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As the Houston Rockets beat the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, the story was obviously Garrison Mathews. Mathews had just signed his first long-term NBA contract hours earlier and had a strong game to follow it up. What got swept underneath the rug, however, was Rockets rookie Josh Christopher starting in his first NBA game. […]

The Houston Rockets defeated the Detroit Pistons in a tough 11 a.m. contest Saturday night and the story of the game was Garrison Mathews. Mathews had just signed his first long-term NBA contract hours before and followed it up with 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists, and 1 block on 6 of 12 […]

Previously selected as the ninth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, New York Knicks forward Kevin Knox II has yet to establish a foothold in the league thus far. Now playing in his fourth professional campaign, the 22-year-old is barely seeing action as he was dropped out of the team’s rotation yet again. Knox […]

It was bound to happen at some point. It was just a matter of when and how. The Houston Rockets inked Garrison Matthews to a four-year deal. ESPN Sources: The Rockets are waiving forward Danuel House, allowing him to find a new team in the final year of his deal. Rockets are assigning his minutes […]

The Rockets had themselves a busy news day on Friday. The Trevelin Queen news was buried a bit, but more on him in a second. They started the evening by waiving hometown forward Danuel House. House was once seen as an early unanimous success story of the NBA’s two-way contract system. After struggling to get […]

The Houston Rockets are just 9-20 so far on the 2021 NBA season and seem to be going nowhere despite some recent surprising wins. The Rockets are equally as bad at home, on the road, on offense, and on defense and most of that is due to young players getting playing time. The Rockets do, […]

There hasn’t been too much news on the Ben Simmons trade front of late with the Philadelphia 76ers still in the midst of a prolonged standoff with their want-away star. At this point, however, the Houston Rockets have emerged as the latest team to be linked to Simmons’ looming exit from the Sixers. Simmons, however, […]

Given this past week’s schedule for the Houston Rockets and their current batch of injuries, Thursday night was a predictable outcome, even with the Knicks in the midst of a rut. The Rockets actually managed to keep this entertaining for the middle portion of the game, but New York ran away with it in the […]

John Wall is done. This is the narrative we’ve all heard too many times these past few years. Things escalated to a whole new level after it was revealed earlier in the season that the former All-Star point guard was set to sit out the entire season for the Houston Rockets. The good news is […]

With how things are shaping up with the New York Knicks right now, it would not be surprising if this team ends up making some major moves prior to the trade deadline. It’s no secret that the Knicks are trying to find an exit strategy for their botched Kemba Walker experiment and at this point, […]

The New York Knicks will play the Houston Rockets on Thursday in an inter-conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Knicks-Rockets prediction and pick. The Knicks and Rockets will meet on Thursday as New York will look to snap their four-game losing streak. Houston has now lost three of their […]

The Houston Rockets lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night by a margin of 35 points. Coming off the heels of a comeback road win against the Atlanta Hawks, this was a brutal loss for the Rockets. They were missing four key contributors in Christian Wood, Eric Gordon, Kevin Porter Jr., and Jalen Green […]

The NBA Trade Deadline is coming up and the Houston Rockets are going to move on from a few guys to try to get some draft picks and young talent to help speed up their rebuild process. We saw them trade away P.J. Tucker and James Harden last season, as the team decided to focus […]

Now that we’ve crossed over December 15th on the NBA calendar, trading season has officially begun. This date is relevant because most contracts signed this summer can now be traded. Generally, front offices try to avoid making deals before this date. This is because they’re limited in the number of contracts they can move and […]

Over their seven-game winning streak, the Houston Rockets seemed to adopt a quality that they haven’t yet shaken, which was seen in an incredible comeback victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday night. They’ve successfully been able to be competitive in all of their games since both Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green went down. […]

The Houston Rockets will face the Atlanta Hawks on Monday in an inter-conference matchup. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a Rockets-Hawks prediction and pick. The Rockets and Hawks play Monday in what should be a fun game. Atlanta will be looking to get back into the win column after losing three […]

There are legitimate reasons why the Houston Rockets should trade Christian Wood by the upcoming trade deadline. But based off prior experience of trying to broach this subject with Rockets fans, it was known this would be a polarizing stance. Even with that knowledge in mind, it’s hard to anticipate the volume of reactions this piece […]

When the Houston Rockets traded for Christian Wood in the 2020 offseason, it was some of the best dealmaking of the entire offseason for an NBA front office. Houston managed to turn Robert Covington into Wood and two protected first-round picks. It was a move that both improved the roster in the present and kept […]

The Houston Rockets are in Memphis Saturday night, as they kick off a three-game road trip with a showdown with the  Memphis Grizzlies. But before that, the Rockets had to deal with a rather more terrifying opponent: the weather. Via Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle: With tornado sirens going off in downtown Memphis amid […]

The Houston Rockets, once owners of the NBA’s longest active winning streak at seven games, finally lost on Friday night against the Milwaukee Bucks. It was Houston’s first loss since November 22nd, which is incredible because they had just come off a 15-game losing streak. Of course, the winning streak was always going to end […]

