The Houston Rockets are preparing for life without Fred VanVleet ahead of the 2025-26 season. They may come to the painful realization that they're fine without him.
Over the last couple of years, that would have been unthinkable. The Rockets needed VanVleet as badly as they needed air to breathe. They fell apart without him:
But this is a new group of Rockets.
Rockets may not miss VanVleet as much as you'd think
Last year, the Rockets needed to win the possession battle to win games. That meant securing offensive rebounds, as well as limiting (and creating) turnovers.