The Houston Rockets are such a different team than they were last season.
In one sense, they’re different because of their composition. According to Basketball-Reference.com, only 61 percent of the minutes this season were used by players who were on last year’s roster, which is the 11th lowest in the league.
But even that doesn’t fully convey how much turnover there has been. K.J. McDaniels, Montrezl Harrell and Sam Dekker were all on the roster in 2015-16, but they only accounted for 3.1 percent of the team's total minutes.
This year, they are playing a significantly greater role with 15.7 percent. If you consider those three as "new" players, Houston has the fourth-highest turnover in the league.
Additionally, they have a new attitude with a new coach and a new system; they’re flowing freely and having fun. Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle wrote before the season:
The vibe of the team is positive. The players seem to like each other, to want to play for each other, to want to win for each other.
From the outside looking in, that was missing last ...
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