NBA Most Surprising Team
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00:00 When you look around the NBA, Richie, is there a team that is surprising to you?
00:04 It's one we've kind of talked about, but well, they're exceeding expectations. Again,
00:10 it's earlier in the year before Thanksgiving, but if you had to pick a surprise of the year so far,
00:14 it's down in Texas. And it's not Wemby. It's the Houston Rockets.
00:18 I mean, they beat the Lakers about thousands. They beat the Nuggets, which is legit. I mean,
00:26 last they checked, they were 6-3, and they've got talent everywhere. Of course, Jumare Smith
00:31 was the rookie from last year, Jay Lingering, the rookie from two years ago.
00:34 Yeah, it's a young team, but they are figuring out quickly.
00:36 And out of nowhere, at least to me, and we follow the NBA, I'm like, well, they've got some good
00:42 players. Wait, who's this 6'11" center running the floor and dunking, blocking shots? And it's a kid
00:47 from Turkey named Alperon. I'm like, Alperon is going to be there? I'm not saying he's Hakeem
00:53 Olajuwon, but he's averaging 20-6 on a team that's needed a center. He's what the Mavericks
00:59 have been trying to get and draft in Derek O'Leary's second. So props to the Rockets,
01:02 team of surprise so far. You beat the Nuggets, you're doing something.
01:05 Oh, for sure. Yeah, keep an eye on them in Houston.
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