Rockets coach Kevin McHale said the Rockets would attempt to play Lawson and Patrick Beverley together in the backcourt "a lot" this season, Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Rockets coach Kevin McHale said the Rockets would attempt to play Lawson and Patrick Beverley together in the backcourt "a lot" this season, Jenny Dial Creech of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Analysis:

Lawson stands at just 5-foot-11 while Beverley checks in at 6-foot-1, meaning the Rockets would be woefully undersized in scenarios in which both players are on the court at the same time. On the other hand, the duo would give the Rockets an infusion of speed and better ball handling, which plays into coach Kevin McHale's up-tempo ethic. No matter how McHale ends up tinkering with his lineup, Lawson retains the greater fantasy value of the two players due to his historically superior point-scoring and assist totals, the latter of which could hold steady while he joins a team with far more offensive talent than the Denver squads he played on the last two years.