Houston Rockets vs. San Antonio Spurs game preview

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty ImagesThe Houston Rockets up their preseason campaign for the 2022-23 season tonight at Toyota Center against the San Antonio Spurs.

There will be plenty of time to discuss the immediate futures of these squads (spoiler alert: they both want to lose a bunch of games), but preseason is more about seeing development from the previous year and getting an understanding of how the coaching staff views the current roster. Who’s getting minutes? What position are they playing? Are they getting the ball on offense or are they there to do the little things?

For Houston, the biggest draws are their pair of top-3 picks: Jalen Green and Jabari Smith Jr. The Rockets will want…