Last year, the Houston Rockets brought the Golden State Warriors to seven games in the Western Conference Finals, very nearly winning it. If Chris Paul did not get injured, or one of those twenty-seven consecutive missed threes had gone down, we could be looking at a very different NBA.
But the Warriors prevailed and with the addition of DeMarcus Cousins this offseason, seem prepared to make another championship run. The Rockets, however, have quite a different roster this year after a weird offseason.
The Rockets were able to re-sign Chris Paul and Clint Capela, but lost Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute to free agency.