When the Houston Rockets acquired Corey Brewer and Josh Smith in December, it wasn’t immediately obvious how well they would mesh together.
However, the pairing—along with fellow “Headband Brother” Jason Terry—is turning the Rockets' bench into one of the best in the league.
For the first month of the season, the Rockets’ bench was awful. Through Dec. 18, they were last in bench scoring at 22.8 points per game. Then they acquired Brewer on Dec. 19 in a three-team trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers.
Six days later, they signed Smith using the biannual exception. Smith had fallen out of favor with the Detroit Pistons because his shooting was horrendous. They felt it was worth paying him to not play. The Rockets were ready to capitalize on that.
After a couple of games as a starter, Houston moved the forward to the bench, and he’s been a revelation there with Brewer.
Since Smith started playing with the second unit, the Rockets’ bench is 10th in the league with 35.9 points per game. Most of the credit for ...
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Article written by Kelly Scaletta