The NBA Awards brought plenty of positive headlines for the Rockets, including victories for Mike D'Antoni as NBA Coach of the Year, Eric Gordon as Sixth Man of the Year (with Lou Williams as another finalist), and Pat Beverley as a first teamer on the NBA's All-Defensive Team and winner of the league's inaugural Hustle Award.
Oh, and James Harden and GM Daryl Morey each came in second for the league's Most Valuable Player and Executive of the Year awards.
Could all of that exposure boost Houston's position as a destination franchise entering free agency? In the latest episode of Locked on Rockets, I explain why it very well could: