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Houston Rockets Analysis
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Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Thunder finished the 24-25 season with the best Net Rating in the NBA, ahead of the Cavaliers who jumped from 13th a season ago. Read more »
The Thunder And Rockets: A Prescription For NBA Depression
Both the Thunder and Rockets are frenetic, physical, and new in a way that quickly washes the rubbish from your mind when you're watching them, if you care at all about the real physical pleasures of the sport. Read more »
Rockets Join Thunder In The New Western Vanguard
The Rockets passed a big test with their win on Sunday over the Rockets. It might take a few more signature wins for the whole basketball world to notice, but plenty more newcomers are already looking into Houston today. Read more »
The Realest: Amen Thompson And The Houston Rockets
To grow into a star, Amen Thompson needs the opportunity to fail. If the Rockets want to win games, it makes sense for Thompson to do less. If they want to win championships, they need to let him be so much more. Read more »
It's Easy To Find Good Players, But Hard To Construct A Great Team
Most teams don't a have single young guy as promising as the Rockets' cache of Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore and Reed Sheppard. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Celtics finished in the top spot in Net Rating for the second straight season, while the Thunder jumped up from 28th to 14th to second. Read more »
The 2023-24 HAGS (Have A Great Summer) Team
The season is over for Cade Cunningham, Devin Vassell, Vince Williams Jr., Deni Avdija, Alperen Sengun and Collin Sexton, but their play and promise for next season are very encouraging. Read more »
Ime Udoka And His Quartet Of Vets
Winning is happening, but so is development, and the Rockets are showing why adding veterans to a young roster is essential to the team-building process. Read more »
NBA's Top Wing Trios Ranked
We've ranked every team's wing corps from 1 to 30 based on the top three wings' production, upside and versatility. Read more »
The NBA's Most Talented Also-Ran
James Harden's options are trying to win a title with the Sixers or semi-retirement back in Houston. It's assumed the former path will be roughly as consequential as the former. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Celtics finished first in Net Rating ahead of the Cavaliers, who jumped up from 13th last season and 28th as recently as 2021. Read more »
The Rockets Of Then Become The Sixers Of Now
In Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and De'Anthony Melton, the dashed dreams of the 2018 Rockets have found new foundation. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Suns jumped from 30th in the NBA in Net Rating in 17-18 to 29th to 18th in 19-20 to third last season and first in 21-22. Read more »
The Implausible Love Of Superstar, Executive
James Harden and Daryl Morey likely see themselves as mercenaries at this point. They only want to win a ring. It doesn't matter where or how, just so long as they get a solid share of the credit. Read more »
The Rockets May Not Be Good For A While, But They're Already Fun
The Rockets are blending throwback ball-dominant scorers with modern big men. With few expectations, they are offering their young players the liberty to play instinctually, free to indulge every one of their gifts without restraint. Read more »
Ten-Year NBA Net Rating Rankings (Infographics For All 30 Teams)
The Jazz jumped from ninth in Net Rating last season to first in 20-21. Read more »
Victor Oladipo Looking To Get Back On Track In Miami
In a lot of ways the buzzword of "culture" within Miami's ecosystem can also work against Victor Oladipo if he fails in their system. That future max contract might prove to be elusive and slip from his grasp. Read more »
Which Team Will Give P.J. Tucker His Role Back?
P.J. Tucker is a role player in the sense that the only way to truly unlock everything he provides is to put him next to supremely talented players. Fortunately for him, there are tons of those in the NBA in 2021. A lot more than there are P.J. Tuckers. Read more »
The Reinvention Of James Harden
James Harden has dispensed with the stale algorithms with the Nets so quickly and so dramatically that few seem to have had time to notice it yet. He is expanding the game beautifully rather than bending its corners into distended statistical peninsulas. Read more »
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