After coming to within one game of the NBA Finals last season, the Houston Rockets had a loud offseason. General Manager Daryl Morey seemed to get the memo that the Western Conference was going to crank it up to 100, as he made one of the biggest moves in a long list of huge moves pulled off by the West.
Considering the team was so successful last season despite injuries and bad fortune in the Western Conference Finals against the juggernaut Golden State Warriors, Mike D’Antoni and company very well could have run it back and still been a favorite.