The 2023-24 season that has just ended has been marked by growth and improvement among young people. Houston Rockets (41-41), whose 19-win improvement was the largest annual increase of any NBA team.
Armed with a young and talented core consisting of seven selections (Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore and Reed Sheppard) from the first rounds of the last four NBA draft cycles, there is hope for another leap forward in 2025.
Additionally, three Houston veterans planned game rotationOne is a newcomer (Steven Adams) and two (Fred VanVleet, Dillon Brooks) are just entering their second seasons with the Rockets. So there could be some improvement in those roles as well, as the veterans continue to acclimate to a relatively new system under second-year head coach Ime Udoka.
With that in mind, what might the best possible outcome look like? To try to find out, we look at the top five performances from each rotation player from last season, as determined by Game scoreWe will continue this series with Green, who almost won Western Conference Player of the Month during its last full month (March) of 2023-24.
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