Rockets Or Spurs Out West?

[playblair]

Who wins more playoff games next season: the Spurs or Rockets?


Steve Aschburner, NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/steve-aschburner/): Sticking with the Spurs for now.


Fran Blinebury, NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/fran-blinebury/)The Rockets are hopeful. The Spurs are still very much for real.:


Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/jeff-caplan/) . I’ll take the Rockets


Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/scott-howard-cooper/): The Spurs.


John Schuhmann, NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/john-schuhmann/): San Antonio.


Sekou Smith, NBA.com (http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/tag/sekou-smith/):The Spurs win more playoff games next season … the Rockets’ time will come later.


Lang Whitaker, NBA.com’s All Ball blog (http://allball.blogs.nba.com/): The Spurs.

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2013/07/17/blogtable-rockets-or-spurs-out-west/

[slick'81]

Right now spurs but rockets have closed gap a smige

[TXstbobcat]

Spurs are still the favorites in the west.

[DapDaGenius]

Spurs. Howard is going to get injured(season ending)...I'm not hoping it, but I'm calling it.

Seriously though, Spurs.

[BatManu20]

Spurs or OKC will represent the West in the NBA Finals next year.

[raybies]

Spurs
Tony/ Cory/ Patty
Green/ Ginobili/ Belinelli/ De Colo
Kawhi/ Deshaun
Duncan/ Diaw/ Bonner/ Pendergraph
Tiago/ Aron

VS

Rockets
Lin/ Beverly/ Young
Harden/ Garcia/ Canaan
Parsons/ Casspi/ Covington
Motiejunas/ Jones
Howard/ Asik/ Smith/ Henriquez

That would seem easy enough. I think Houston needs better complimentary pieces to there starting lineup than Lin and Asik. Lin without Harden would be better like Asik without Howard. I would suspect at this time Motiejunas would be a better fit starting with Howard due to spacing and have Asik as back up. Beverly also woul make a better starter next to Harden because he doesn't need the ball to be effective. I can see them trading Lin if possible. Mo Williams would be a great fit; he can shoot the ball and handle.

But as is they lack the depth they would need to win more unless they plan on playing starters big minutes. I must say though that Harden, Howard, and Parsons has potential to be a very deadly trio of stars; very complimentary. Harden is much better of a team player than Kobe is.

Spurs

[RD2191]

Why are people over-hyping the Rockets? They will still be garbage. Maybe a tad bit better on defense but the team as a whole is still trash. Plus we got Baynes :hat

[Libri]

Spurs

[McGusto55]

Spurs all day.....

[illusioNtEk]

Harden is a badass.. has yet to hit his prime

Ill take the Spurs tho!

[monkeypunk]

Harden is great but Dwight isn't going to run with them and they are going to suck.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Spurs or OKC in the West. Clips 3, Grizzlies 4, Rockets 5.

[tmtcsc]

Spurs all the way. OKC doesn't belong in the conversation anymore. They have a long way to go to make up for Harden's absence and their lack of an inside game. Its Spurs - Clippers and everyone else.

Spurs
Clippers
Golden State
Houston
OKC
Memphis
?
?

[HemisfairArena]

LMAO. OKC won 60+ games last year and were the #1 seed in the West. When a guy like Westbrook goes down...so does your chance at a title. And the Rockets add the best big man in the NBA and people think they will only get slightly better. Classic.

[raybies]

Spurs
OKC
Houston
Clippers
Golden State
Memphis
Denver
Lakers
Trail Blazers
Mavericks

After top 4 it's anyones ballgame

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Spurs, OKC, GS, Hou, Grizz, Clips, Pelicans, Lakers

[TheGreatYacht]

Nobody thinks the Pelicans will make the playoffs?

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Nobody thinks the Pelicans will make the playoffs?
Post above yours

[Shifty]

Harden is a badass.. has yet to hit his prime

Ill take the Spurs tho!

People are thinking they are better because of Howard but it's Harden + a decent team that is going to get them to a good seed and some playoffs success.

[spurraider21]

Why are people over-hyping the Rockets? They will still be garbage. Maybe a tad bit better on defense but the team as a whole is still trash. Plus we got Baynes :hat

they were the youngest team in the NBA. last season was supposed to be a growing pains year, and instead they still managed to make the playoffs. thats pretty promising for a club like that. it was harden's first year as a go-to guy. parsons took a big step forward. it was the first time Asik had a big role. that was a team with "internal improvement" written all over it. now they added Dwight Howard... so yeah, they'll be pretty good

[Rogue]

The rockets are nothing but an ice sculpture to me tbh. They look good for this moment but will melt down before long.

[kobexxx]

i've heard the Spurs are older an over the hill i.e manu. My bet is Rockets

[illusioNtEk]

LOL OKC trading Harden a fucking super star for a scrub

[racm]

Is this even a serious question?

[timtonymanu]

I'm more afraid of Harden/Parsons/Asik than I am of Dwight Howard.

I actually think the Clippers are more of a threat than the Rockets at the moment.

Barring any injuries (which is a given with the Spurs lately), they should be the favorite in the West.

[Johnny RIngo]

As long as Lin is starting for the Rockets, Spurs easy. Until Houston realizes he's garbage, I'm not ready to consider them a contender

[weeks]

for some reason i really prefer it when the spurs are dismissed or not talked about being favorites. i feel jinxed already

[Tyrone Jenkins]

The acquisition of Dwight Howard by the Rockets means 2 things essentially: that the Rockets will sell a lot of tickets, jerseys, etc. and increase their revenue immensely; AND that they won't win an NBA championship while he's a Rocket (unless he changes dramatically).

Dwight Howard is a dominant center but in order to win playoff basketball, you've got to be in the game in the last minutes to be an impact. Dwight can't shoot FTs, fouls a lot and is generally weak minded when it comes to leading a team in tough times. IF the Rockets go far in the West, it will be because of Harden and Parsons.

[dallasmaverickslose]

I vote New Orleans Pelicans

[barakz21]

Rockets clearly improved, but they aren't on the Spurs' level YET. Keyword, yet.

[cjw]

LMAO. OKC won 60+ games last year and were the #1 seed in the West. When a guy like Westbrook goes down...so does your chance at a title. And the Rockets add the best big man in the NBA and people think they will only get slightly better. Classic.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Yeah, But Westbrook is a dynamic player that doesn't bitch every 10 seconds. WE all witness the breakdown that this so call best bigman in the league had in getting swept by the Spurs this year. Howard is an immature idiot. Dude, when you say that someone throwing a jersey in your face hurts you emotionally (not to mention you still remember it and say in an interview), you know you are mentally weak. There are two types of IQ the military evaluates people, Intelligent and Emotional IQ. Howard has an emotional IQ of like 10.