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Despite all the changes this year, expect them to somehow keep up their tradition of winning. Whatever the makeup, the Rockets have still found a way to win more than they’ve lost. In the last decade, Houston has been built around Steve Francis, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, and a number of star-less of ensemble casts. 500 just once in the last 11 seasons, despite a roster that’s undergone a number of overhauls.

Still, though, the Rockets have a reputation as one of the league’s smartest teams, so maybe all of this will work out. For a team that narrowly missed the playoffs last year, it’s been a drastic reinvention. Overall, the Rockets are extremely young and extremely different from what they used to be. With only Shaun Livingston backing Lin up, the team will be his to run for the foreseeable future. The contract escalates in its third year, which’ll make Lin a $15 million poison pill in 2014-15. The most popular player in the history of the universe who’s logged about a dozen good games in his career, Lin signed a quirky three-year, $25 million deal.

And I think that’s everything…Įxcept for Jeremy Lin! Commence Linsanity!

#Houston rockets roster 2012 free#

53 (whose name I just really wanted to write).Ĭarlos Delfino and Omer Asik came to Houston as free agents. 18 and somebody named Furkan Aldemir at No. In their places are a whole bunch of rookies. In addition to the three players already mentioned, Luis Scola, Goran Dragic, Chase Budinger and Courtney Lee are all gone from the rotation. So, there’s that.īut a quick look through the Rockets’ player movement chart reveals just how much turnover GM Daryl Morey’s team has endured. But hey, Kevin Martin and his 17.1 points per game are still around. Gone is Samuel Dalembert, the Rockets’ best shot-blocker. Gone is Marcus Camby, Houston’s leading rebounder. Gone is Kyle Lowry, the team’s assist leader. What’s left is a team that is now without virtually every meaningful player from last year’s squad. All the maneuvering to cut salary and open space was for naught. But instead of reeling in the stars, the roster burned up on re-entry. The Houston Rockets shot the moon this offseason, hoping to land Dwight Howard and/or a couple of other max-deal players. Be sure to check out the other previews we’ve done so far on Blue Man Hoop: Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Bobcats, Chicago Bulls, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons. We’ll give you an overview of each opponent, a matchup or stat to watch and a measure of just how big a threat each opposing squad represents for the Dubs. Here at Blue Man Hoop, we’re gearing up for the 2012-13 season by looking around the NBA to see how each team matches up with the Golden State Warriors. I’m not a huge Rockets fan by any sense, but I don’t trade potentially talented guys and draft picks to take on bad contracts and rent a player for a year.By Grant Hughes 10 years ago Follow Tweet They may want Lamb too just because he’s talented but trading your number one and number two shooting guard could hurt. They drafted two power forwards in Andrew Nicholson and Kyle O’Quinn and Big Baby is still on the roster. If I’m Darryl Morey I’m not dealing Donatas Motiejunas for sure, but I don’t know who else they would want from the rookies assuming they’d be taking back Kevin Martin. If the Rockets are really dying to make the Dwight Howard trade so they can give up assets to rent him, then they should be careful what they give up. So a few forward and center guys should be looking for a new opportunity cause they likely won’t make the team : my guess Jon Brockman, Diamon Simpson, Greg Smith…but we’ll have to wait and see. So if you subtract the three guys who won’t be with the Rockets this year its 18 players. The Rockets will likely add Omer Asik since the Bulls can’t afford the poison pill offer sheet he signed. Donatas Motiejunas is 7 feet tall and weighs 222lbs, he’ll be spending most of his time at center which should help the forward conundrum a tiny bit. "(E’twaun) Moore and (Sean) Williams - playing on nonguaranteed contracts - are expected to be waived by the Rockets" – Īldemir won’t be signing with the Rockets this year, he’s a draft and stash guy.