As the summer starts to fade in the rear view mirror and training camp steadily approaches, most NBA teams will begin the process of making the final cuts to their rosters and shaping up their rotations.
For the Houston Rockets, the key rotational pieces are already in place. The Rockets will be one of the best teams in the NBA next season, and anything short of a Conference Finals appearance will be deemed a failure.
The Rockets had a few glaring weaknesses last season – many of them coming on defense. Houston finished second in points per game, but they finished just 18th in defensive rating.