5 key takeaways from Houston Rockets' exit interviews

VanVleet wasn't the only person to harp on the Rockets' inconsistency in his exit interview. Ime Udoka touched on the same problem.

If you want to criticize the Rockets' season, you'll start with inconsistency. Long winning streaks were followed by sobering skids. The Rockets struggled to finish the job on the road. A huge first quarter lead seldom felt safe.

"“It felt like we had 5, 6, 7 seasons all in one”"

Fred VanVleet

That's perfectly normal for a young team. Next year, it needs to change. If the Rockets had been more consistent in 2023-24, they'd be in the play-in tournament as we speak.

It's refreshing to learn that two organizational pillars are aware of the problem.