Tag: Houston Rockets

Kendrick Perkins Wants Kevin Durant Building More Chemistry With Rockets Teammates

Brandon King

Kevin Durant’s offseason workouts have once again become a talking point, but Kendrick Perkins believes the future Hall of Famer should be spending more time in the gym with his Houston Rockets teammates. Speaking on ESPN, Perkins reacted to a viral video of Durant working out with Orlando Magic star Paolo Banchero. While he praised Durant for mentoring one of the NBA’s rising stars, Perkins questioned whether that time would be better spent strengthening chemistry with the players he’ll suit up alongside this season. “I’ve been seeing a video that’s…

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Marcus Smart Agrees to 2-Year, $13M Deal With Houston Rockets in Early Free Agency Move

Brandon King

Free agency opened with immediate movement across the league, and one of the more notable early agreements comes from a veteran defensive guard shifting into a new role. Marcus Smart has agreed to a two-year, $13 million deal with the Houston Rockets, league sources confirmed. The move adds a seasoned perimeter defender and former Defensive Player of the Year to a Rockets roster that has been steadily reshaping its identity around youth, length, and defensive versatility. A Veteran Defensive Presence for Houston Smart’s value has never been tied strictly to…

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Marcus Smart reportedly considering free agency; Rockets expected to pursue reunion with Ime Udoka

Brandon King

The Los Angeles Lakers could be in danger of losing one of their veteran leaders this offseason. According to Marc Stein, Marcus Smart is seriously considering declining his $5.4 million player option and entering unrestricted free agency. If he reaches the open market, the Houston Rockets are expected to express interest in bringing the veteran guard aboard for a reunion with head coach Ime Udoka. Smart and Udoka enjoyed success together during their time with the Boston Celtics, where Smart developed into one of the league’s premier perimeter defenders under…

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Kendrick Perkins says if Lakers beat Rockets in playoffs, the GOAT debate is settled

Brandon King

For the past decade, the propaganda arm of Klutch Sports, aka, the LeMedia has been on a jihad to shoehorn LeBron James into the GOAT debate.  This coordinated, pernicious misinformation campaign that sees facts and operating with scruples as minor inconveniences , as they regularly employ lies and assaulting the legacies of past players and eras on which they have constructed their castle of lies.  Longtime LeMedia acolyte Kendrick Perkins once again towing the company line, said on a recent episode of First Take that should LeBron James and the…

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Is Jalen Green Still on the Trade Block?

Brandon King

Jalen Green is heading to Phoenix as part of the Kevin Durant trade but the jersey he will be wearing when the nba season tips off may not be that of the Suns.  According to Legion Hoops, the Suns are planning on shipping the young scorer out of the Valley of the Sun.  However, a report from Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro contradicts the report as he indicates that the team does not intend to trade Green and that they plan to pair him with Devin Booker in their backcourt.  Green…

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Kevin Durant Traded to Rockets in Blockbuster Deal With Suns

Brandon King

The Kevin Durant trade saga has finally come to an end. KD was traded to the Houston Rockets for Jalen Green, Dillion Brooks, the 10th overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft and a whopping 5 second round draft picks, per Shams Charania.  Durant, although 36 years old, enjoyed another statistically Impressive season, posting per game averages of 26.6 points, 6.0 rebounds 4.2 assists, and 1.2 blocks on .527/.430/.839 splits. However, despite Durant’s continued excellence, the Suns were a disappointing 36-46 this season and finished 11th in the Western Conference. …

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Did Draymond Green tell Jalen Green to “paint his fingernails?”

Brandon King

We covered the verbal dust-up between Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green and Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green.  During their vernal skirmish, Draymond allegedly told Jalen to go and paint his nails.  As the two are being separated, Draymond appears to make a nail painting gesture toward Jalen.  In a 2024 video ,Jalen Green admitted that he does paint his nails, saying that he stated with a single fingered and progresed to doing all of them.  Game 4 of the series takes place Monday night at the Chase Center at…

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Jalen Green says Draymond Green is all talk

Brandon King

Houston Rockets guard Jalen Green is not the biggest Draymond Green fan. The two exchange words in a kerfuffle at center court following the conclusion of Game 3 of the Warriors and Rockets opening round playoff series, a 104-93 Golden State win. After the game, Jalen said of Draymond, “Just talking. He can’t really do much of anything else, so talking is his only way” out  Jalen in 39 minutes of action scored 9 points on 4-11 from the floor, adding 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and had a plus/minus of…

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Golden State defeats Houston 95-85

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image via Al Jazeera Courtesy of Colin Ward-Henninger, CBS Sports The Golden State Warriors took a 1-0 series lead over the Houston Rockets on Sunday. Stephen Curry led the way with 31 points. Jimmy Butler was fantastic with 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and five steals.  The Rockets trailed by as many as 23 but got it down to three late in the fourth quarter, but Golden State answered the run and closed it out late. This is what everyone was concerned about with Houston, not having a go-to…

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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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