As the Houston Rockets prepared to enter training camp with a roster constructed around offseason acquisition Kevin Durant, a major incident, the ACL tear that Fred VanVleet suffered in a team mini-camp just last week, has thrown a major wrench into any plans the organization might have had.
While, with an exceedingly versatile lineup full of young talent, the Rockets are still poised to compete, VanVleet's absence will be a major obstacle, and head coach Ime Udoka now has a tall task in front of him in determining the proper lineup combinations in order to overcome this setback.