What Rockets can learn about team-building from this year's playoffs

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant, left, Houston Rockets center Alperen Sengun, center, and Nets forward Nic Claxton position for a rebound during an NBA basketball game, Tuesday April 5, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)It's been jarring watching the Boston Celtics swarm and smother Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving en route to taking a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Nets. And the first three games of Denver's first-round series against the Golden State Warriors raised all sorts of questions regarding the wisdom in building a team around a less-than-mobile frontcourt superstar in the modern NBA.

There's real implications for the Rockets, of course, because many of the question…