Tag: Houston Rockets

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

Staff

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…

Read More

Jeff Green breaks out an all-platinum Air Jordan 11 PE

Brandon King

In their recent game against the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets forward, and longtime on court wearer of Air Jordans, Jeff Green took a pair of Air Jordan 11s to the court that one could help but notice. These eye-catching 11s sport a completely platinum upper with black Jumpman on the lateral ankle. Green’s number “32” appeared on the rear wheel in place of the standard “23.” A white midsole and a smokey translucent outsole complete this interesting iteration of the Air Jordan 11. As they are a PE, a retail…

Read More

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 .

Read More

Rockets reach deal with Ime Udoka on head coaching position

Staff

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…

Read More

Why trading Kevin Durant may not be that easy

Brandon King

Kevin Durant’s trade request not set free agency on its ear , but that of the enitre NBA as well. Players of Durant’s caliber aren’t on the market that often so the Nets were Miley fielding calls from every team in the league, whether they believed they had a legitimate shot at acquiring him or not. KD has Phoenix and Miami at the top of his list of preferred destinations but is there any one franchise that can put together a package sufficient enough to pry Durant away from Brooklyn.…

Read More

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…

Read More

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…

Read More

Overseas Hoops: Usman Garuba is officially a Houston Rocket

Staff

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…

Read More

Houston trading PJ Tucker to Milwaukee

Brandon King

According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Houston Rockets forward PJ Tucker is headed to Milwaukee. With a 17-game losing streak under its belt, the Rockets are going nowhere fast and it appears they will become sellers, as this will signal the franchise in embarking on a full rebuild.

Read More

Victor Oladipo rejects extension from Rockets

Brandon King

From Jenna Ciccotelli of B/R: Victor Oladipo reportedly turned down the opportunity to remain with the Houston Rockets after this season. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the guard passed on a two-year, $45.2 million max contract extension. Oladipo is in the last year of a four-year, $85 million deal that he signed with the Indiana Pacers, from whom he was dealt in the four-team deal that sent James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets in January. Oladipo is seeking a longer-term deal, which the Rockets can still offer him, per Wojnarowski. The league’s collective bargaining agreement requires that the team…

Read More