Ryan Anderson Injury Update

The Rockets starting power forward suffered a back injury Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers. Fortunately he suffered these pains when they did not have any games listed for another 3 days so he had plenty of time to get his body right. Jonathan Feign a reporter from the Houston Chronicles says ” The Rockets haven’t played yet this week, so Anderson has had plenty of time to get his body right. If you need 3-pointers, Anderson should be in your lineup.” As many know the Houston Rockets average the most 3 point attempts by a team in the leauge. Last year they averaged 14.40 attempts per game from beyond the arch.

The Trade

The Oklahoma City Thunder were unable to work out an extension for James Harden so they traded him to Houston. Oklahoma sent Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook, and Lazar Hayward along with Harden. In return they received Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round picks, and a second-round pick. This trade changed both the Rockets and Harden drastically, Harden was finally a team leader and the Rockets were a better team with Harden finally making a playoffs appearance.

 

Chris Paul Injury Update

Chris Paul is possibly going to play 11/16 vs the Suns. If not the 16th he might make an appearance vs the Grizzlies. He’s going to go through intense workouts today and tomorrow to see if his knee can handle it. Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said “We don’t want to push it.”