Jabari? Green? Alpi? Amen? Cam?

daywalker02 · Oct 17, 2023

19. Houston Rockets (29)
Is this the year Houston's drafting for upside finally coalesces into something coherent?

The Rockets last season were 27th in offense, 29th in defense and last in turnovers. The occasional outburst of youthful exuberance cannot make up for such ugliness.

VanVleet is here to impose order. Dillon Brooks should provide structural integrity on defense. His "villain" persona is entertaining in moderation, with proper accountability. You're not a villain if you do dastardly stuff, lose, and duck the media afterward. Brooks already got tossed from a preseason game after striking Daniel Theis in the groin. Ejected from preseason! Honestly! Who does that?

Houston also added Jeff Green, still good for one attempted posterization every three games.

The Rockets have accumulated perhaps the most intriguing group of prospects in the league -- and definitely the one with the highest variance. It's plausible all six of Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Amen Thompson, Tari Eason and Cam Whitmore make at least one All-Star team someday. Some might also bust out as empty-calories chuckers.

Green is a thunderous dunker vowing to play more of an all-around game. Sengun outwits defenders with precocious cunning -- a whir of fakes and footwork that tests the physics of basketball. Even Sengun appears surprised at times by what his feet have done -- and by the disbelieving referees whistling him for traveling. Some of his thread-the-needle passes bonk teammates in the head, or skip untouched through empty spaces Sengun assumed his confused teammates might be occupying.

Smith is a winner. Eason wants the ball more than you do. He was one of only three rotation players to snare at least two steals and one block per 36 minutes, and posted one of the league's best offensive rebounding rates. If he can hit enough 3s, Eason has major potential.
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Verbal Christ · Oct 17, 2023

Feels like Jabari is trying to strongarm the star role. Jalen is just happy to be out there. Sengun wants to fit in. Amen is the awkward new kid in class who needs to figure out his role. Cam is going to shoot every single pass that comes his way.

Cream will always rise I look forward to watching the 2024 Houston Rocket Hunger Games!

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