Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Houston Rockets a Miami clone?

It is amazing to watch Dwayne Wade take over the playoff series versus the Pistons, who were at many times during this season a seemingly unbeatable team. There are some great teams emerging around young stars these days. I wonder if Tracy McGrady can finally get healthy from his back problems and become the megastar he was in Orlando, now able to take advantage of a finally-dominant Yao Ming and a stronger supporting cast. Yao's late season saw him getting to the line, weathering more minutes, and sinking more of his shots. These two teams have their big men and penetrators in place, as well as the Haslem/Howard traditional workman power forward to go with a few perimeter shooters. Clearly Miami is the better team at the moment, but with a little tweaking, Houston could develop the depth to compete with Miami and take its chances with T-Mac's length and 3pt shooting and Yao's proficiency at the stripe, none of which Miami can match.

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