So, you can't redo your OP stats with the Sharks game removed. I'm not trying to rain on the parade. I legitimately would like to see them.
http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/advanced/?Season=2016-17&SeasonType=Pre Season&DateFrom=10/04/2016&sort=NET_RATING&dir=1 Beginning October 4, Rockets are the following: Off Rating 116.6 (1st) Def Rating 102.0 (11th) Net Rating 14.6 (2nd to GS) Rebounding % 54.5 (4th) TS% 64.2 (2nd to GS) Turnover Rating (20th) Rockets look like they are going to be beautiful against bad defensive teams.
I caught a bunch of the Knicks. The worst kind. Stat padding show off ones. Made me wish we had Klay Thomason.
I've decided to amend my opinion slightly, this is starting to matter a little more. Although this says nothing about our playoff chances, hopefully this DOES show that we'll be able to put away bad teams. Last year we were .500 mostly because of losing to Nuggets, Nets, and other scrub teams. Beating those teams is the first step to not being terrible.
29. Terrence Jones has a bounce-back season Jones has more red flags than Nikolai Volkoff: questions about his character and smarts, plus a long history of scary injuries -- including nerve damage firing down one leg. But the guy feels the game. He can dribble and pass, and he reads the floor well enough to make advanced plays off the bounce. Remember his feathery lobs to Dwight Howard two seasons ago, before the Rockets started hating one another? Imagine Jones lofting those same lobs to Davis as part of a smaller, bouncier front line. Jones will work mostly as Brow's backup, but I'm intrigued by how the two might mesh. Jones is fighting for his career on a minimum contract. There is a quality NBA player in here somewhere.
Yeah, it's preseason, but I'm jonesin' for Rockets action and stats of pretty much any kind, so thanks for the effort, bmd.