Alperen Sengun had to go against one of the best players in the NBA on Friday evening. Following his showdown with Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Houston Rockets rookie is starting to receive some heavy praise. But more on that in a second. After winning seven straight games, the Rockets finally lost a game to the Milwaukee […]

The Houston Rockets, winners of their last seven games, currently own the league’s longest active winning streak. This would have made sense with the James Harden-led Hosutons teams of yesteryear but the team is now rebuilding from the ground up. They had a 1-16 record before their historic hot streak. Christian Wood, the Rockets’ leading […]

It takes a number of things to make a good general manager in the NBA. Obviously you have to be able to identify talent, you have to be shrewd at deal making, and you have to have extensive knowledge of the CBA. Those are basically the fundamentals that the best GMs in the league possess. […]

In the team’s second game of a back to back, the Brooklyn Nets came up short in Houston. Steve Nash’s group is now 17-8, having handled seven of their last ten. But during a game where both Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge got a much needed rest, the shorthanded Nets came up a bit well…short. […]

Wednesday night in Toyota Center was probably one of the most anticipated nights of the season for the Houston Rockets. Former franchise star James Harden has obviously already returned to Houston to play the Rockets, but this felt more like a real return than before. In March of last year, it had been only two […]

For some inexplicable reason, the Houston Rockets are on fire right now. They beat the Kevin Durant-less Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night, 114-104 to extend their winning streak to seven games. For some inexplicable reason, Kyrie Irving still refuses to get a COVID-19 vaccine. But even without him, the Nets are doing perfectly fine. Just […]

James Harden of the Brooklyn Nets made his return back to Houston where he spent most of his career and Rocket fans showered him in love and appreciation while the Rockets played a tribute video for him. James Harden had nothing but love as the Rockets paid tribute to his time in Houston ❤ (via […]

Minnesota Timberwolves guard Patrick Beverley is the walking epitome of the type of player that you’d love to be teammates with but hate going up against. The 6-foot-1 defensive irritant, after all, carries a massive chip on his shoulder each time he takes the floor. Beverley had to prove himself time and time again just […]

The Brooklyn Nets will now officially be without two of their starters (in addition to Kyrie Irving) for their matchup against the Houston Rockets. According to NBA correspondent Marc Stein, both Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge are sitting out of the Wednesday night game to rest. The Nets say they are holding Kevin Durant and […]

The NBA season continues on Wednesday. The Brooklyn Nets will hit the road and face off against the Houston Rockets. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Nets-Rockets prediction and pick. These two teams have been having very different seasons. The Brooklyn Nets have been impressive and have a record of 17-7. […]

On Wednesday, James Harden will make his second return to Houston in a Nets uniform since the Rockets traded him to Brooklyn ten months ago. It’s almost unbelievable how it hasn’t even been a full calendar year since the trade. So much has happened for both the Nets and the Rockets in that timespan and […]

Much has been made about John Wall’s current situation with the Houston Rockets. It now appears that the former All-Star has taken a U-turn and is now willing to suit up for the Rockets. The alternative is pretty bad, with Wall looking at the prospect of sitting out the entire campaign. Be that as it may, […]

Los Angeles Lakers star Russell Westbrook had a very short stint with the Houston Rockets, lasting just one season. While he did put up some big numbers, it appears the organization wasn’t exactly too pleased with his output. Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta recently spoke about how the front office has started to take a more […]

The Rockets’ win over the Bulls was probably their most impressive victory of this six-game winning streak, but Sunday night against the Pelicans is probably the second most impressive. Houston was missing their starting backcourt in an already weak guard rotation and they had to improvise the entire game. From the playmaking aspect of things […]

The Houston Rockets had one of the worst starts to their season in the history of the NBA, dropping 16 of their first 17 games. They then followed that up with a six game winning streak after defeating the New Orleans Pelicans Sunday. In doing so, they made history that has never been done before […]

Things are much better for the Houston Rockets at this point in the season than they were just a couple weeks ago. The team is winning, they’ve finally committed to a long-term starting lineup, and they’re no longer daily punching bags for talking heads. When the Rockets were on their 15-game losing streak, there was […]

Through 20 plus games into the 2021-22 season, the John Wall saga with the Houston Rockets has yet to be resolved as the veteran point guard continues to sit out the team’s games thus far. He recently expressed his desires to suit up and see action but the Rockets remain committed to their rebuilding efforts […]

The Houston Rockets have won five games in a row, the current longest winning streak in the NBA. Nobody covering this team could have predicted before the season that they would be typing that sentence. Nobody in general could have predicted this while Houston was in the midst of a 15-game losing streak. It’s truly […]

The message is clear from Houston Rockets head coach Stephen Silas: rookie star Jalen Green won’t be back in action any time soon. Ahead of Friday’s game against the Orlando Magic, Silas noted that Green has made some progress in his recovery from hamstring injury. However, it has been slow and they don’t expect him […]