<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post"> <font size=""5"">Houston Rockets</font> What Went Right: ? Luis Scola is ready for his close-up. He's active, aggressive and a two-time MVP of the Spanish League whose passing and rebounding will boost Yao Ming's game up front. And we'll repeat what we said in the Spurs' entry: Butler is going to "get it" one day soon, and the four or five teams that will have moved him along by then will be sorry. ? Steve Francis has something to prove. Like, maybe, that he still is in the league? It was easy to forget at times the past two seasons, with Francis all but vanishing in the quagmire that was the New York Knicks. Traded four times now and bought out once, maybe Francis is ready to fly straight in his return to the market where he made his bones. ? New coach Rick Adelman's teams know how to score. That's a good thing, given the Rockets' weaponry and their overreliance on low scores and defensive tussles. Adelman as a playoff coach doesn't stack up to Adelman the regular-season coach, but we'll worry about that in April. Also, in Sacramento, Adelman got good production out of Bonzi Wells, who was MIA last season for Houston. What Went Wrong: ? Rafer Alston didn't get arrested once. Nope, he got arrested twice. In August. First after a confrontation with a parking attendant, and then for allegedly slashing a man's throat in a bar fight. He's due back in court on Jan. 3, by which time Mike James, Francis and rookie Aaron Brooks might have crowded Alston out of the Houston picture. ? Juwan Howard went to Minnesota ... ... to play with Kevin Garnett. Oops! Howard would have been a better fit right where he was, a veteran frontcourt guy on a Rockets team that is ready to contend. The Wolves seem willing to move him to someone who's not rebuilding so, who knows, he might even return. Grade: A- Some key pieces will have to blend and remember to keep servicing Yao and Tracy McGrady. If it happens, the Texas Triangle will be more equilateral than ever. </div> link I think when you factor in the draft for Aaron Brooks and that we got Mike James in return for Juwan Howard, our grade should be bumped up to an A. What do you think?
<div class="quote_poster">durvasa Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">link I think when you factor in the draft for Aaron Brooks and that we got Mike James in return for Juwan Howard, our grade should be bumped up to an A. What do you think?</div> A+ Morey pulled miracles out the air with the limited $ he had to work with. Not to mention we still have quality players the team could trade. I don't know about Jho in this lineup, Scola so far looks like a upgrade.
