Monthly Archives: January 2010

Interesting Note on Billups

“When was the last game Chauncey hasn’t been huge?” Karl said. “Talk about an All-Star push. The numbers he’s been putting up, and the leadership both offensively and defensively orchestrating the team has been incredible.” However, one place where Billups has not flourished is Houston. He’s averaged 12.1 points in 14 games there, shooting 38.4 [...]

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I’m Confused…

Coach Rick Adelman said the changes to his Rockets rotation, with Trevor Ariza coming out of the game in the first quarter of Monday’s Atlanta game and not playing at all in the fourth, were particular to the matchup with the Hawks, and not necessarily an ongoing change. “I think he’s just lost a little [...]

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Food for Thought

Courtesy of 82games, we take another look at the Houston Rockets’ top five-man floor units.  The second column, Off, gives each unit’s points per possession.  It comes as no surprise that Kyle Lowry, Chase Budinger, and Carl Landry are all part of the team’s top two offensive units, thus far.

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Houston Rockets talk on The NBA Breakdown

I was a guest on The NBA Breakdown earlier today with Audley Stephenson. If you missed the show, you can catch my segment right here.  I talked about, among other things, you guessed it…the Houston Rockets.

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Assessing Ariza – Part 2

At the time of this writing, the Houston Rockets are at the half-way mark of their 2009-2010 season.  It would now be appropriate to revisit the observations and assertions I had made in November regarding Trevor Ariza. Through Monday’s games, Ariza is now averaging 15.9ppg on 38% shooting (31% from 3), 5.6 rebounds per game, [...]

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