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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Shouldn’t Be Traded
The only way the Houston Rockets get that third star player is if they trade both Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin for one player, and that Asik isn’t going to be moved. While the Rockets are rumored to be searching for a trade to get rid of Lin, they really shouldn’t.
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Houston Rockets – Dwight Howard & James Harden a Championship Caliber Duo?
As we’ve seen in the NBA finals for the last three years, it’s not only about having a top-heavy roster, but having the right kind of players around them in order to win a championship, which automatically puts a lot of questions marks around the new superstar tandem created by the Houston Rockets with Dwight Howard and James Harden.
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Minnesota Timberwolves & Houston Rockets – Ricky Rubio Isn’t Jeremy Lin, Hoping Kevin Martin Isn’t James Harden
The arrival of Kevin Martin to the Minnesota Timberwolves to pair up with Ricky Rubio in the backcourt should take the team to the next step in their playoff quest, but looking at how the Houston Rockets, with Jeremy Lin & James Harden in the backcourt, operated last season, there is room for caution in both the team and the individual level.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Using Chandler Parsons to Get Dwight Howard
NBA players with the same agent can often strike some sort of social bond, and it seems the Houston Rockets are trying to use the connection between Chandler Parsons and Dwight Howard in order to get the free agent center, currently contemplating between staying with the Los Angeles Lakers or leaving to a team with a better shot and a better situation for him next season.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t Overrated, James Harden Made Him Redundant
When the Houston Rockets signed Jeremy Lin from the New York Knicks last season, for a moment there it looked like someone believes in him enough to slowly build a team around him. The trade that brought over James Harden changed everything, including the expectations, overnight, while Lin was pushed aside in favor of the usual superstar-like basketball the NBA always directs itself towards.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Might be Traded if Chris Paul Arrives
The Los Angeles Clippers fired their head coach because Chris Paul demanded it, but didn’t like the media knowing about it. So his future with the team remains in doubt, giving the Houston Rockets an opportunity to sign him, which will mean a few things: Jeremy Lin becoming a bench player once again, while Dwight Howard won’t be heading over there.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin and James Harden Will Both Benefit From Dwight Howard
At this point in the off-season of both the Houston Rockets and Dwight Howard, it’s all about speculation. About being able to get the most coveted free agent in the 2013 class, while thinking how this will help or change the dynamic of both Jeremy Lin and James Harden, the two most important players on the team last season.
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New York Knicks – Jeremy Lin Style of Basketball is Better Than Building Around Carmelo Anthony
Hindsight doesn’t make you a genius, but when the New York Knicks decided to let Jeremy Lin go to the Houston Rockets it wasn’t just a money decision. It was about the egos of James Dolan and Carmelo Anthony, and deciding to build a team around a superstar who knows how to play in only one way, and it isn’t the right one. Lin might never be as talented of a scorer like Anthony or James Harden, but playing in a style that feeds off his talent is a better way to find success.
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James Harden & Kevin McHale Ruined it for Jeremy Lin & the Houston Rockets
There was only one game in the six games the Houston Rockets managed to drag out of the Oklahoma City Thunder in which James Harden had an impressive night. One of the biggest superstars in the NBA, but a head coach that doesn’t know how to limit him and make the most of him, while their once chance of playing the kind of basketball an injured Thunder team wouldn’t be able to handle, Jeremy Lin, got injured and made things worse by trying to play instead of watching from the side.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin & James Harden Fail When it Matters the Most
Young teams need to go through growing pains, and losing in the first round of a postseason series qualifies as just that. Jeremy Lin shouldn’t have played but did, becoming possibly the least valuable player of the series, while James Harden refused to learn from the lessons of a previous game, trying to shoot his way out of trouble instead of slow down, stop and think, which might have led to better results.