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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Getting a Better Dwight Howard Thanks to Hakeem Olajuwon & Kevin McHale
Instead of throwing all the responsibility & blame on Dwight Howard like his previous team did, the Houston Rockets seem genuinely interested in helping their newly acquired center become all the he can be, giving him Hakeem Olajuwon and head coach Kevin McHale as his teachers in an attempt to improve his low post game and overall ability on offense.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Isn’t Off the Trading Block Yet
The Houston Rockets made teams aware of Jeremy Lin being available via trade this offseason, only no one thought that at the moment, he was worth adding for pieces, not to mention his salary. So the point guard who has seen somewhat of a deflation in his value over the last season due to playing next to the wrong player while performing in the wrong part is staying for now, but nothing is permanent.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Much More Than a Role Player
One postseason in which he wasn’t at his healthiest, and people are treating Jeremy Lin like a marginal player who should be sitting at the end of the bench. True, he isn’t James Harden and never will be, but the Houston Rockets have a very good point guard on their hands that they will benefit greatly from if they forget about trading him and push towards making him feel more comfortable on the court.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin is Going to Have to Change, Not James Harden
At this stage of the offseason, there are quite a few questions about the Houston Rockets next season, despite the very promising initial outlook. One of those questions is Jeremy Lin and how much will his role with the team change. It’s pretty clear that despite his relative success during his first season with the team, James Harden isn’t going anywhere, and also isn’t the one who is going to have to adapt.
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Houston Rockets – Dwight Howard With Jeremy Lin & James Harden; Can it Work?
Each season, at least early on, the team getting most of the attention is the one making the boldest offseason moves. Their year, it’ll obviously be the Houston Rockets, adding Dwight Howard to James Harden, Jeremy Lin, Chandler Parsons and Omer Asik and a team that made the first round of the playoffs last year, in an attempt to turn them into contenders.
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Houston Rockets – James Harden & Even Jeremy Lin Shouldn’t Be Forgotten Because of Dwight Howard
There’s no doubt that the arrival of Dwight Howard to the Houston Rockets is the biggest move of this offseason, but it doesn’t mean that what stood at the basis of the enthusiasm from last year’s team, which was mainly the arrival of James Harden and a bit earlier than that, Jeremy Lin, without forgetting about Omer Asik and Chandler Parsons as well, won’t be as important as it was last season.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Keeping Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik Because Dwight Howard & James Harden Want Them
Being a franchise player on a team means that decisions regarding adding and disposing of players involve you, which seems to be the case on the Houston Rockets, who are keeping Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin on the team partially because both Dwight Howard and James Harden want to play with them 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 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.