Today marks a time of great change. The NBA will now begin enforcing its “No Hugs” rule. This rules out the expected parade of embraces for referee crew chief Josh Tiven’s continuing existence as Not Scott Foster.
The Rockets will once again not really be the team of recent hopes and expectations as John Wall, Sterling Brown, Danuel House, Dante Exum, and Brodric Thomas continue to be out.
The Rockets will run Victor Oladipo and Whoever Got The Rebound at PG.
It’s almost impossible to know what the Rockets will look like 20 games from now, as their roster has basically never played a single game intact this season.