Houston Rockets News: How Coach Kevin McHale Sees James Harden-Ty Lawson Combo

The Houston Rockets will be a fun team to watch as their backcourt will be spearheaded by James Harden and Ty Lawson who are considered as two of the most explosive guards in the league.

Now, coach Kevin McHale already have something in mind on how he sees Harden and Lawson working together. However, the Rockets is still Harden's team and McHale wants him to do what he did best by taking over the offensive.

"I'd like him to get him two or three more catch-and-shoot 3s, open 3s, a game," Rockets coach Kevin McHale said via Bleacher Report. "I'd like to see him have four or five play-off-catches, just boom, boom, quick action attack. And the rest of the stuff, he just plays naturally."

Some might be wondering if this will work out well for Lawson as he is seen as someone who is a bit of a volume scorer and gets his groove when he touches the ball a lot. But, the point guard said he loves playing off-ball and he will be able to help James Harden spread the floor even further.

"A lot of people don't know, but I like playing off the ball, too," Lawson said. "Like down screens or I like when somebody's closing out to me, instead of me being the main focus every time."

"When James has the ball, I can just space out (the floor) and be just ready. Give me a pass and I can attack too, have a second penetrator and find somebody else."

Lastly, coach Kevin McHale said that this year will be a lot different as the arrival of Lawson will help a lot in ball distribution, which they sorely lack last season.

"For us, especially when D-Mo (Donatas Motiejunas) went down and Pat (Beverley), we put so much emphasis on (Harden), having the ball so, so much," McHale said.

"With Ty, I think we can take the ball out of (Harden's) hands, let him play off the catch, let him play a little more free, not having so much ball responsibilities. I think that will help him. I think he's harder to guard like that.We talked about that. That was kind of our goal."

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