Houston, We Have A Problem
Posted by www.readingrocketsbasketball.com on
January 17, 2011
The Rockets are a darn good basketball franchise, excuse me for saying so. Perhaps it’s not the most humble approach for a fan to take, but as a fan base, we have been relatively spoiled by the team’s performance and resiliency in recent years. Since 2002-2003, the Rockets have had exactly one “down” season. No, the team hasn’t powered its way to playoff glory, or even to the playoffs in every case for that matter, but each season, save for 2005-2006, the Rockets have finished the season above .500 and at least in contention for a playoff spot, even in the hotly contested Western Conference. Bear in mind, the Atlanta Hawks actually made the playoffs with an under .500 record in the East just 3 years ago (and took the top seeded Celtics to 7 games), thus putting up a positive mark in the West cannot be casually dismissed. A year ago, with a Yao-less unit, a preseason subtraction no one in the organization had accounted for, the Rockets still mustered a 42-40 record, good for 9th in West (or 1 out of post-season play), finishing better than the 8th seeded Bulls (again, Eastern Conference). Read the rest of this entry »