Ball Don’t Lie’s Houston Rockets season preview is pretty much a must-read.  A snippet:

Omer Asik, as much as those legs can handle, will be given starter quality minutes in Kevin McHale’s system. The former Bulls center’s fouling rate dropped significantly in his second season in 2011-12, and his defensive presence improved, somehow. This is a player that, by himself, could halve Houston’s 17th ranking in defensive efficiency — and yes, we’re aware that the Rockets field a backcourt of Lin and Kevin Martin amongst a group of rookies and youngsters. If Asik can play around 2600 minutes in total this season and come through with an approximation of his Chicago effectiveness in spite of the fatigue that comes from the minutes increase, you could have a real haughty column in his defense on your hands come May, when Dwight Howard walks away with another Defensive Player of the Year award.

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