The Houston Rockets 2016-2017 season preview

Last Year's Record: 41-41

1. What significant moves were made during the off-season?

The biggest additions were the Rockets’ double-dip into the New Orleans Pelicans starting lineup, signing Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon to four-year deals totaling $133 million. After dropping the war chest on that pair, they signed Nene, still a capable backup center, to a one-year deal worth $2.9 million. We’re going to go ahead and say the Rockets signed three capable, yet injury-prone, rotation players for $136 million, which sounds a lot better than parsing it out.

Most notably, the Rockets probably breathed a sigh of relief when Dwight Howard opted out, and by all appearances, made no effort to re-sign…