Rockets fans aren’t used to losing. For the most part, they’re having a hard time adjusting to it.
It’s understandable. An entire generation of this fanbase is entirely new to this experience. Before a fateful 2020-21 season, the Rockets held the longest playoff streak in the NBA at eight consecutive seasons. Some adults were children the last time the Rockets missed the postseason.
Those that grew up in the Harden era don’t know this feeling. Unsurprisingly, they don’t like it. They’re so averse to it that, if they were Rafael Stone, they might do something drastic.
Something like trading for Donovan Mitchell.