Interesting Note on Billups

By rahat huq | January 27, 2010 at 9:00 pm

“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 percent from the field.

via Nuggets-Rockets Preview – Jan. 26, 2010 – NBA – CBSSports.com.

Those numbers are very surprising considering the popular sentiment that Houston Rockets point guards have been defensive liabilities for some time.

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I’m Confused…

By rahat huq | January 27, 2010 at 10:51 am

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 bit of confidence,” Adelman said. “Every player is different in how he gets through it. We’ve had a number of guys struggle recently, be up and down. Trevor has to play with more aggression and be more positive.

“With Trevor, there are so many ways he can help us win. It’s not just shooting the ball. He can be a very good rebounder. He can be active defensively. He can be a facilitator with the ball. There’s other ways to do it and not put so much pressure that you have to score.

“I believe in giving a person a chance and you have to stick with him.”

via Rockets notes: Adelman stays patient with Ariza | NBA Basketball | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle.

By “he can be a facilitator with the ball”, unless Rick Adelman means just bringing it up and handing it off to Aaron Brooks, I would have to say I am pretty confused…

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Food for Thought

By rahat huq | January 26, 2010 at 5:07 pm

5man2 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

By rahat huq | January 23, 2010 at 8:52 pm

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.

MGZmNGZmNmYzZjAzOCZvZj*w Houston Rockets talk on The NBA Breakdown

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Assessing Ariza – Part 2

By rahat huq | January 21, 2010 at 5:22 am

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, 3.7 assists per game, and 1.8 steals per game.

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