Rockets Rockets guard Fred VanVleet believes he’s on track to be back on the court this fall. Speaking with Erik Horne of Andscape, VanVleet said he expects to be available for Houston’s preseason schedule as he continues recovering from the torn ACL and meniscus that sidelined him throughout the 2025-26 season. “I’ll be very disappointed […]
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Speaking to Erik Horne of Andscape last week in Las Vegas, Rockets guard Fred VanVleet said his recovery from a torn right ACL and meniscus has “tested” his mental toughness and patience over the last “nine or 10 months.” VanVleet, who exercised his $25MM player option for next season in June, was disappointed he missed […]
The Rockets and Grizzlies will square off in one of the Las Vegas Summer League semifinals while the Warriors play the Lakers in the other, the NBA announced (via Twitter). The Lakers were the only team to win all four of their games in Vegas so far, while Memphis, Houston, and Golden State advanced to […]
The Nets Summer League tournament run ended in a 100-83 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday, but not before a fourth-quarter surge nearly turned the tide. Despite trailing by 21, Brooklyn’s best was a 10-point deficit with a little more than three minutes in the fourth. Dëmin finished the game with 21 points on […]
Back in the win column. The Nets cruised to a 115-83 victory over the Kings on Monday afternoon in Las Vegas. It was a particularly good game for the starting lineup, all who scored in double digits on better than 52 percent shooting. The Nets looked like the better team on both ends of the […]
Sixers Mike Gansey didn’t spend long settling into his new job. The Sixers’ president of basketball operations made one of the biggest moves of the offseason by acquiring Jaylen Brown from the Celtics, and he admitted he never expected things to unfold so quickly. “I would’ve never envisioned it,” Gansey said, via Gina Mizell of […]
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The Rockets didn’t have a first-round pick in the 2026 Draft. Instead, they traded up as far as they could into the second round to draft Bruce Thornton at pick No. 31. Three games into Summer League, that swap already looks like the best value move of their offseason. The Rockets said they were getting […]
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Last year's Houston Rockets' team desperately needed a consistent on-ball creator, and they may have found one in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Houston Rockets second round guard Bruce Thornton has played pretty well through three NBA Summer League […]
Veteran Houston Rockets forward Kevin Durant is the latest NBA star to predict where LeBron James will sign as a free agent.
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Blackburn discusses Brazile's hot shooting, a Watson sign-and-trade, and the Western Conference.
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The Houston Rockets’ core is centered around Alperen Sengun and Amen Thompson, arguably the two best players they have drafted in this current era of the franchise. Shang-Goon has already been an All-Star twice in his five NBA seasons, and Thompson has earned some consideration for being one of the league’s top defenders. Bleacher Report […]
Houston Rockets All-Star Kevin Durant put Fox Sports 1’s NBA analysts Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright on blast for their recent takes. This week, Durant attended the MLB All-Star Game in Philadelphia, but also had time to post his feelings about Cowherd and Wright on social media. While Durant complemented Phillies fans at the All-Star […]
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The NBA still does not know where LeBron James will spend the next chapter of his career. Kevin Durant, however, already knows what James will bring to whichever organization signs him, per Bleacher Report. The Houston Rockets star discussed James’ free agency while attending baseball’s All-Star festivities in Philadelphia on Tuesday.“Wherever he goes, I know […]
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The future of Kevin Durant with the Houston Rockets isn’t certain despite joining the franchise last summer. The Rockets have yet to signal any sort of intent to move the veteran superstar, but the door to a move is not shut. The Detroit Pistons could be a potential landing spot. The franchise is reportedly in […]
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Houston Rockets superstar forward Kevin Durant gave his thoughts on some of the biggest happenings in the NBA Tuesday, including LeBron James' free agency decision and the Philadelphia 76ers' acquisition of Jaylen Brown.
The Rockets' superstar, Kevin Durant, takes shots at Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright in response to an Instagram post.
The only player you care about looking good while the rest of the team gets smoked is the quintessential Summer League experience. The Summer Sixers were demolished 87-64 by the Houston Rockets. They are now 2-1 with their penultimate game coming Wednesday at 4 p.m against Orlando. Their final game has yet to be announced. […]
Game Details When: Tuesday, July 14, 4:00 p.m. ETWhere: Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, NVWatch: NBC Sports Philadelphia Plus, Prime VideoFollow: @LibertyBallers
Bruce Thornton has us acting like Bart Simpson at a whiteboard: “I will not overreact to Summer League. I will not overreact to Summer League. I will not…”. OK, fine: I might overreact to Summer League. Through two games, Thornton is averaging 22.0 points, 4.5 assists, and 4.0 steals in two games. Sure, he’s shooting […]
The Summer Sixers have gotten off to a hot start in the desert, winning their first two games against Detroit and Indiana. Two more wins and they’ll be on their way to the Summer League semifinals, in search of the organization’s first Summer League title since Hollis Thompson and Casper Ware were doing their thing […]
Polls! America is obsessed with polls. Not Polish people, or metal or wooden tubes that sometimes people writhe upon, but surveys, votes, the heart of the Sports Blog Nation’s Electoral Process. If SBN had one. After a pretty boring, and chalk draft, where few indefensible decisions were made, thus generated little drama, NBA trades and […]
Seth Lundy dropped a game-high 23 points with a streaky 6-9 shooting from beyond the arc to propel the Toronto Raptors past the Houston Rockets for their first win of the 2026 NBA Summer League, 102-89, at the Pavilion in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jamarion Sharp made his presence felt after scoring 17 points on perfect […]
Rockets general manager Rafael Stone identified ball-handling, passing and decision-making as areas that needed improvement, and he believes he has addressed them with his offseason additions, Varun Shankar of The Houston Chronicle writes in a subscriber-only story. Speaking to reporters before Houston’s first Las Vegas Summer League game Friday night, Stone talked what free agent […]
The Los Angeles Clippers are set to enter a new chapter once the Kawhi Leonard trade to the Toronto Raptors is finalized.Amid the anticipation for the trade, the Clippers also lost veteran sharpshooting guard Bogdan Bogdanovic in free agency. Bogdanovic signed a one-year contract to join the Houston Rockets for his 10th NBA season, as […]
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