There are the intangibles, of course, as he is the resident team leader and as respected a locker room presence as there is in the league. It's his role as the Rockets' defensive linchpin that matters most, though, a reality that was proven at the end of last season.
After Battier went down with a knee injury on March 21, the Rockets lost eight of their final 14 games en route to a 42-40 finish. They missed the playoffs for the first time since Battier arrived in 2006, giving up an average of 108.8 points per game in his absence while former small forward Trevor Ariza manned his spot and the Rockets played some of their worst defense in the last decade.
Yet as Battier enters not only his 10th season but also the final year of his contract, his pitch for a new paycheck will fall on deaf ears of team's management. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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