Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets point guard Chris Paul has been fined $35,000 for making contact with a referee during Sunday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. Fortunately for the Rockets though, he will not be suspended for Game 2. The incident happened within the last few seconds of their 104-100, with Paul being ejected after arguing about [...]

The Houston Rockets reportedly have their eyes set on acquiring a certain Los Angeles Lakers player, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Caldwell-Pope is considered the team’s “top target” on the trade block. Cavs JR Smith was also listed as a possible option for the Rockets. Caldwell-Pope cannot be traded [...]

Carmelo Anthony has, it seems, played his last game as a member of the Houston Rockets. Over the weekend, in advance of him missing Saturday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs due to ‘illness,’ ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped the following bomb: [tweet https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1061454196896137217] Marc Stein of The New York Times then added this: [tweet https://twitter.com/TheSteinLine/status/1061739742050598912] General [...]

Carmelo Anthony has agreed to come off the bench for the Houston Rockets. That doesn’t mean he’s comfortable with it. He’s not. From ESPN.com’s Tim MacMahon: “It’s challenging mentally more so than anything, having to prepare for the game differently,” Anthony said. “Other than that, it’s a challenge all the way around. It’s just a [...]

Carmelo Anthony is a member of the Atlanta Hawks, kind of, but not really. The Oklahoma City Thunder sent Melo and a 2022 protected first-rounder to Atlanta in exchange for Dennis Schroder and Mike Muscala, who will be sent to the Philadelphia 76ers for Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Anthony will promptly be [...]

DeAndre Jordan doesn’t hold a grudge against the Houston Rockets after they party-crashed the Los Angeles Clippers’ locker room on Monday night. In fact, according to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, it’s just the opposite: Jordan wants to be traded to Houston. Here’s Smith talking about the big man’s apparent desires (via SI.com): [https://twitter.com/SInow/status/953345573494673409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fbleacherreport.com%2Farticles%2F2754494-lingering-questions-following-bizarre-chris-paul-clippers-locker-room-fiasco] This marks [...]

Clint Capela and the Houston Rockets have until Oct. 16 to hammer out a contract extension, otherwise he’ll enter restricted free agency next summer. As of now, according to what league executives have told The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor, it doesn’t sound like a deal is close to getting done: The Rockets have three other young, [...]

Tillman Fertitta, CEO and owner of Landry’s, Inc., agreed to purchase the Houston Rockets from Leslie Alexander on Tuesday for an NBA-record $2.2 billion. One of his first orders of business: Letting Beyoncé know he would love for her to join the ownership group in some way. The singer/songwriter/dancer/actress previously expressed interest in purchasing a stake [...]

In 2014 Steve Ballmer shocked the NBA and professional sports business world with his eye-popping $2 billion purchase of the Los Angeles Clippers. When it was reported that Houston Rockets Owner Leslie Alexander was selling the franchise just over a month ago, many wondered if the Rockets sale would top the price paid for the [...]

Kevin Durant was just as surprised as you were when the Houston Rockets traded for Chris Paul. Well, almost. During his latest appearance on The Bill Simmons Podcast, Durant was asked about his reaction to the mega-deal that caught the NBA off-guard just before free agency got underway, and his response, as it turns out, [...]