Through four games, Coach Mike D’Antoni has used 11 of his 15 players in total, playing the same ten in each of the first four games before playing Ryan Anderson sparingly in the most recent game against Washington. Are the Houston Rockets making the same mistakes of relying on their starters this early in the season, or is D’Antoni simply running these rotations to start the season and test out the new-look starting five with Russell Westbrook?
Anderson only played four minutes against Washington for his first appearance this year, Tyson Chandler has logged just six minutes per game, Ben McLemore isn’t far ahead at seven minutes per game and Thabo Sefolosha has played a little more than 11 minutes per game.