Fantasy Basketball Team Preview: 2012-13 Houston Rockets

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Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik

Lin and Asik are the two new faces in Houston to get excited about. They also look kinda funny next to each other.

Depth chart:

PG: Jeremy Lin Toney Douglas Scott Machado Shaun Livingston
SG: Kevin Martin Jeremy Lamb Kyle Fogg Demetri McCamey
SF: Chandler Parsons Carlos Delfino Terrence Jones Gary Forbes
PF: Patrick Patterson Royce White Marcus Morris JaJuan Johnson
C: Omer Asik Donatas Motiejunas Greg Smith Jon Brockman

Relevant fantasy players and their projected draft round (PDR) and per-game stats:

Name: Position: PDR: FG%: FT%: 3PTM: Pts: Reb: Ast: Stl: Blk: TO:
Jeremy Lin PG 5 43% 80% 1.0 19.3 3.5 8.3 2.0 0.3 3.7
Kevin Martin SG 7 43% 90% 2.2 17.0 2.3 2.5 1.0 0.1 2.2
Omer Asik C 7 50% 50% - 7.0 10.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0
Chandler Parsons SF/PF 9 45% 65% 1.3 10.0 4.7 2.5 1.5 0.5 1.5
Carlos Delfino SG/SF 10 40% 75% 1.5 8.0 3.0 2.0 1.3 0.2 1.0
Patrick Patterson C/PF 11+ 45% 70% - 8.3 5.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.8
Jeremy Lamb SG/SF 11+ 45% 80% 1.0 7.5 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 1.0

Most likely to surprise:
Asik

Sleeper:
Parsons

Most likely to disappoint:
Martin

Category specialists:
Threes: Martin, Delfino
Steals: Lin, Asik, Parsons
Blocks: Asik

Storylines:
- how Lin and his knee fare in a full season as the leader of a team
- who gets the lion’s share of minutes at SG, SF and PF

Team’s statistical NBA ranks from 2011-12:
- Pts: 9th
- FGM: T-6th
- FGA: 3rd
- FG%: 14th
- FT%: T-3rd
- 3PTM: T-9th
- Reb: 15th
- Ast: 12th
- TO: T-14th
- Stl: T-16th
- Blk: T-20th
- Pace: 11th
- Offensive Efficiency: T-12th
- Defensive Efficiency: 15th

Fantasy-friendliness for 2012-13: B-

Bonus:
Jeremy Lin’s summer, animated: