It happens every year- after Game 1 of a particular NBA series, everyone assumes they know exactly how the whole thing will play out. Even if an analyst picked Team X in 6 games (which admits Team X would lose twice in the series) after a Game 1 loss Team X gets eviscerated in sports […]
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The Houston Rockets ended the NBA season with the worst record in the NBA at 17-55. The Rockets were three games behind the next worst team (the Detroit Pistons), and were the first team was eliminated from the playoffs this year. But in looking at the 2019-20 Rockets’ roster it certainly feels Houston is in. […]
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If you aren’t an NBA fan, or have been living under a rock, or got way too into Ted Lasso, you might not have heard that the NBA has adopted a play-in-style tournament to end the season this year. It was creatively called the NBA Play-In Tournament. Yes, the NBA Play-In tournament has essentially added […]
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The end of the Houston Rockets’ season looms. On the Rockets’ Round-Up, we have gone through and looked at players to add at this point in our Rockets’ Round-Ups. We did a post-March Madness breakdown of potentially good fits in the upcoming NBA Draft. We scrolled through impending Free Agents to see who could sign […]
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After Monday night, Russell Westbrook has done it again. For the fourth time in five seasons, Westbrook will officially average a triple-double. He could play in each of the remaining games and log zero points, assists, or rebounds and he would still be over 10 per game of each. But what’s that mean? Russell Westbrook’s […]
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Over the weekend, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers took to Twitter with a controversial opinion that somewhat set the entire NBA “Twittersphere” on fire. LeBron James on the play-in tournament: “Whoever came up with that s— needs to be fired” — Dave McMenamin (@mcten) May 3, 2021 No, not that one. That one […]
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Rockets’ Round-Ups have largely become an exercise in looking towards the future. We took a look at the draft and who stood out in March Madness. Later we dove into who could fill the voids in free agency. But what if the future of the Houston Rockets is looking us smack in the face? On […]
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In the last two weeks, the Houston Rockets were officially mathematically ruled out of the playoffs. The Rockets held the longest active playoff streak in the NBA at eight consecutive seasons, but for the last two-and-a-half months Houston has looked forward to July, not June. The Houston Rockets appear to have mastered the art of […]
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With the NFL Draft fast approaching, much of the national sports focus has shifted from basketball players in meaningful games to football players in tee shirts and shorts. While basketball players admittedly have a similar uniform to off-season football players, there is only one football-related event that throws a wrench in the jostling for NBA […]
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On April 23rd, Zion Williamson officially will become the first Generation Z athlete to get a signature sneaker with Nike. Williamson, who is just 20-years-old, signed with Nike’s Jordan Brand following his exodus from Duke nearly two full years ago. He debuts them on April 20th against the Brooklyn Nets. Williamson has been a legend […]
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On Monday, the estate of Kobe Bryant and Nike officially parted ways. Bryant signed a five-year extension with Nike following his final NBA Basketball game in April of 2016. After passing in a helicopter crash with his daughter and their close friends and teammates just 15 months ago, it appears his estate has not re-negotiated […]
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Yes, the Houston Rockets are currently a whopping 14-41 with just over a month to play this season. Houston is in the bottom six in points, points allowed, net rating, and top five in pace. That means the Houston Rockets give up a lot of points, quickly, without scoring a lot of points. That’s not […]
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For a professional athlete, like an NBA player, an injury is awful. Injuries that require rest mean you stay home, immobilize it, and miss out on being with the team (which sounds like the last 12 months). If it requires rehab? You spend unseen hours, with the training staff, working on getting your body to […]
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Shams broke the news, “Woj” made it official. Monday night’s contest between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Brooklyn Nets game was postponed hours before tip-off. Of the postponements this season. It is the first related to social unrest since the large-scale walk-out in the Orlando Bubble. The Timberwolves-Nets game tonight has been postponed in wake of […]
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