Friday night’s affair against the Grizzlies featured a familiar theme with the Rockets sputtering down the stretch. This season, in the last minute of games within 5 points, the team is shooting 29%, good for 25th in the league. Conversely, the team shoots 46% overall, good for 10th in the league. It’s obvious that the [...]
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Will the Rockets retain Delfino?
Clutchfans’ David Weiner today released his ‘Houston Rockets Salary Cap Update’, a bi-annual state-of-finances report on the Houston Rockets. Among the interesting nuggets was this: Deciding which player(s) to take in the 2013 NBA Draft will not be the only key decision the Rockets have to make this June. As mentioned above, they have until [...]
Can the Rockets afford to be picky?
As we climb in, I ask about the Rockets’ future. Harden is a piece of the puzzle, Morey says, but not the endgame. Even after signing Harden to a five-year, $80 million extension, Houston is in position to have ample cap room next summer, enough to sign another foundational player. Morey’s not picky about who [...]
Goran Dragic vs. Jeremy Lin: Did the Houston Rockets pick the wrong guy?
I feel slightly dirty broaching this topic. Maybe because I know I’m disguising an assertion as a question. So I’m not exactly sure where I’m going to go with this – whether this’ll just be slightly touched on here or drawn out into a comprehensive series like last year’s Dragic vs. Lowry. But what I’m [...]
How many games will the Houston Rockets win this season?
Since I’ve been doing this, I’ve written a season preview before each campaign. This is not that. I don’t know enough about this team to even try and preview it. So on that point, we’ll wait until a few preseason games are under the team’s belt…or at least until I’m able to actually watch one. [...]
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