Since acquiring Dwight Howard, the Rockets fans have often adopted an arrogant demeanor and mocked us Pelicans. I have seen many Rockets shirts around Louisiana since that acquisition. They even traded us a key cog to a complete lineup, probably thinking we are years away from competing with them in the playoffs, definitely hoping we give them a lottery pick. I predict their disregard for the brow and his army will come to a halt this upcoming season when they realize how overrated Harden is.
Asik will summon the wrath of his Turk ancestors and lead the Pel empire on a conquest into the Toyota Center.
These are the games i'm looking forward to most next season. With much of the oil business relocating to Houston, I personally see the Rockets as our biggest rivals.
Harden has recently stated that Dwight and himself are the cornerstones of the Rockets franchise and everyone else is just a role player. So, just between our two respective backcourt - frontcourt dynamic duos (Jrue & AD vs Harden & D12), who is the better duo? At this point, I think each duo has an equal amount of support, the Pelicans with a hole at SF, the Rockets with a half-hole at both PF and PG.
We have won 20 of 43 games played against them in our franchise history. I, personally, expect us to overtake or tie the all time series record this season.