For a second consecutive year, it feels like we have a very wide-open field in the NBA. In the Western Conference the reigning champion Suns and Chris Paul feel like they’re as talented as anyone, and out to prove last year was not a fluke… but they’ve lost twice to the Golden State Warriors. Steph […]
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Every year in the Gregorian Calendar is 365.25 days. No matter what events, chaos, or craziness happen along the way every year is the exact same length. But they don’t always feel like the same length. Sometimes a month can feel like a year, and other times a week can feel like a blink. For […]
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For a second consecutive year, it feels like we have a very wide-open field in the NBA. In the Western Conference the reigning champion Suns and Chris Paul feel like they’re as talented as anyone, and out to prove last year was not a fluke… but they’ve lost twice to the top-seeded Golden State Warriors. […]
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Something about January seems to always bring out the craziest moments for the Houston Rockets. In 2019, James Harden hit a buzzer-beater over a pair of Warriors amidst a 32-game 30-point streak. In 2020, Houston traded their center to go full six-sevens-or-less small-ball. 2021? James Harden said the Rockets “just aren’t good enough… I love […]
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As the winter holidays are coming and going, the Houston Rockets are one of a handful of teams that have high hopes for 2022. They head into the weekend looking to get their starting backcourt back, have crept to 2.5 games out of the NBA play-in tournament, and look to be sellers of veterans at […]
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Bookies have been around for just as long as horse racing since they are pretty much a part of the sport itself. The only thing that has changed over the years is the way they operate. Not that the top bookies have closed all their offline betting channels, but their operations have to a large […]
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After a precipitous fall to 1-16, a seven-game win streak got the Houston Rockets halfway to .500. Houston became the first team in the four major American sports to win more than five consecutive games after a losing streak of 15 or more… So at least this Rockets team is historic? There are a number […]
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Last September, Houston Rockets fans released a deep sigh of relief. Per The Athletic, the Rockets and veteran guard John Wall had agreed that the franchise would work to move him in a trade while also not playing him. For the Rockets, the move prioritized the development of their young roster. Houston has one of […]
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The Houston Rockets are, at the time of writing this, 3-16. While they have a 2-game win streak, that is very bad. Truthfully, I’m not sure that there’s another word to describe how the Rockets’ season has started. It’s not that the Rockets had title aspirations for the 2021-22 season. But after the rough season, […]
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The Houston Rockets are in the midst of a hard West Coast Roadtrip and a six-game losing streak at the time of writing this. The ‘Kets have hit a rough patch, and from a distance, it looks like the season is headed to the wayside again. But as we mentioned to start the season, this […]
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In the summer of 2016, the Boston Celtics drafted Jaylen Brown 3rd overall in the NBA Draft. In the four years to follow, Boston made it to the Eastern Conference Finals three times and drafted Jayson Tatum, another All-Star, with the third overall pick in 2017. When LeBron James went west in the summer of […]
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Yes! We have a special midweek Rockets’ Round-Up because the Houston Rockets have a brand new uniform for the 2021-22 season. Much like the light blue “H-Town” jerseys a year ago, or the NASA-themed white uniforms before that, Houston got a new set of one-year-only uniforms. This year’s special uniforms look familiar… intentionally. No, they’re […]
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Following a week of Houston Rockets basketball, the Rockets sit at 1-3 and back near the bottom of the Western Conference. After a very hyped-up off-season, there are a lot of disappointed Rockets fans not sure what to make of a season of four games all decided by double-digits. The key question all season long […]
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Here’s to the first Houston Rockets’ Round-Up with actual basketball to talk about. No more “who to root for” or “what could the alternate jersey look like;” not there have been real-life NBA games to watch and analyze. Ok, admittedly… in many ways, a handful of preseason games isn’t exactly the same. Stephen Silas used […]
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