The case for the Rockets to win the championship
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Much like the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will begin the 2018-19 NBA season as the heavy favorites to win the championship (-195 on Bovada). While it seems inevitable that the Warriors will three-peat, the NBA is still going to make them plaThe case for the Rockets to win the championship
Much like the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will begin the 2018-19 NBA season as the heavy favorites to win the championship (-195 on Bovada). While it seems inevitable that the Warriors will three-peat, the NBA is still going to make them play out the season…and who knows? Maybe the Warriors have bad injury luck or maybe the DeMarcus Cousins experiment throws off their chemistry or maybe Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson’s impending free agency decisions distract the team just enough to allow a hungrier team to catch them by surprise. As the league stands today, there are seven other teams that can make a legitimate argument that they could win the title if the Warriors falter – the Boston Celtics (+500), Houston Rockets (+850), Los Angeles Lakers (+1,000), Toronto Raptors (+1,400), Philadelphia 76ers (+1,600), Oklahoma City Thunder (+3,000) and Utah Jazz (+7,500). Yardbarker’s ‘The case for’ series flies south to the H at the bottom of the map where the Rockets hope to prove that last season’s Read more