The Houston Rockets are square in the middle of a rebuild.
It’s not a position the team’s fans are used to occupying. Between 1984 and 2020, this team has had exactly three losing seasons.
The Rockets are an organization that’s associated with winning. These past two years of enduring historic losing streaks and calculating lottery odds have felt altogether uncomfortable. There’s a real hunger in this fanbase to get back to winning and do it quickly.
That’s probably not going to happen before this year’s trade deadline.
Rockets fans are encouraged not to shoot the messenger.