I have the rockets as favorites out west if they get Smoove, don't see a team who will beat them 4 out of 7. Without Smoove, just another good western team, 3-5 seed. A lot of you guys have been behind the curve on Houston in general, recall a ton of folks rolling around laughing here last October about how shitty the 2012-2013 team was gonna be after the harden trade. They have the league's best gm, top 5 scouts who have found multiple contributors in the 2nd round of the draft, and they have a coach who players respect. On top of all that, they were the first team to ever successfully steal a player from the lakers that the lakers actually wanted to keep. This franchise, and this team are for real, and will continue to be legit for many many years. The inside out, 1 big and athletes/shooters everywhere else game they play is suited fantastically to Dwight. He singlehandedly creates the most space in the entire league except for maybe when Lebron and melo post up on the low block. Smoove wouldn't need to score there, it's a good organizational culture and a perfect role for him where he would just have to defend wings, grab some boards, do offensive thing x on a given night depending on matchup, and just get easy buckets in transition. If they get him, I think they're the west's best team. And btw guys, writers just needed twitter fun tonight, including the high and mighty Woj. Dwight chose Houston and flew into la to tell the lakers to their faces. For once he handled this the right way, the blame lies with every writer except for amick who tried to be some genius scooping a story that didnt exist.
