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Still fresh from their disappointing end to the season following their blowout loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, Mike D’Antoni is already thinking of what adjustments to make in the next campaign. The Houston Rockets head coach shared that he feels James Harden can still play at an even higher level next year, […]

Mike D’Antoni was lost for words after the Houston Rockets‘ disappointing loss against the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. In what was their biggest game of the season, his team had a very poor game and was eliminated in a blowout, 114-75. After the match, the veteran head coach was asked how he felt following […]

With Mike D’Antoni having the privilege to coach one of best players in the league today, James Harden, it gives him a deeper understanding of how great his skills are, compared to other people who are on the outside looking in. He has seen everyday how he has improved his playmaking skills, especially with this […]

After being named head coach of the Houston Rockets, Mike D’Antoni was impressed with the lineup of the team that he had to work with. With the amount of shooters he had on hand, he knew they will fit his style of play and could blossom in his system. However, one player who left a […]

Even after five years have past, it still remains a mystery why Mike D’Antoni left the New York Knicks‘ head coaching job in 2012. Many speculated he was unhappy with the team’s top brass, while others believed it was because of his rough relationship with Carmelo Anthony. The former NBA Coach of the Year has recently […]

Monday night’s intimidation antics between the San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets only brought back head coach Mike D’Antoni‘s scarring memories of his past playoff experiences. Most notably was a 2007 incident that saw the Spurs’ Robert Horry get a two-game suspension after clotheslining MVP Steve Nash in the dying seconds of the fourth quarter […]

By having the best players in the world, and being well organized in all aspects, it gives more reason for many to consider the NBA as the best basketball league in the world. That said, their sponsorships and TV deals have been the highest paying, which translates to higher salaries for their players. However, according […]

There’s no secret what must be stopped when trying to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni got a question about preparation for the series vs. the Thunder and he had a great response. Mike D'Antoni on #Rockets prep for OKC: "I would say Westbrook (@russwest44) was pretty much a topic […]

Los Angeles Lakers President of Basketball Operations, Magic Johnson, is one of the latest proponents for Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni to win Coach of the Year honors. “He’s got to be coach of the year,” Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. “He’s done an amazing job. I don’t know how he’s not going to […]

In matchup of two of the top teams in the Western Conference, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets 113-106 on Tuesday night. But while his team was the victors of the game, Warriors coach Steve Kerr was quite impressed with the Rockets, who have been sensational all season long due in large part […]

The Houston Rockets are definitely peaking at the right time. After their first meeting against the Oklahoma City Thunder in early December, the Rockets were ranked 28th in defensive rating but have managed to win a lot of games mostly due to their high-octane offense led by the league’s fourth leading scorer, James Harden. Only […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni is not sweating the triangle offense (or whatever is left of it) after Saturday night’s 129-122 victory over the New York Knicks. “If the triangle hit me upside the head, I wouldn’t know what it was,” D’Antoni told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News prior to the […]

Mike D’Antoni‘s official conversion of James Harden as the Houston Rockets “points guard” could very well be the start of a conversation of his place among the league’s elite at the position. Prior to Friday night’s game between the Rockets and the L.A. Clippers, both coaches chimed in their thoughts about each other’s floor generals. “They […]

The Houston Rockets facing off against the Brooklyn Nets Monday night had a special story of its own. Coach Mike D’Antoni reunited with Nets coach Kenny Atkinson with Jeremy Lin on the court since the three had worked together in New York back in 2011. It was special for Atkinson because he had earned his first assistant coaching […]

The imminent return of Donatas Motiejunas will be put on hold yet again as “some issues” have delayed his return to the Houston Rockets after the team expected him to be available for Saturday night, according to Mark Berman of Fox 26. Motiejunas is fresh off signing a four-year, $35 million contract with Houston after several […]

It was only fitting that a fast-paced, volume-shooting Mike D’Antoni-led team like the Houston Rockets would hoist an NBA-record 50 three-pointers in a game Friday night against the Sacramento Kings. The Rockets made 21 of them (42 percent for the game) as super-sub Eric Gordon led the charge, attempting 12 in 29 minutes, while “points […]

After the unofficial Nov 23. internal deadline for the Houston Rockets to sign Donatas Motiejunas passed, the restricted free agent’s future remains uncertain. According to Marc Stein and Calvin Watkins of ESPN, the Rockets pulled out their most recent offer to Motiejunas on Tuesday night, after the Lithuanian big man kept them waiting long enough. […]

Denver Nuggets forward Wilson Chandler has been in the Mile High city since 2011. Prior to that, he spent four seasons with the New York Knicks playing under the bright lights of the Big Apple. At 29-years-old, Chandler spoke with SLAM and says he misses playing in New York at times because he enjoyed every minute […]

Houston Rockets star James Harden is leading the league in assists at 12.4 per game, which is a boost of five more dimes from last season. The last time a player averaged over 12 assists per season was during the 1993-94 season when John Stockton still played for the Utah Jazz. Harden isn’t boastful or even […]

James Harden has been the one to carry the torch for the Houston Rockets this season — if by carrying the torch means absolutely incinerating every defender that gets between him and the bucket. The seventh year guard out of Arizona State has put up ridiculous numbers, even by his high standards, averaging 31.8 points, […]

