[papabear]

I am actually excited to watch this Rockets team more so than in years past in a lot of ways. Last year, I had big expectations so every loss bothered me, and I couldn't really get fired up until the playoffs got close. This year....I'll be thrilled if they get into the home stretch with a shot at the playoffs. They are a young team who will play an entertaining style, and above all else, will fight and claw start to finish every night. It's going to be fun watching guys like Brooks, Buddinger, Landry, Scola, and Ariza get a chance to develop into complete players without Yao, or Tracy, overshadowing them....then next year we will have a hopefully healthy Yao back who just had some actual time off from basketball for his body to heal for the first time since he was like 12. we will also likely have some money to spend assuming Tracy's gone. Should be fun.