Rockets Pre-Season Presser
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 7:07 am
Hello everyone.
Last season was a good season winning 54 games and winning a very tight first round series against a very good Blazers team. Then we matched up with the 74 win Nuggets and ended losing 4-2.
This offseason we came in trying to improve the roster with the added cap space in free agency. With the draft, we had a late first round pick and we got Gerasim Khristich from Russia by way of Mississippi St. We look his length, his athleticism and potential to score. He needs to get stronger if he wants to get playing time, but we do like his potential long-term.
With restricted free agency, we sent several bids and we signed both Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart. We really didn't have a realistic change to do a sign and trade with the Hawks for Kuzma, but we were able to reach a deal with the Thunder to obtain Hart by trading a future first. We like Hart's upside with his scoring and athleticism and we now we have time to let him develop though he is getting a nice salary.
In unrestricted free agency we still had cap room to make further moves. We sent several bids and first landed wing scorer Desean Hawkins. Despite his criminal past, we needed his scoring to pair up with Keith Pfeffer and also make us patient with Josh Hart. Then we were able to re-sign All-Star Frank Garden and Desus Mero due to having bird rights. We then rounded out our roster re-signing Timothy Kilmer, Linwood Yamato, and Jonathan Treat to help complete our rotation.
Training camp went well overall. Non of our major veterans were hit and despite Josh Hart not having a great TC, he was protected so he actually improved and kept his potentials.
Our DC will look like this:
Center - starting James McCormick with Kilmer as the backup
Power Forward - Frank Garden and Kilmer as the backup
Small Forward - Desean Hawkins with either Hart or Treat as the backup
Shooting Guard - Keith Pfeffer with Treat or Hart as the backup
Point Guard - Desus Mero with Yamato as the backup
We feel excited for the upcoming season and hope we can build off of last season. Thank you. We're taking questions now.
Last season was a good season winning 54 games and winning a very tight first round series against a very good Blazers team. Then we matched up with the 74 win Nuggets and ended losing 4-2.
This offseason we came in trying to improve the roster with the added cap space in free agency. With the draft, we had a late first round pick and we got Gerasim Khristich from Russia by way of Mississippi St. We look his length, his athleticism and potential to score. He needs to get stronger if he wants to get playing time, but we do like his potential long-term.
With restricted free agency, we sent several bids and we signed both Kyle Kuzma and Josh Hart. We really didn't have a realistic change to do a sign and trade with the Hawks for Kuzma, but we were able to reach a deal with the Thunder to obtain Hart by trading a future first. We like Hart's upside with his scoring and athleticism and we now we have time to let him develop though he is getting a nice salary.
In unrestricted free agency we still had cap room to make further moves. We sent several bids and first landed wing scorer Desean Hawkins. Despite his criminal past, we needed his scoring to pair up with Keith Pfeffer and also make us patient with Josh Hart. Then we were able to re-sign All-Star Frank Garden and Desus Mero due to having bird rights. We then rounded out our roster re-signing Timothy Kilmer, Linwood Yamato, and Jonathan Treat to help complete our rotation.
Training camp went well overall. Non of our major veterans were hit and despite Josh Hart not having a great TC, he was protected so he actually improved and kept his potentials.
Our DC will look like this:
Center - starting James McCormick with Kilmer as the backup
Power Forward - Frank Garden and Kilmer as the backup
Small Forward - Desean Hawkins with either Hart or Treat as the backup
Shooting Guard - Keith Pfeffer with Treat or Hart as the backup
Point Guard - Desus Mero with Yamato as the backup
We feel excited for the upcoming season and hope we can build off of last season. Thank you. We're taking questions now.