This season was to be one of transition – the Rockets transformed. Once veteran-laden, Houston now boasts a blossoming cast of characters aged 25 and under. The youth movement started in the summer with the additions of Trevor Ariza, Chase Budinger and Jermaine Taylor and continued through the season with the acquisition of 22-year-old Jordan Hill. And with those young legs came the ability to run. And run. And run some more. The Rockets evolved from one of the league’s slowest paced teams into one of its quickest and the change does not figure to be just a one-season anomaly. Houston will continue to attack next year, with the primary difference being the team will also possess the ultimate fallback option – Yao Ming operating in the half-court with Aaron Brooks and Kevin Martin spacing the floor – if nothing is available to them in transition.
via ROCKETS: Looking Forward And Looking Back: What The Rockets’ Past Tells Us About Their Future.
As Jason Friedman of Rockets.com put it, this season, “the Rockets transformed”, and ultimately, that’s what made the 2009-2010 campaign a resounding success for the Houston Rockets.
