Houston Rockets taking the control of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers seriously
by UofTOrange on Aug 19, 2009 8:59 AM CDT
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Matt Moore is an old friend of this site, he's promoted us and helped us from the beginning. Over at his everything basketball site Hardwood Paroxysm he discusses an interesting move by the Rockets to let go of a competent coach in Clay Moser. Check out the article here
For the longest time, I questioned why the Rockets invested so much money in a team that’s about five hours away from ANYTHING RESEMBLING CIVILIZATION. Now it’s become clear to me. They’ve built their own basketball lab down there. Remember that the Rockets have had more players with D-League experience in the playoffs than anyone else. Aaron Brooks? Yeah, that guy that torched the Lakers spent time in RGV. Same with Chuck Hayes. And Rio Grande Valley is tucked away, so they can train and condition and work on the playbook without any exposure or risk of visiting team personnel. It’s like Morey’s personal Batcave, only with huevos rancheros.
It's a very interesting read and I agree wholeheartedly with what he says. The Rockets are doing things the right way down in the Valley. They are working hard to really develop the D-League and use it to every advantage they have.
What do you think? Will having this affiliation and control over basketball operations help the Rockets in the future? Is it a significant amount of help or just a little?
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Another smart move
Really like this for the future.
Assuming the Rockets get Yao and somebody next yr,the roster will be pretty loaded,but any draft picks,end of bench young guys will get no playing time. Instead the team can send them to RGV where they will run Rocket sets in game conditions while getting better physically and learning under much closer supervision what it takes to handle the NBA.
Nothing beats playing time like playing and this gives the Rockets the chance to give that to young players under their control.
An over-looked plus is the team can sign somebody and get them acclimated to Rockets’ system just in case there is an injury or trade that opens up a roster spot. A hypothetical,Will Conroy gets signed w/RPV,learning and playing in the Rockets’ system and if an injury/trade w/Lowry happens,he’s ready to be called up w/out having to undergo learning the system on the fly.
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