(10-04-2021 04:16 AM)pono Wrote:  

(10-03-2021 05:33 PM)rkt Wrote:  The talk around town this time of year is always the same. “This may be the deepest team we’ve had in (pick a number) of years.” Then the season starts and it turns out that the highlight tapes that everyone’s been looking at aren’t all that indicative of how good some of the guys really are. (Or the guys telling us about them aren’t quite as skilled at player evaluation as they think they are ?) The good news is, TK puts together a very good team with the seven or so good players he has and we usually have a very good year. The bad news is, when that very good team crosses the Cleveland city limits on the bus, … Oh, and after the season, about four members of the deepest team in years transfer out.

I bet it happens again. Except this time we do better in Cleveland.

well, my post above was basically that we have 6 solid players. TK sounds like he is a bit higher on his 8, 9, 10, 11 guys than usual, has been bragging on this recruiting class. we'll see. and, what it really depends on is if those farther down the rotation guys produce. can they make some plays in 2 or 3 minute bench roles. i think we've had some lean years with end of the bench depth/numbers. and some unproductive 7, 8 9 guys in the rotation. this might be a bit deeper squad though. even burge is a good walkon. D1 athlete with a D3 game. so, despite edu out we got a good competitive 13 man practice squad. to be honest, i'm more in the wait till next year camp-in terms of potential. if you can keep all these core guys together and throw in edu-reasonably healthy- and a legit pf in javan simmons. that's a deep squad.

We need at least an 9 man rotation to go FARTHER this year. Fresh legs via depth is the only anti-dote for lack of size. This team needs 9 players getting at least 5 minutes of PT per game.

Go Rockets!