However, they’re in need of some serious defensive improvement if they want to be competitive. The public is all too familiar with James Harden‘s Vine-worthy attempts at defense, and new guys Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon aren’t juggernauts on that end of the floor either. It was a step in the right direction to hire the defensive-minded Jeff Bzdelik as assistant coach, but it’ll take commitment from the whole roster.
If the Houston Rockets are able to get their defense even just to average playoff standards, they’ll be dangerous.