As typical in this conference we love, the previous year’s champion tends to take a step back and the Rockets were no exception in 2018. Aside from the old cliche’ that it is much easier to climb to the top than stay there, the Rockets lost players and were beset by injuries. Coming into the 2019 campaign, there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic for this squad and a few reasons to be worried.
First, let’s take a look at the good. The Rockets are loaded at running back. Art Thompkins is a home run hitter that has never averaged less than 5.