After what felt like a decade of discussion, the 18-month Christian Wood experiment is over in Houston. Wood arrived in Houston in a sign and trade that, at the moment, made him a tertiary piece on a roster competing for the NBA Championship. With James Harden and Russell Westbrook, the Houston Rockets felt they had […]
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The Geneva convention outlines several paths to surrender, but perhaps the most important is the white flag. The white flag is internationally seen as a protective sign that implies truce or ceasefire. People that carry or wave white flags aren’t supposed to be shot at, and they themselves are refraining from shooting. While the white […]
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The Houston Rockets have come out of All-Star weekend with multiple, consecutive losses. They have a handful of sprained ankles, and morale appears to be pretty low. While Houston Rockets news stories cover things like a new haircut for Kevin Porter Jr., or a well-written article by Kelly Iko about Jalen Green’s development, that is […]
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In case you had gotten this far and did not know, the Houston Rockets are in a full rebuild. They’re roughly 20 games below .500, sit at the bottom of the Western Conference, and the Twittersphere is debating who to pick with what will inevitably be a top-end pick in the NBA Draft. The Houston […]
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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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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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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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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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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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Media day for the Houston Rockets has come and gone and, even though it lacked a bunch of vaccine talk, it was a fairly eventful day. The ‘Kets boast a bunch of exciting new young players, and have quickly flipped from the olde guarde to the shining example of the “youth movement” in the NBA. […]
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As the NBA Draft approaches, the “light at the end of the tunnel” for Rockets’ fans has gotten brighter. After a season of disappointment, the Houston Rockets won the second overall pick in the NBA Draft Lottery. This was huge for Houston. Following the Russell Westbrook trade of 2019, the pick was heading to Oklahoma […]
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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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