How good are the Rockets going to be now that they've officially added Ron Artest?

Question

It finally gives Houston some muscle and a starting lineup of (presumably)

PG Rafer Alston

SG Tracy McGrady

SF Ron Artest

PG Shane Battier

C Yao Ming.

With Luis Scola, Joey Dorsey, Aaron Brooks and Carl Landry (if he's resigned. They should be pretty good, but are we talking Western Conference Finals, NBA Finals, championship or just regular first-round and out?

Answer 1

Starting 5

PG- Rafer Alston

SG- Tracy McGrady

SF- Ron Artest

PF- Luis Scola

C- Yao Ming

Bench

PG- Steve Francis (hope he's improved) (if not, then) Aaron Brooks

SG- Luther Head

SF- Shane Battier

PF- Carl Landry

C- Dikembe Mutombo

Rockets NBA Champs 2009!!!

Answer 2

they can be a top 4 team in the west. of course health plays a large part in all of this. i still dont think theyre as good as LA just yet though.

Answer 3

They will do good, they have a great team their will always be doubters but Houston has a REALLY good team.

(22 in a row without YAO)

Answer 4

can yao and tmac stay healthy? if not, they're the same team from last yr, and the yr before.

Answer 5

As long as we stay healthy then we can get far. The injuries are the problems that we've had for a very long time. That's if everybody stays healthy then we are really a championship contenders team.

Answer 6

Shane nor Artest will start at PF

Scola will stay in the starting lineup

but the Rockets have definitley improved, and without injury they would have been a h**l of a threat in the playoffs last year

Answer 7

i think they will still be sorry , but my utha teams always fuc.ked them up in the first round .  yesssss, sorry man,  suck for you. and good for me

Answer 8

I expect them to finish first or second in the west because of the depth they have on this team. Shane Battier is not a point guard he is a SF