Last night the Houston Rockets got ousted from the 2021-22 NBA Postseason following a 107-92 loss to the... oh wait it’s still the pre-season? Based on social media reactions it’s pretty damn hard to tell.
So, uh, let’s try this again, last night the Rockets took their lumps - in a game that doesn’t even count - from the Toronto Raptors, who won 107-92 in Scotia Bank Arena.
So remember when Houston traded James Harden to Brooklyn and everyone was excited about the rebuild? What happened to that?
Even if they got the top pick and drafted Cade Cunningham or used the second pick on Evan Mobley instead of Jalen Green, it’s been clear for under a year now that this team is not going to be ready to compete overnight, and with such a high draft pick, it’d seem like that was pretty obvious.