Limited Upside

Last year's Rockets were fun. Then, they got Chris Paul and demolished their supporting cast to build a new one around Paul and Harden. Never say Daryl Morey sits on his laurels. We brought on Ethan Rothstein and Jeremy Brener of SB Nation's Rockets site The Dream Shake to discuss the following:How stunned were they when the Chris Paul trade happened? Why is this different than previous Rockets alpha dog experiments that didn't go quite as well?Can they name every non-guaranteed player Daryl Morey acquired to facilitate the CP3 sign-and-trade? It's hard!So how's this CP3-Harden thing going to work anyway? Early returns are promising, and Rockets fans don't seem too worried. Let them explain why Mike's skepticism is unfounded.Why Clint Capela's improvement is actually the key to the season.What's the rest of the rotation going to look like? Who plays on the wing? Does that roster flexibility help the Rockets, or hurt them in finding their five best players to end the game?Is there any concern that some of the older players fall off or regress to the mean? Which is more damaging if it happens: CP3 losing a step, Trevor Ariza and/or P.J. Tucker completely falling off the map, or Ryan Anderson/Eric Gordon not being as healthy?How does this team match up with the Warriors, anyway? Quite well, in fact!Some ... interesting answers to our traditional banana boat question.Predictions, including some fascinating super-specific ones.(Apologies for the janky-ish audio on this one). This is the 28th of Limited Upside's 30 team previews leading up to next season. We're bringing together representatives from all 30 SB Nation team sites and other team-specific experts from the SB Nation/Limited Upside community to gauge the temperature of the fanbase heading into the season. PREVIOUSLY: Celtics NEXT UP: Spurs, Warriors

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