Given yesterday marked the date when teams can trade players signed in the offseason let’s just say I won’t be surprised if we’re discussing a trade here next week.
Moving forward, with seven of their next nine games at home in Houston this segment needs to be where they begin to mount a move. If not, Chris Paul can opine as much as he wants about “teams have to beat us four out of seven” as he wants. If they don’t make the playoffs he’ll have to take that advice and mindset to the Drew League with James Harden.
Houston Rockets:
Offensive Rating: 7th
Defensive Rating: 25th
Net Differential: 21st
Points per games: 108.3 (21st)
Offensive field goal efficiency: 44.7 percent (percent (23rd)
Opponent points per game: 109.7 (12th)
Opponent field goal efficiency: 47.5 percent (26th)
Home: 5-5
Road: 6-9
Back to back sets: 5
Versus the East: 6-3
Versus the West: 5-11
Week eight 0-3: Losses to @Wolves, @ Jazz, @ Mavericks
On tap for week 9: Blazers, Lakers, @Grizzlies