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The Houston Rockets are all of a sudden on a roll, winners of four straight games after losing 15 in a row earlier in the season. However, the Rockets did get hit with a couple of key injuries in Wednesday night’s historic win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, with Christian Wood suffering an ankle sprain […]

One observation from the Houston Rockets’ last win against the Oklahoma City Thunder was how underappreciated Rockets forward Jae’Sean Tate has become. Well, that certainly shouldn’t be the case after Wednesday night’s rematch. Not only did Tate score 32 points on 11-of-15 shooting from the field in the Rockets’ first road win of the season […]

To the surprise of many, Canadian rapper Drake was in attendance when the Oklahoma City Thunder went up against the Houston Rockets in Oklahoma on Wednesday night. The famous rapper was seen sitting courtside as the Rockets defeated the Thunder 114-110. This is definitely not the first time Drizzy has been seen in an NBA […]

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. accrued his first career triple double, scoring 11 points with 11 assists and 10 rebounds Monday night. With under two minutes left in the game, Porter Jr. was one rebound shy of the triple double. His teammates then chipped in. Following a missed shot from Oklahoma City player Theo […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had an up-and-down season thus far. It’s pretty much been a roller coaster ride for the team, which at the moment, is in possession of an 11-10 record for the sixth spot in a very tight race in the Western Conference. The Clippers had a horrendous start to their campaign […]

A quarter of the 2021-22 NBA season is just about done. There’s still a lot of basketball left to go, obviously. But this 20-game sample size could already be a good barometer for how the rest of the season could go. Some teams have started out on fire, while others are still understandably rounding into […]

Coming off a three-game winning streak, the mood in Toyota Center has been more jovial of late. Gone is this feeling of uneasiness and in is the feeling of stress-free basketball. Winning, even on a small scale, alleviates so much pressure for NBA teams, and the Houston Rockets are a good example of that right […]

The Houston Rockets are on a three game winning streak. Everyone reading this already knows that, but I had to type it out just to remind myself that it’s actually a thing. For most of this season, this team has been a fledgling mess trying to find an identify on both ends of the floor. […]

In case you missed it, the New York Knicks are already rumored to have placed Kemba Walker on the trade block. This follows head coach Tom Thibodeau’s shocking decision to kick the four-time All-Star out of his rotation completely. Walker’s market value is reportedly at an all-time low right now, but as it appears, the […]

In a rather surprising turn of events, John Wall recently declared his intention to play for the Houston Rockets. This was after the team announced previously that the former All-Star would not be part of the rotation as they try and search for a suitable trade for Wall. Right now, though, it sounds like Wall […]

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Houston Rockets star John Wall had previously agreed to sit out the season as the team finds a suitable trade partner for him. But recently, Wall spoke to GM Raphael Stone about playing for the franchise again, despite their desire to head in a different direction with a young core headlined Jalen Green, Kevin Porter […]

When details of the Houston Rockets’ strange agreement with veteran guard John Wall were first leaked, it puzzled the public. Nobody knew whether this meant Wall would be sent home or remain with the team. It wasn’t clear whether Houston would seek a buyout with Wall. And most importantly, the reasoning for Wall not playing […]

John Wall clearly wants to play with the Houston Rockets as the team looks for potential partners to trade him. However, with regards to reports about his desired role, Wall is calling fake news. After it was revealed that Wall talked to Rockets execs about his future with the team and the possibility of him […]

After sitting out for the first quarter of the season, Houston Rockets veteran point guard John Wall has reportedly informed the team he wants to return to the rotation. That’s all good and well, but it appears the two sides are at odds over Wall’s prospective role on the team. According to Shams Charania of The […]

For the first time all season, the Houston Rockets are on a winning streak. It’s the bare minimum what you would qualify as a streak, but it’s still a streak. We don’t need to go overboard with praise for a team with three wins in late November, but Houston’s done some notable things as a […]

Houston Rockets guard John Wall has expressed interest in returning to play for the team, and it doesn’t look like a bad idea at all considering the team’s status. The Rockets and Wall had come to an agreement before the season that the veteran guard would not play in regular season games as the team […]

Houston Rockets point guard John Wall has expressed to the organization that he wants to start playing again. Houston has the worst record in the NBA at 2-16. Getting Wall back certainly won’t solve all the issues in Houston, but it would definitely make them a better team. Last season for Houston, Wall averaged 20.6 […]

Since the Ben Simmons saga began early in the offseason, we have seen an endless amount of mock trades. Even with this situation dragging on for months, new trade ideas continue to surface. The people at Bleacher Report proposed a trade for the disgruntled All-Star in their latest NBA column. In this proposal, Simmons is […]

Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green will be out at least a week with a strained hamstring. Rockets head coach Stephen Silas said Friday Green will be evaluated in a week, according to Rockets reporter Cayleigh Griffin. Green suffered the injury in Wednesday’s game against the Chicago Bulls after getting off to a strong start. The […]

