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Well, my timing was impeccable.

Originally, The Athletic was going to publish a column of mine today about the five NBA teams that I thought would fall short of their preseason win-total over/unders. One of those teams was the Houston Rockets, and a key line in there read:

“Somebody besides Fred VanVleet will need to help (Kevin) Durant out and make a perimeter shot. And if the 31-year-old VanVleet misses any time, the backcourt immediately goes to yikes.”

Um … yikes?

Monday’s news that VanVleet, the only starting-caliber guard on the roster, has suffered a torn ACL immediately dampens the Rockets’ hopes for this season. Ma

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