Houston Rockets to field tallest lineup in NBA history

The caller NBA play starts connected the nighttime from Tuesday to Wednesday, and close astatine the commencement we person an absorbing story. The reigning champions Oklahoma City Thunder are defending their title, portion the Houston Rockets participate the play with immense ambitions. After past year's 52 wins and elimination successful the seventh crippled against the Golden State Warriors, the squad from Houston decided to further fortify the squad - and how!

Kevin Durant, a 37-year-old fable who is starting his 16th NBA season, arrived astatine the club. The Rockets sent Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, the 10th prime from the past draught and respective aboriginal second-round picks to the Phoenix Suns for him. The accomplishment of Durant instantly raised tensions, but what followed shocked each hoops fans.

"Durant volition play shooting guard"

Due to Fred VanVleet's injury, the Rockets were without a classical constituent guard. Instead of uncovering a replacement, manager Ime Udoka decided to marque an unexpected determination — Kevin Durant volition play successful the shooting defender position! ESPN was the archetypal to study connected this decision, and Udoka soon confirmed it:
"We are 1 of the highest teams successful the past of the league," said the manager with a smile, alert that his 5 volition spell down successful NBA history.

The American media instantly calculated — the starting line-up of the Rockets contiguous against the Thunder volition officially beryllium the highest 5 successful the past of the NBA. Just look astatine the heights:

Amen Thompson – 2.01 m

Kevin Durant – 2.11 m

Jabari Smith Jr. – 2.11 m

Alperen Sengun – 2.11 m

Steven Adams – 2.12 m

This means that Houston volition play with 5 players who are each taller than 2 meters, and adjacent 3 are identically 211 centimeters!

The Rockets frankincense created a squad that could predominate nether the basket, but besides origin problems successful velocity and defense. In immoderate case, tonight's lucifer against the Thunder volition beryllium absorbing — due to the fact that for the archetypal clip successful history, we volition spot the highest starting 5 ever assembled successful the NBA.