The Young People – Houston’s young’uns got a lot of ink at ESPN yesterday. First, David Thorpe talked up Donatas Motiejunas in his column on the best 22-year old rookies. D-Mo came in third behind Damian Lillard (obviously) and John Henson (upside!). He also has a great shooting stroke — often too flat but still [...]
Triple Play – Not only did Houston take care of business against Phoenix, but the Lakers and Jazz lost last night. This is also known as the Clutch City Playoff Chances Triple Crown. The Kankle – Barring something happening to Harden or Asik (knock on wood), there could not be a single injury in the [...]
The Once and Future Aaron Brooks – In yesterday’s post-practice interview, Jeremy Lin revealed that Aaron Brooks gives exactly the kind of veteran advice you would expect to hear from Aaron Brooks. “Like for example, in the Golden State game at halftime, I was talking to him like, ‘How do you counteract someone so explosive [...]
All That Power – The Rockets slipped from 8 down to 10 in both Marc Stein’s (ESPN) and John Schumann’s NBA.com power rankings this week, because that’s what happens when you blow a game to a team (Phoenix) that has no reason to do anything other than tank at this point in the season. Marc [...]
Addition by Omission – The most significant thing about Bill Simmons’ piece on the worst contracts in the NBA, is what is left out: you won’t find a single player from the Rockets’ roster on the list of the worst 30. Only one current player was mentioned in the article (aside from speculation about Harden [...]
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