Tag Archives: Houston Rockets
December Chumpservations, Vol. 2: The injured Greg Oden, Tracy McGrady and Troy Polamalu
Portland’s Kneed Two and a half years ago, Ohio State’s Greg Oden was the consensus number one draft pick of the Portland Trailblazers. It was hoped the seven-footer would bring the franchise back to prosperity. Since that day, Oden has been a mainstay on injured reserve. Unfortunately for the Portland big man, his season was [...]
Are Tracy McGrady and the Rockets on the outs?
Tracy McGrady is starting to feel like the Houston Rockets don’t want him back. That, or they’re trying to collect some money off of his situation. McGrady was reportedly in a shouting match with head coach Rick Adelman on Wednesday before the Rockets squared-off with the Minnesota Timberwolves, as McGrady was upset over not being [...]
NBA Power Rankings (11/10): Surprising Suns rise in West
The 2009/10 NBA season is in full swing, and it’s been a very interesting first few weeks thus far. As expected, last year’s NBA finalists have gotten off to fast starts, and so have several other teams, but there have been a few surprises on both ends of the spectrum. Along with hot starts by [...]
2009/10 NBA Western Conference Playoff Predictions
With the 2009-10 NBA season getting started tomorrow night, and tons of new faces in new places, it’s time to predict which teams will finish where once the regular season is done. As always, the Western Conference is expected to be ultra-competitive, with up to 11 teams having somewhat legitimate aspirations of appearing in the [...]
2009 NBA Draft Winners and Losers
Plenty of teams improved themselves in one way or another. Some chose financial freedom; unloading costly players for cap room, or shipping unwanted picks or talent for some extra cash. And while several teams made an impact with some solid selections in the draft, there were also quite a few trades that went down on [...]
Does Chase Budinger have a future in the NBA?
How did this happen? Scouts from all over the place ensured Chase Budinger that he was a lottery pick, and at the very worst, a first rounder. They’ve been telling him this since he left high school. They said a return for his senior year would only hurt his stock. How the mighty have fallen. [...]
2009 NBA Draft Grades: Which teams passed with flying colors?
There was some exciting action during last Thursday’s NBA Draft. Ironically enough, more of the excitement was produced by trades outside of the actual draft. Several teams created some cap space, unloaded aging/pricey talent, or simply stood pat. Others went for gold, trading up for early picks, or trading down to package a few. Almost [...]
Lakers strengthen repeat hopes by signing veteran forward Artest
You don’t stay on top without making the right moves, and after seeing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Orlando Magic, and San Antonio Spurs make big trades last week, the Los Angeles Lakers have made a big splash early on in free agency by nabbing one of the top names on the board. Former Houston Rockets forward [...]
Does Yao’s injury mean time to hit panic button in Houston?
Just when the Rockets push the eventual champion L.A. Lakers to a seventh game, Ming breaks his foot. Again. And then after Houston was ousted, the Rockets front office immediately tried rectifying the damage done by Ming’s injury. Despite finding a gem in Aaron Brooks throughout the playoffs, they attempted to package him with Shane [...]
