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The Rockets' Young Core Is At Risk

Houston Rockets On SI·Trenton Whiting·about 1 month ago
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After a disappointing postseason exit, the Houston Rockets enter an offseason full of questions and potentially difficult decisions. The team is clearly not good enough to compete at the highest level, they fell early against a Los Angeles Lakers team without several of its best players. By the end of the series, each team's best players were the only main rotation players missing. The Lakers' next best players and role players outplayed the equivalent players for Houston. However, neither team likely had enough of a supporting cast to truly compete against the most elite teams in the postseason this year. The Rockets are even more behind, due to not having an MVP caliber player on the team. This offseason now brings questions as to how their roster can catch up to the league's best. The answers may rest solely on Houston's young players, the team's best assets. Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr. showed the highest consistency throughout the postseason.…

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