NBA: Grading every team through the first quarter of 2018-19

NBA Los Angeles Clippers Doc Rivers (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
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NBA Houston Rockets James Harden (Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty Images)

Houston Rockets

Record: 9-11

Grade: F

The Houston Rockets have been quite terrible through the first 20 games of the 2018-19 NBA season. After what they nearly pulled off last season in the Western Conference Finals, many expected this team to come out with fire and a chip on their shoulder this season.

So far, it’s been the opposite for the Rockets. They lack the swagger, and don’t have any real characteristics of a good team. While they’re still a top 10 team on the offensive side of the ball, the team has the third worst defense in the NBA.

While they’ve been a bit better as of late, they’re still only good enough to currently sit into the 14th spot of the West right now. Woof.