Houston Rockets guard John Wall has not played a single minute this season. He agreed to sit out the entire year after hearing the Rockets’ plans on developing their young backcourt in Jalen Green and Kevin Porter Jr., meaning that he would have minimal playing time, per Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Houston still […]

The Rockets were bound to snap their losing streak. No matter how bad the team is, it just wasn’t probable that they would finish the season with only one win. However, it was pretty unlikely that it would happen against one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference in the Chicago Bulls. Even unlikelier […]

The Houston Rockets were able to finally break their 15-game losing streak against one of the best teams in the NBA, the Chicago Bulls. The Rockets have lost to some bad teams throughout their 15-game streak but somehow managed to walk away with a win against the Chicago Bulls. They looked like a team that […]

John Wall is still with the Houston Rockets, joining the team in film sessions and even participating in pre-game warmups. The problem is: he’s not playing. By the looks of it, the Rockets have no intention of even considering Wall to suit up in games at all. Sure, they have made it clear during the […]

Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic has been on the shelf with COVID-19 but he’s recently cleared protocols and it appears he will finally return to the lineup on Wednesday against the Houston Rockets. But, the team plans to ease him back into action. Via Joe Cowley: Vooch will play tonight … limited minutes … […]

Amidst a 15-game losing streak, Houston Rockets’ head coach Stephen Silas is in the hot seat. The team’s last and only win this season came against the Oklahoma City Thunder on October 22. Since then, the Rockets have yet to win another basketball game and have a 1-16 record. Silas’ coaching term in Houston may […]

The Houston Rockets are mired in a horrific losing streak that has them dead last in the NBA. But thinking big picture, there’s still plenty to be excited about if you’re a Clutch City fan. Right at the top of the list is Jalen Green. The Rockets neophyte hasn’t been setting the league on fire, […]

Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has missed the past three games with a thigh injury that he re-aggravated last week against the Memphis Grizzlies. He initially thought playing through the injury was the right course of action, but decided it was best to take a full week off to let the injury heal completely. […]

Are you familiar with the video of a man walking up to a store as he sees a cat on the other side of a window? Well, exiled Houston Rockets point guard John Wall is the cat while Pat Riley and the Miami Heat are the man telling the cat “I’m gone get you out […]

The Houston Rockets are 17 games into the season and have not won a road game. More incredibly, they’ve won one basketball game total. This is going to go down as the second consecutive season the Rockets lose at least 15-straight games in a row. Even the worst teams in basketball win a game or […]

It’s not a secret what the Houston Rockets plan to do with John Wall. Even before the season started, everyone knows that Wall could sit out the whole 2021-22 campaign if the team is unable to trade him–a likely scenario given his monstrosity of a contract. However, given this situation, it has raised confusion why […]

Christian Wood has been the subject of trade speculations for some time now, and given how he has played so far, he’d certainly get several interest from contending teams if he’s made available. Wood currently plays for the Houston Rockets, but they are in a complete rebuild. That means if the big man stays with […]

The NBA season will continue on Monday night. The Houston Rockets will hit the road and take on the Boston Celtics. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Rockets-Celtics prediction and pick. These two teams have had very different starts to the season. The Houston Rockets are an abysmal 1-15 and […]

Everyone who works in sports is competitive. The jobs are limited and once you have them, there’s an enormous pressure to win, not just from external sources. These people are genuinely some of the most competitive people on the planet so they all want to win already. And just as winning brings great joy and […]

The Boston Celtics got some sort of good news with regards to the condition of their star swingman Jaylen Brown. Brown has been dealing with a hamstring strain for quite a while now, causing him to miss the Celtics’ last eight games. However, ahead of their showdown with the Houston Rockets on Monday, Boston upgraded […]

The Houston Rockets cannot seem to catch a break this season. Obviously, no one had them at the top of the Western Conference this year. However, regardless of the fact that their roster boasts some questionable NBA talent, most people did not envision this season going downhill in this manner. As of right now, the […]

When you’re coming off a 16-win season, it’s hard to have ambitious goals as a rebuilding Rockets team. Any notion of making the playoffs are out the window and the odds that Houston makes the play-in tournament are extremely low. However, there is one goal the organization probably made a priority before the season started. […]

Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green is calling for an immediate solution to his team’s constant poor form. It has become apparent that the Rockets are in for a long, exhausting and difficult season. However, star rookie Jalen Green is not succumbing to the idea of being written off outright. During the Rockets’ recent visit to […]

I think most observers would say the Houston Rockets have already blown their team up and have gone into a full rebuild. And while trading James Harden and Russell Westbrook were two very big steps, they still haven’t quite torn it all the way down yet. Because of this, they sit in this weird middle […]