The Houston Rockets have the most talked about NBA trade piece in their disgruntled Turkish center, Omer Asik.
One of the more popular suggestions among league followers is that Asik will be sent to the New Orleans Pelicans for Ryan Anderson, a former teammate of Dwight Howard with the Orlando Magic. There’s something to that, as the two worked brilliantly together previously, but the suggestion—and all stretch 4-centric trade scenarios for the Rockets—ignore what’s really ailing this team.
It needs defense.
A minus defender like Anderson may be a wildly entertaining addition in Houston, but the Rockets seem to be scoring just fine without his floor-stretching capabilities. Their assembly of basket-getters has them averaging 109.9 points per game, good for best in the league.
On the other end of the floor, they’re nearly dead last. Allowing 105.6 points per game, only the Philadelphia 76ers are worse at defending.
The problems causing this imbalance are many, and they are clear. Dwight Howard is not quite what he used to be as a rim defender, the team is wi ...
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Houston Rockets Do Not Need a Stretch 4 Next to Dwight Howard
November 26th, 2013 by John Wilmes Leave a reply »
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