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Having trouble making sense of the Rockets? You're not alone. They started as overachievers, then looked like they'd really discovered the NBA's answer to Moneyball, and now are dealing with a rough patch. That has everyone looking to stats-minded GM Daryl Morey for a clear, noise-free assessment of the situation. However,...

FanHouse Preview: Rockets

FanHouse previews all 30 NBA teams in advance of the 2009-10 season. There is a scene in Major League where the manager relates how ownership essentially has stacked everything she can against the team. They have no hope, because no matter what happens, they'll only be released as soon as it's convenient in pursuit of...

Tip-Off Timer: Lunch With 'The Logo'

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Sunday, there are 44 days remaining -- the same number the Lakers retired in 1983 for Jerry West.Sometimes the basketball gods smile upon you even if you're not really part of the game. That's what happened to me on Nov. 12, 2004.OK, so maybe...

Rockets Have McGrady and Artest to Consider This Offseason

HOUSTON -- Unexpected achievement in the face of incredible adversity isn't quite how the Houston Rockets saw their playoff run unfolding.But that was certainly the theme that carried the Rockets, minus injured stars Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, to within one game of reaching the Western Conference finals this season. One...

Rockets on Verge of Shocking World

HOUSTON -- Let's be honest: This wasn't supposed to be this difficult for the Los Angeles Lakers.Add up talent level, star power and experience and the Western Conference's top team should have taken the Houston Rockets out in five, maybe six games tops. But here we are staring at an upcoming winner-moves-on Game 7 after...

ShaneBattier News From the Web

05/31/12 Shane Battier Accepts Invitation to Americna Century... Source: PRWeb Nev. (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 Shane Battier, starting forward for the Miami Heat, as they battle the Boston Celtics in the NBA Eastern Conference Championship series, has accepted an invitation to compete in the American Century Championship Celebrity Golf Tournament at Lake Tahoe, July 20-22.
05/31/12 NBA lottery wasn't fixed Source: Toronto Sun - Toronto ON - Canada Celtics' Rajon Rondo shoots the ball over the Heat's Shane Battier during Miami's overtime win in Game 2.
05/31/12 Despite playoffs, Miami Heat staff keeps one eye on... Source: Miami Herald - Miami FL While the focus of the Heats coaching staff remains squarely on the playoffs, a portion of the teams front office is splitting its attention between this series and draft preparation.
05/31/12 Hard-working Shane Battier happy to be playing Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Shane Battier won three state championships in high school and a national title at Duke. But success deep into the postseason had eluded Battier in the first 10 years of his NBA career.
05/30/12 Chris Bosh Injury: What Heat Must Do to Maintain... Source: Bleacher Report The Miami Heat have proven that they don't need Chris Bosh to win games in the 2012 NBA playoffs.