The Houston Rockets had one of the more intriguing offseasons last year, signing Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik to bloated contracts and managing to snatch budding superstar James Harden in exchange for an aging Kevin Martin and rookie Jeremy Lamb, who they had drafted just a couple of months prior to that trade.
Dwight Howard, who has been courted by Rockets forward Chandler Parsons throughout the course of the summer (per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle), would definitely be a great addition to turn this club from a fringe playoff contender to a championship contender.
However, without Howard or any other additions this offseason, how far could a team built around James Harden, Jeremy Lin, Omer Asik and Chandler Parsons take them?
Void at the Power Forward Spot
The four players mentioned above only cover four positions on the court, and the Rockets are still unsure of their long-term answer at power forward.
Naturally, it shouldn't be possible to predict the ceiling of a team when one of the positions on the court isn't covered yet. Even before the season started, the R ...
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