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TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:11 pm
by Optimism Prime
Remember the Rockets who gave the Lakers all that trouble in the playoffs a while back? They're just about all gone.
At the trade deadline, the Rockets traded away Aaron Brooks and Shane Battier. They had already lost Yao Ming to injury. What's left of Tracy McGrady is in Detroit, and after a stint in Sacramento, Carl Landry is filling in for an injured David West in New Orleans.
In return they got long-term investments: draft picks, a prospect who's in the D-League (Hasheem Thabeet) and a benchwarmer (Goran Dragic).
And yet, the Rockets are suddenly one of the NBA's best teams, on an 11-4 tear.
http://espn.go.com/blog/TrueHoop/post/_ ... ocket-time
Re: TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:20 pm
by texasholdem
McGrady had nothing to do with that playoff series vs LA other than picking the Lakers to win.
Re: TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:21 pm
by Kal El
we have to take care of philly. i didn't even know we lost the last 6 out of 7 against them.
Re: TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:38 pm
by College Boy
It's good for the Rockets to get some national attention for their efforts. But this is all for naught if we miss the playoffs.
Re: TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:01 pm
by zapatasblood
texasholdem wrote:McGrady had nothing to do with that playoff series vs LA other than picking the Lakers to win.
It still counted for Tracy's first playoff victory.
Re: TrueHoop: Rocket Time
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:15 pm
by texasholdem
zapatasblood wrote:texasholdem wrote:McGrady had nothing to do with that playoff series vs LA other than picking the Lakers to win.
It still counted for Tracy's first playoff victory.
No that would be the Portland series before the LA 7 game series.
It sucks that ESPN gives TMac any credit at all for that playoff run.