<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">The difference makers Tracy McGrady. Yao Ming. The core is strong. With the addition of Derek Anderson, Stromile Swift and Rafer Alston, the Rockets believe they have the supporting cast to carry them to a title By JONATHAN FEIGEN Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle They come with hopes that the lost seasons and varied struggles that brought them to this point could not diminish. The years could not take that away. Derek Anderson waded through the mess in Portland without getting stained, as if those trials were needed to bring him to his best chance at something greater. Stromile Swift teased with talent enough to jump through the league's roofs but never to break through the ceiling that seemed to block him for five unsatisfying NBA seasons. Rafer Alston fell from coveted free agent to the Raptors' petulant pariah, then escaped as if it was all to give him a new, mature perspective on this chance.</div> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/s.../bk/bkn/3425463
yeah I read this yesterday, I think stro,d.a., and alston will all be key to how far we go in the post season this year.
