This past Thursday evening, the Houston Rockets broke the NBA world when they agreed to trade Chris Paul for Oklahoma City’s Russell Westbrook.
The move had many pundits and fans debating if they believed that the pairing of Most Valuable Players’ will work.
For the most part, there is a consensus that Houston is still behind both Los Angeles teams as well as Milwaukee and Philadelphia overall. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook has the Rockets with the fifth-best odds to win the NBA title in 2020.
Despite the relative consensus in where the Rockets stand in the West, there is an argument to be made that Houston is being over-looked by the shiny eye-candy in Southern California.