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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Trading Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik For Dwight Howard
The Houston Rockets look like the likeliest team to sign Dwight Howard, but with their desire to get both him and Chris Paul, some sacrifices from their young roster will have to be made. Who? If the Los Angeles Lakers agree to a sign & trade, Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik will be the ones used to complete the deal.
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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.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Out But James Harden & Omer Asik are Thriving
No Jeremy Lin, where are thou coming from the Houston Rockets, making the most of their rivals missing their second best player and using quite unintelligent tactics to try and make up for it. Meanwhile, James Harden finally played the kind of game he’s supposed to, while Omer Asik made the most of being the focus of intentional fouls in an attempt to send him to the line.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Doesn’t Help James Harden Do All the Work
After a series of games in which it seemed the Houston Rockets were headed in a new direction of a bit more cooperation and sharing of the ball handling and decision making role between Jeremy Lin and James Harden, it was back to step one for the two and the team, who did win the game and clinch a playoff spot, but needed a little bit of luck to get it.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Makes Chandler Parsons & James Harden Look Great
Maybe Kevin McHale has been paying attention, because the return of James Harden to the Houston Rockets backcourt didn’t hurt the dominance of Jeremy Lin, which made both the returning star and Chandler Parsons look quite fresh despite missing a few games and with the need to shake off a little rust.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Continues to Thrive on his Own
With James Harden still missing and Chandler Parsons not playing as well, the load on Jeremy Lin to carry the offense of the Houston Rockets was greater than ever, this season at least. You know what? He had no problem being the man with the spotlight on him, as expected, having an excellent game while enjoying a very good one from Omer Asik in the paint to prove the point of his importance to Kevin McHale one more time.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden Doesn’t Need Help From Jeremy Lin
After praising Jeremy Lin for his excellent form in the last three games, came a dud of performance from him, although it didn’t really stop the Houston Rockets from picking up a very comfortable home win, led by James Harden (who else), also enjoying the fact that two of their rivals in the NBA playoff race lost on the same night.
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Worst Free Throw Shooters in the NBA
Seasons change, but some names on the worst free throw shooters in the NBA list don’t. Dwight Howard had an impressive 25-39 night for the Lakers in a win over the Magic, but that doesn’t improve his situation too much, being the player who costs his team the most points from the line this season.
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Houston Rockets – Want a Big Man Next to James Harden & Jeremy Lin
The strength of the Houston Rockets this season (34-30, 7th in the Western Conference) has been the play of their back-court with James Harden getting most of the accolades next to Jeremy Lin, but they want to add a bit more strength and firepower down low, hoping to succeed in pursuing after Dwight Howard, or settling for Josh Smith and Andrew Bynum as the alternatives.
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Houston Rockets – Turning James Harden and Jeremy Lin into Champions
By bringing in James Harden and Jeremy Lin last off-season, Daryl Morey turned the Houston Rockets into a nationally (and internationally) relevant team again, not to mention a playoff franchise once again. By leaving quite a lot of cap space for the 2013 and 2014 summers, his future goals are even bigger.