The Houston Rockets haven’t been shy about their pursuit of an NBA championship. Of course, every team in the league wants to win a chip, but Houston is one of the handful of teams that is willing to take the risks necessary to actually get it done.
Back in the summer of 2016, Kevin Durant‘s decision to take his talents to the Bay Area sent shock waves throughout the NBA. The Warriors won 67 games in the 2016-17 season, the most in the NBA. In the postseason, they swept their first three opponents and out dueled the Cavaliers, who still had mostly the same core from their 2016 championship team, in just five games to win the 2017 NBA title.