He's had a few different seasons wrapped into one this 2000-01 campaign already with great play and brutal play as well. If Thursday is any indication, Hakeem's feeling fine. He scored 20 points on 9 of 17 shooting and added 11 boards against the Suns, albeit in a loss. But those are nice stats for a guy who wasn't supposed to be playing. My conditioning was much better than I thought.
Conditioning is the key.
Physically, I am very strong. With a bit more than two weeks to go, Houston is 3.5 games behind the Wolves for the final West spot. The Rockets won't say what they plan to do about Hakeem next season, but since they are building with young players you'd think Hakeem won't be back. Maybe he doesn't want to come back. He could be a high-profile backup getting 15 minutes a night and go for another title.