Earvin “Magic” Johnson has not retained his minority ownership stake in the Los Angeles Lakers for a few years now. While he gave up his official part ownership in 2010, he was no longer carrying any official position with the team, but was still connected. The team awarded him an honorary VP position and title despite […]

Coach Mike D’Antoni knows what it means to see his vision for basketball realized. He coached a Phoenix Suns team in the 2000s that ran a similar offense to what the current NBA structure promotes. The run-and-gun style of basketball he implemented was almost ahead of its time. Since those years, D’Antoni hasn’t found a […]

A few days ago, Houston Rockets guard Patrick Beverly decided to undergo surgery on his ailing knee. The feisty point guard was initially expected to miss three weeks before resuming basketball activities. However, in a recent article by Jonathan Feigen for the Houston Chronicle, that timetable had just got extended. Rockets guard Pat Beverley opted to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery […]

Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni will give San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich a taste of his own medicine today by not playing his starters. Albeit a preseason game, James Harden, Eric Gordon, Trevor Ariza, and Clint Capela did not make the trip to San Antonio for their final preseason tune-up, according to ESPN beat writer Calvin […]

The Houston Rockets backcourt will be forced to shuffle the pieces as point guard Patrick Beverley is expected to miss three weeks with a knee injury, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. Beverley will undergo a minor surgical scope in his left knee early next week, but is bound to miss the same amount of time whether […]

As we look to the next full season for the Houston Rockets, they have much work to do. A new coach, and a few new players on the roster should bring better results than last season, but not without changes on the defensive end. Some key stats illuminate this issue, as pointed out by NBA.com’s […]

The Houston Rockets walked away with a 131-94 win over the Shanghai Sharks, but not before assistant Roy Rogers went 0-for-2 on a couple of handshakes. First, he goes across head coach Mike D’Antoni to get a limp hand in return, then D’Antoni looks uninterested and gives him a clenched fist pump. https://vine.co/v/565lZEKr715 It’s a tough […]

After only a few short months with the team, Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni articulated why he thinks former Rockets coach Rudy Tomjanovich has been snubbed off the Hall of Fame. “You look at (Clyde) Drexler and Moses (Malone), Calvin (Murphy) and (Hakeem) Olajuwon – all unbelievably deserved to be in the Hall of Fame,” D’Antoni […]

Houston Rockets center Donatas Motiejunas has officially become a restricted free agent. The Lithuanian big man couldn’t come to an agreement with the Rockets after speaking with them one last time before his $4.4 million qualifying offer expired on Sunday. After failing a physical for the Detroit Pistons in a trade, Motiejunas has been in a stalemate […]

New Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni hasn’t shied away from the spotlight this offseason and has been frank about how he plans to coach his team with this roster. According to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle, D’Antoni plans to make James Harden his point guard on the floor. D'Antoni said Harden is basically […]

If anyone can appreciate the greatness of the Golden State Warriors, it’s probably Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni. D’Antoni is one of the great basketball offensive minds of all-time and in between NBA head coaching jobs, he says that he became a fan of what was going on in the Bay Area. Via NBA.com: […]

Mike D’Antoni and James Harden may be a match made in heaven. The new Houston Rockets head coach made his name in this league as an offensive genius, revolutionizing the game to a degree with the “7 Seconds or Less” style. Harden is working on leaving a similar mark as he has blossomed into one of […]

A coach fired in the first few weeks of the season, a trade that blew up in their face, and a general manager that couldn’t quite transfer what was on paper to the court. Those are a few of the things that plagued the Houston Rockets throughout last season. GM Daryl Morey believes that the […]

Houston Rockets guard James Harden acknowledged the critical flaws in his game defensively, but he insists that the criticism doesn’t really bother him. Harden recently spoke with NBA.com, opening up about his role on the Rockets: Everybody makes mistakes. I can look up the same amount of plays for myself as the other top guys in […]

One of the highlights of the 2011-2012 season was the emergence of a player not known to many, a player who was waived by his previous team and someone who came from a school which was not best known for basketball. We’re talking, of course, about the emergence of Jeremy Lin. Linsanity was at its […]

Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni’s wife was trapped in a deadly storm that flooded West Virginia last week but was eventually rescued. The deadly storm came with heavy rain waters flooding West Virginia, which resulted in around 25 people killed since last week. Laurel D’Antoni was in the process of packing up and getting ready […]

After taking some time off from a disastrous season in Houston, Dwight Howard has decided to opt out of his $23 million dollar player option for next season. According to reports, the Rockets brass attempted to convince Howard to stay, even if it was a long shot when hiring coach Mike D’antoni, whom Dwight previously played […]

Three years ago, the Mike D’Antoni and Dwight Howard relationship did not work out. Maybe in Houston it will. Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey appeared on SiriusXM Bleacher Report Radio and commented on the current situation involving Howard. Morey stressed that D’Antoni would “welcome back” the veteran center to Houston: "He (D'Antoni) would welcome […]

The Houston Rockets made their first big move of the offseason by introducing Mike D’Antoni as their new head coach. D’Antoni signed a three-year, $15 million contract with a 4th year team option, according to ESPN’s Calbin Watkins. D’Antoni’s style makes sense and brings promise to a Houston team that attempted the second most 3-pointers […]