morey couldn't trade for a star player in near future, the rockets should decide to rebuild. They try to get a top 3 pick to build around.
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I agree with you , with Yao back we will be much improved, BUT.....he isn't gonna be 100% yet , if ever ... Where I love love love the signing of Brad Miller, and the re signing of Kyle and Luis , I don't think we have enough star power to be a 1-4 in the Western Conference. Every team in the Western Conference from 1-4 has gotten better.. Lakers went out and got even more Defense. ...I agree with you, unless we can pull a trade off for another star player, we will be in the top 8 , but bottom half of the 8 sad to say ...

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