Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka has revealed a major injury update regarding star guard Fred VanVleet ahead of the upcoming season. Udoka said that VanVleet, who is coming back from an ACL tear, is fully cleared entering training camp and has "looked really good lately." The head coach added that the veteran guard has been participating in 5-on-5s with the Rockets, but is likely to sit out back-to-backs early in the regular season. VanVleet is confident entering the new season VanVleet be...
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka acknowledged his team fell short of its internal expectations last season, but he made it clear that simply reaching the playoffs will not be enough as Houston prepares for the 2026-27 NBA season. With the Rockets set to open training camp next week, Udoka reflected on Houston’s first-round playoff […]
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Kevin Durant is one of the greatest players in NBA history. He has also found himself jumping from team to team far more often than the average megastar, though. Trade rumors are a part of the Durant experience, and just last year, Durant joined the Houston Rockets after being the centerpiece of the biggest trade […]
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The Houston Rockets are just days away from getting training camp underway for the 2026-27 NBA season. The Rockets are hoping to bounce back after an ugly first-round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Lakers this past season. The Rockets played all of last year without point guard Fred VanVleet, who tore his ACL prior […]
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The Houston Rockets plan to bounce back from their disappointing first-round playoff exit last season, and ESPN analysts Dave McMenamin and Brian Windhorst have valid questions about their current core and whether they can make a deep playoff run in 2026-27. McMenamin and Windhorst agreed that much of the Houston Rockets’ fortunes hinge on Alperen [...]
Julian Phillips Phillips is a 6’6” small forward who signed with the Rockets in the offseason after going to the Chicago Bulls in the second round of the 2023 NBA Draft. He spent two and a half seasons with the Bulls before being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves at last year’s deadline. He then joineed […]
The calendar flipped. Training camp is next. And the first microphones of the 2026-27 NBA season are already live. Houston goes first. Dallas follows a few days later. Both are getting an early jump because they’re headed to Macao for the NBA China Games on Oct. 9 and Oct. 11. Everybody else piles in on […]
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The Rockets land Trey Murphy III. The Hawks bring back Clint Capela. The Pelicans begin rebuilding around Jabari Smith Jr. and a stack of draft assets. That is the premise of a hypothetical three-team trade constructed by Jackson Caudell of Atlanta Hawks On SI. To be clear, this is Caudell’s proposal. It is not a reported trade being discussed by the three teams. Anyway, the framework: Hawks receive: Clint Capela and a 2033 second-round pick from New Orleans. Rockets receive: Trey Murphy III, ...
The Houston Rockets enter training camp with championship expectations, enviable depth and an inevitable numbers problem. Kevin Durant, Amen Thompson, Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason form a well-defined core, while the offseason additions of Marcus Smart and Bogdan Bogdanovic created even more competition for rotation minutes. General manager Rafael Stone does not […]
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The Rockets land Trey Murphy III. The Hawks bring back Clint Capela. The Pelicans begin rebuilding around Jabari Smith Jr. and a stack of draft assets. That is the premise of a hypothetical three-team trade constructed by Jackson Caudell of Atlanta Hawks On SI. To be clear, this is Caudell’s proposal. It is not a reported […]
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Dorian Finney-Smith’s NBA journey could take another turn before the 2026-27 season even begins. The veteran forward has already gone from Dallas to Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Houston and Charlotte since February 2023, and another move could now be on the table. The timing is interesting because Finney-Smith is coming off the worst three-point shooting season […]
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MACAO — Former Dallas Mavericks forward Shawn Marion and Dallas native Chris Bosh are among 10 NBA legends who will headline NBA House Macao 2026, the league announced Monday. The free fan event runs Oct. 7-11 at The Venetian Macao in conjunction with the Mavericks’ two preseason games against the Houston Rockets in The NBA […]
With training camp about to begin, our 2026-2027 Houston Rockets Players Previews kick off with their trio of two-way contracts. These are some new names among the two-way group this year, so pay keep your eye on these three this preseason. Quadir Copeland Copeland is a 23-year-old 6’6” guard who came over to the team […]
Raptors The Raptors added Kawhi Leonard, giving them another elite and versatile defender beside Scottie Barnes. That still doesn’t guarantee an answer for every opponent. Rocco Moschella of NBA On SI identified teams with multiple creators and a strong interior presence as Toronto’s most difficult potential matchup. Barnes and Leonard can handle the first two […]
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The Timberwolves don't just have to think about the Spurs and Thunder in the West—they'll likely play one of the Nuggets, Lakers, or Rockets in the playoffs.
The Rockets were “way too reliant” on Kevin Durant last season, according to an anonymous NBA scout. The playoffs made that painfully clear. Houston lost to the Lakers in six games after Durant injured his ankle, despite Los Angeles playing the entire series without Luka Doncic and most of it without Austin Reaves. The scout […]
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By Arthur Hill | at September 19, 2026 7:37 pm Former Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell talks about his quest to get back to the NBA, his success in the Big3 and a variety of general basketball topics in an interview with Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. Harrell, 32, worked out last Saturday for the Rockets’ G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Vipers. “Overall, I’m not going to lie, it was good, man,” he said. “I was able to get down there, get a couple of rounds in and the workout that I had p...
Trail Blazers The Trail Blazers added Ja Morant and brought Damian Lillard home. Elias Esquivel of NBA On SI believes neither move should displace Deni Avdija as Portland’s offensive centerpiece. That’s an argument, not an indication of how coach Micah Nori intends to structure the offense. It’s also a reasonable argument. Avdija became an All-Star last season while averaging 24.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.7 assists. At 25, he represents a safer long-term investment than Lillard and a more s...
Former Sixth Man of the Year Montrezl Harrell talks about his quest to get back to the NBA, his success in the BIG3 and a variety of general basketball topics in an interview with Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. Harrell, 32, worked out last Saturday for the Rockets’ G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Vipers. “Overall, […]
Trail Blazers The Trail Blazers added Ja Morant and brought Damian Lillard home. Elias Esquivel of NBA On SI believes neither move should displace Deni Avdija as Portland’s offensive centerpiece. That’s an argument, not an indication of how coach Micah Nori intends to structure the offense. It’s also a reasonable argument. Avdija became an All-Star […]
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Brian Windhorst believes the Rockets are positioned for another significant trade, although it could happen this season or next.
Despite signing a five-year, $185 million extension, Rockets All-Star Alperen Sengun’s future could be in jeopardy according to one NBA insider. The Rockets will look to build off their first-round playoff exit against the Los Angeles Lakers last season. After finishing with the fifth-best record in the Western Conference standings, critics are raising questions about […]
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The Thompson twins have turned their NBA journey into a piece of league history. Just weeks after Amen Thompson secured a massive extension with the Houston Rockets, his twin brother Ausar Thompson has landed a major payday of his own. “Detroit Pistons All-Defensive forward Ausar Thompson has reached agreement on a five-year, $155 million rookie-scale […]
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Appearing on Friday’s episode of NBA Today (YouTube link) in the wake of the news that Jazz guard Keyonte George had signed a five-year, $157.5MM rookie scale extension with Utah, Shams Charania of ESPN pointed to a handful of other 2023 first-round picks who are candidates to sign their own contract extensions before the October 19 deadline. George became the third player to sign a rookie scale extension this offseason, joining Victor Wembanyama (Spurs) and Amen Thompson (Rockets). “You look ...
The Philadelphia 76ers might just have a perfect, low-cost trade target in Marcus Smart given Houston's sudden logjam in the backcourt.