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Houston Rockets center Christian Wood didn’t have the best game on Saturday. Aside from being benched at the start of their showdown with the Denver Nuggets, he was also reprimanded by assistant coach John Lucas II. And the root cause of it all? His effort. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Wood lost his […]

Kevin Porter Jr. has left the building. The Houston Rockets wing reportedly left the Toyota Center right in the middle of their New Year’s Day bout with the Denver Nuggets. The news on the Rockets youngster was reported by ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, who claims that it was spurred by a “heated halftime discussion”. Rockets point […]

Houston Rockets center Christian Wood accidentally threw a live ball right at an unsuspecting fan during their December 27 contest against the Charlotte Hornets. The play was clearly accidental with Wood simply throwing an errand pass much higher than originally intended. The Rockets big man posted an Instagram story on the gaffe, admitting to his […]

To ring in the New Year, the Houston Rockets hosted the Miami Heat on Friday. While an entertaining matchup, most Rockets fans left with nothing but a disappointing loss. However, one young Houston fan got a gift and a memory to last a lifetime. When walking towards the Rockets’ locker room with his teammates, Jalen […]

The Miami Heat will take on the Houston Rockets in a cross-conference contest. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Heat-Rockets prediction and pick for this New Year’s Eve showdown in Houston. These teams have had drastically different seasons. Miami has earned a 22-13 record on the season, which is good […]

The Miami Heat have won four straight games and are right in the thick of the race for the top spot in the Eastern Conference. They are 22-13 on the season and have looked every bit as good as their record this season. Earlier this week, the Heat placed point guard Kyle Lowry into the […]

Houston Rockets’ power forward Christian Wood is under some heat after a brutal game mistake earlier this week. The Rockets took on the Charlotte Hornets Monday night. Down by 12 late in the second quarter, Wood tried to quickly move the ball up the court. He grabbed the rebound and attempted to pass to Josh […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will play the Houston Rockets in a Western Conference matchup on Tuesday evening. It’s time continue our NBA odds series with a Lakers-Rockets prediction and pick. The Lakers and Rockets will play on Tuesday as the NBA continues to navigate a Covid outbreak within the league. Several teams are missing multiple […]

The Charlotte Hornets steamrolled past the Houston Rockets, 123-99 on Monday. It was the Hornets’ first game back at Spectrum Center in two weeks after going 2-4 on their west coast road trip. It was a much-needed win and they definitely got a boost from their home fans. Oh yeah, Terry Rozier looked like he […]

The NBA season continues with games on Monday. The Houston Rockets will hit the road and take on the Charlotte Hornets. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Rockets-Hornets prediction and pick. These two teams have been having different seasons. The Houston Rockets are 10-23 and have lost their last three […]

If there is one thing Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Josh Giddey proved during their win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday, it’s the fact that he doesn’t need to score to impact winning. Giddey, after all, registered zero point in the contest but did finish with a double-double of 10 rebounds and 10 assists. […]

In the NBA, there are only a handful of players that are truly ‘untouchable’ in trade discussions. This distinction is only given to players who are good enough to be the best player on a championship team. Even then, the moment that player becomes disgruntled, that label goes out the window. By and large, general […]

Houston Rockets rookie Jalen Green made his highly anticipated return from injury on Thursday night against the Indiana Pacers. Green had missed nearly a month of play due to his hamstring strain and Houston wisely didn’t rush his rehab. He is a foundational prospect for the Rockets and the 15 games he missed felt significantly […]

After missing a month due to injury, Rockets rookie Jalen Green makes his return against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. It’s incredible how much of the season has passed while Green was recovering. Houston has already finished 15 games of their season since Green went down with his hamstring injury on November 24th. The team […]

Houston Rockets legend Steve Francis has opened up about the beginning of the end of his NBA career. When Hakeem Olajuwon left the Rockets in 2001, Steve Francis’ rose to prominence and became the new face of Houston. At the time, “Stevie Franchise” was one of the best scoring point guards in the league. He […]

The Houston Rockets have been without star rookie Jalen Green for nearly a month as he deals with a hamstring injury, but it looks as if the No. 2 overall pick could be making his way back to action. According to Shams Charania, Green is expected to return to game action on Thursday when the […]

With about 50 games remaining in the season, the Houston Rockets are shaping up to be slightly better than what most people thought they were going to be at the start of the season. After winning just 17 games last season, Houston is on pace for 27 wins right now and they’re about to get […]

The Houston Rockets will play the Chicago Bulls Monday in an inter-conference matchup. It’s time continue our NBA odds series with a Rockets-Bulls prediction and pick. The Rockets and Bulls will play on Monday as the NBA continues to navigate a Covid outbreak in the league. Houston is relatively unscathed to this point compared to […]

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 […]