Category: Houston Rockets

The rockets will likely pick up options on Jeff Green and Jae’Sean Tate

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via Scott Polacek, Bleacher Report The Houston Rockets challenged for a play-in tournament spot for much of the 2023-24 campaign, and they reportedly plan on bringing back multiple role players for next season. Kelly Iko of The Athletic reported Tuesday that “all signs point toward the Rockets picking up the options on veteran forwards Jae’Sean Tate and Jeff Green.” Houston ended up 41-41 and five games behind the Golden State Warriors for the final spot in the Western Conference play-in tournament. It was a notable improvement from the previous three seasons…

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Dillon Brooks says he is “ready to lock up” LeBron James

Brandon King

In last season’s playoffs Dillon Brooks shot his mouth off, directing a barrage of trash talk at LeBron James. The then-Memphis Grizzlies forward and professional basketball irritant, said amongst other things, the Lakers star was “old.” Things didn’t go to well for the Oregon product as the Lakers uncerimoniously bounced the Grizzlies out of the postseason as James averaged 22.2 points , 11.2 rebounds and 5.2 assists , while Brooks shot just 31.2% from the field and and even-worse 23.8% from downtown and just 10.2 points in the six game…

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Dillon Brooks fined for ball shot

Brandon King

The NBA announced it handed down a $25,000 fine to Houston Rockets forward due to Brooks, extra-ciricular on court antics. With less than seven and a half minutes left in the first quarter of the Rockets’ October 10 preseason game against the Indiana Pacers, Brooks whacked Pacers’ forward Daniel Theis in the nether region. Brooks was accessed a Flagrant 2 and sent to the showers early. It was Brooks’ preseason debut with the Rockets, with whom he signed a 4-year/$80 million deal this offseason .

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Jalen Green vidoed in compromising situation

Brandon King

Jalen Green has been getting quite a bit of attention, however in this instance it has very little to do with his preparation for the 2023-24 season. Video of the up-and-comig Houston Rockets player engaing in some “questionable” horseplay with former teammate Josh Christopher. In the video , Christopher appears to be lying in the supine position with Green dry thrusting awayin between his hiked up legs. Before people’s eye brows had returned to their normal resting postions, another strange video invilving Green and two other males surfaced.

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Rockets reach deal with Ime Udoka on head coaching position

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Courtesy of Paul Kasabian, Bleacher Report The Houston Rockets have reached a deal with former Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka to become the team’s next head coach, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Houston parted ways with Stephen Silas after three seasons when it decided against picking up the fourth year on his contract. He went 59-177 in those three seasons. The Rockets are in the midst of a significant rebuild. They have a host of talented but inexperienced players who haven’t been able to mesh well on the court just yet. Still, the…

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John Wall and Rockets to agree to buyout

Brandon King

After trading for him and then sitting him, because you can’t let good players play when team tank is the club’s mantra, the short and confusing marriage between John Wall and the Houston Rockets. Wall appeared in only 40 games in space city and in those games he averaged 20.6 points , 6.9 assists ( a career low) and 3.2 rebounds ( also a career-low) on .404/.317/.749 splits. In that small sample size, the jury is still out on precisely where Wall’s game is post Achilles. He looked fine in…

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Barnes and Green named Rooks of the Month

Brandon King

The NBA named the Rookies of the Month for the months of March and April and the Raptors Scottie Barnes was named Eastern Conference ROTM, while Houston’s Jalen Green was named the West’s top monthly rookie. Eastern Conference- Scottie Barnes, Toronto Raptors The Toronto Raptors’ Scottie Barnes was Eastern Conference Rookie of March and April averaging 16.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists over that time frame. The no.4 overall picks in this past NBA draft has been a solid contributor for the 5th seeded Raptors ,averaging 15.3 points, 7.5…

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Wizards announcer apologises for for comments on Kevin Porter Jr’s father

Brandon King

In this latest edition of represhinsible things announcers say, we have the case of Washington Wizards broadcaster who chucked the proverbial turd in the punch bowl of Porter Jr’s game-winning shot that beat the Wiz. Consor said: “You’ve got to give credit. Kevin Porter Jr., like his dad, pulled that trigger right at the right time,” The distasteful comments are in reference to the life of Porter’s father, Kevin Porter, Sr., who served four and a half years after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the 1993 shooting death of…

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Overseas Hoops: Usman Garuba is officially a Houston Rocket

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Real Madrid bade farewell to Usman Garuba. By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net Usman Garuba has officially parted ways with Real Madrid, the club announced. The 2021 EuroLeague Rising Star is on his way to signing with the Houston Rockets, the team that selected him with the 21st overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. Real Madrid and Garuba reached an agreement regarding the $3 million buyout on his contract, which the player will pay in installments. The Spanish big man is leaving Real eight years after he first joined them as a teenager. Garuba, 19, entered…

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NBA 2021Draft Lottery Odds

Brandon King

The hope that fuels every NBA offseason will commence with Tuesday night’s NBA Draft Lottery. The new anti-tanking rules mean that at most, a team has only a 14% chance of snagging the number 1 pick. Probabilities of getting the #1 overall pick in tonight’s lottery Team. #1 Odds Percentage HOU 14.0 DET 14.0 ORL 14.0 OKC 12.5 CLE 10.5 MIN 9.0 TOR 7.5 CHI 6.0 SAC 4.5 NOP 3.0 CHO 2.0 SAS 1.5 IND 1.0 GSW 0.5 Other pick possibilities to track: Houston Rockets: If pick falls outside top…

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