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Houston a potential landing spot for Ben Simmons post-buyout?

ESPN NBA analyst Brian Windhorst said on Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline show that Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons is working on a buyout and the Houston Rockets is a potential landing spot for him. “Cleveland and Houston are two situations for Ben Simmons,” said Windhorst. Brian Windhorst says the Cavaliers and Rockets are buyout locations […]

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Rockets pick up another second-round pick in deal with Hawks

The Houston Rockets are working the phones to do a little more asset management. After acquiring a second-round pick from Boston to take on Jaden Springer’s salary, the Rockets made another similar move, absorbing the contract of Cody Zeller this season to get back a 2028 second-round pick. Ironically, that pick is Houston’s own 2028 […]

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Rockets Pick Up Jaden Springer, Second-Round Pick in Trade with Celtics

The NBA Trade Deadline is just over 24 hours away but the Houston Rockets have already made a move. OK, it’s not that kind of move, but Rafael Stone and the front office did make a trade on the margins on Wednesday, picking up Jaden Springer and a 2030 second-round pick from Boston. The Rockets […]

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Podcast: Houston Rockets options with the #3 pick of the 2024 NBA Draft

The offseason is now underway. The forecast looks good for the Houston Rockets, but… there’s pressure as well this offseason because there are a handful of other West teams that might have rosier futures. Ime Udoka wants to win and win big. As we are about five weeks away from the NBA Draft, what are […]

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Podcast: Steven Adams, Mikal Bridges and Trade Possibilities for the Rockets

The Houston Rockets already made one deal, acquiring center Steven Adams from Memphis for a handful of second-round picks, but we still have several days left before this Thursday’s NBA Trade Deadline. Are more deals on the way? Rumors of interest in Mikal Bridges have swirled, with the Rockets holding precious (and unprotected) first-round picks […]

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On the KPJ trade and future of the Rockets

The Houston Rockets are back to being a professional NBA team once again. The Rockets finally ended the Kevin Porter Jr. era on Tuesday, coughing up two second-round picks in order to unload his contract to the Oklahoma City Thunder, getting back the contract of Victor Oladipo and third-year forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. The move puts […]

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Heavy investment in Kevin Porter Jr raises serious questions about Rockets front office

Soon-to-be-ex Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, resulting in a fractured neck vertebra and a deep gash above her right eye after an attack at a hotel in New York. He allegedly woke her up by punching her repeatedly, strangled her and did not stop hitting her […]

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