Maybe, but its already enough if they can enter in the playoffs while their chemistry is improving.
If I remember correctly, when Kawhi played with the Raptors, chemistry was never a problem because he was able to make Toronto improve although they didn't finish as the number 1 rank, so its possible with the Rockets especially that these two have already played together with the OKC before.

Preseason is not the right time to make a judgement because they don't really care a lot since its not part of their record.
We will see the real action in the regular season, if this Rockets team will lead in the standing in the west, then definitely we can tell.

The first 10 games maybe we can already tell if they are blending well or not,.. I just can't contained my excitement, i really love to see them play together and amaze the crowd, lol.

Lol nothing at all 😂

Kawhi is the type of player that can easily adopt with the team mates and hope had already proven this,there’s no need for longer Time for him to blend with his team mate and this is why he become a special player

That Dallas Terry was really deadly. His hot hands sent Lakers home during the playoff and it was 4-0 IIRC.

It could be this coming season if Porzingis comes back strong like he was with the Knicks. They could probably fill up the 6th to 8th spot in the west.


He will probably struggle in his first few games. not that I want it but he might be injured at some point with that weight and the way he plays.

To win the Rookie of the Year, he just need to compare with his fellow rookies which I think he has a great chance since he belongs to a team that he is a started and no superstar teammates. Its expected already that he will win because he is leading in the NBA betting odds now.

let's see the odds here ** https://www.oddsshark.com/nba/rookie-of-the-year-odds

We can wait until the regular season starts, there is a reason why he is the number 1 pick, so let's hope he will be able to make pelicans an exciting team.
Who knows what this kid could bring, it will be a surprise if this season the Pelicans will be in the playoffs.

Zion was a beast at duke, seen him play plenty.  His game should translate decently in the nba, he isnt just a dunker so to say.  He has great court vision.  It will be an adjustment to the bigger bodies in the nba and the speed that its played at but he should be fine.  I know their have been bust before but it's usually because they lack basketball IQ and cant play up to speed.

I dont think so, his game is pretty good he isnt just one dimensional, and he also excels on defense too so that is unique for a kid his age.  When he isnt scoring he is doing other things for the team.  I'm excited to see him play in live action

Maybe they are still inferior to the Jazz team but their team could compete with the Spurs. It's probablyone of Pop's weakest team. It's not going to be easy buy I'm not gonna rule out the possibility of Mavz sneaking in.

I don't understand why people think that rookies can't make differences, just in the recent years that I can remember, Donovan Mitchell made a huge difference to his team, Booker made a huge difference to his team, Jason Taytum almost became the rookie with the most points in a playoff season, Doncic became one of the most respected player in the league all of a sudden.

Rookies can make a huge change to their teams, I know college is a lot easier than NBA but that doesn't mean players can't come in and make a difference on day 1, they totally can do that.

Zion has been hyped like hell, I do not see a huge scoring threat or a big leader in him but I think he would be a great defensive threat to every team and grab a bunch of rebounds which would be all that is expected of him, Pelicans already have a great young core so now they will grow together and in 5 years they will probably be a threat to NBA championship if they can jell well together without breaking up the team.