Season Preview: Houston Rockets

October 20, 2009
The Rockets expect to be without Yao Ming this year.

The Rockets expect to be without Yao Ming this year.

Houston enters the 2009-10 season as a team without enough meat in the middle. A potentially career-ending leg injury to big human Yao Ming forced the Rockets to throw in the towel against the Lakers in the 2009 playoffs. The hairline fracture, discovered after game three against the Lakers, devastated the Rockets. Houston gave L.A. its toughest competition in the Western Conference playoffs, but this year the Rockets will likely be an afterthought.

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Season Preview: New Orleans Hornets

October 20, 2009

Team History:

The New Orleans Hornets were once upon a time the Charlotte Hornets before the Bobcats were even a figment of Bob Johnson’s imagination. They weren’t a great franchise, but they were certainly not bad for long stretches of time. In fact, they were often victims of playing in the Michael Jordan era, often losing out to the Bulls or their chief competitors, the New York Knicks. Read the rest of this entry »

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