[OneBadLT123]

Wow... Speechless

At a point where the Rockets, City, Fans, and everything were at an all time high... Everything just came crashing down.

Unbelievable... Times like this really make me wonder if the Rockets are seriously just cursed.

[essbee]

Originally Posted by king2440

Who cares about your dang fantasy team?

me. i got money on it and he was my top pick. I think it's clear I'm the real victim here.

[MeirToTheWise]

Originally Posted by essbee

me. i got money on it and he was my top pick. I think it's clear I'm the real victim here.

My e-heart goes out to you

P.S. - Go to hell if your sarcasm detector's broken and someone takes this seriously >_>

[Eternal]

Originally Posted by hobojoe

Does anyone else get the impression this could set the franchise back a lot further than it appears on the surface? The timing couldn't be worse.

I don't know about you, but this seems like a built in excuse to keep the core of this team together this offseason and not blow it all up (trading McGrady) like they should. The thinking will be, "We had won 11 straight with Yao and T-Mac before this happened, we can win a title with those two healthy playing together". I don't really think that's true, I think they should trade McGrady this summer and rebuild. They're not going to be any better next season than they are this year. Thing about all the powers in the West is that they don't appear to be going anywhere in the near future, pretty much 1-10 EXCEPT Houston and San Antonio at least have the potential to be even better in the next few years than they are now. Maybe not Dallas, but we'll have to see -- you can make a case for them improving the next 1-2 years. Houston's not very young, and none of their young talent really has a lot of room to improve. Guys like Head, Brooks, Battier, Scola are what they are. They're not going to be superstars, and they're not going to improve a whole lot. Even Yao isn't going to get that much better. That basically leaves McGrady, who's rapid decline from super-stardom is slightly exaggerated at times, but he's still not the player he once was and definitely is declining.

The Rockets have over $63 million in salaries for next season before re-signing Chuck Hayes, Carl Landry, Gerald Green and a few other guys, so they'll only have the MLE to work with if they're going to continue with the current core. All of this adds up to me believing the Rockets can't compete for a title next year and would be better off trading McGrady given his decline and health concerns of his own. However this win streak combined with this being Adelman's first year with the team (incentive to keep the core intact and give him more time with them) has me pretty sure they won't rebuild, they will instead overpay a marginal talent to come in and make a minimal impact, win 40-45 games and miss the playoffs or get bounced in the first round again. They're just delaying the rebuilding process, which is especially detrimental in their case because if they wait too long they might also waste Yao's prime.

If anything most of the West teams will be on a decline. Spurs won't be getting any younger, and they of all teams will be on a decline soon, unless they make a trade to get younger. Suns same story with an aging Nash and now Shaq.

Lakers and Hornets look to be the only two teams who can get better, as their both relatively young teams.

Sucks for the Rockets... that Yao is injured again.

[Jizzy]

just when the rockets thought they escaped the injury plague, TMac needs to reach to his orlando days, if at all possible

[OneBadLT123]

Ever since John Stockton's shot in the 1997 WCF, NOTHING has gone right for this franchise.... Nothing

Curse you John Stockton!

[MeirToTheWise]

Originally Posted by OneBadLT123

Ever since John Stockton's shot in the 1997 WCF, NOTHING has gone right for this franchise.... Nothing

Curse you John Stockton!

Watch him end up as an assistant coach or something for your team, lol.

[Lynx]

Again? Two years in a row. This is the same injury he had before. This is turning out to be Bill Walton all over again.

[rocketeer]

Originally Posted by Lynx

Again? Two years in a row. This is the same injury he had before. This is turning out to be Bill Walton all over again.

this is not any injury he's had before. the first injury he had was a very bad big toe infection. the second one was a broken tibia. this one is a stress fracture in his foot.