Daryl Morey wants you to know you’re freaking crazy, Mark Cuban. That’s basically what the Houston Rockets’ general manager implied of the Dallas Mavericks and their fearless, outspoken owner and their pursuit of Chandler Parsons—who they successfully signed, mind you, but not without paying a steep, above-market price. Here’s what Morey told KBME-AM 790 in [...]
July 14, 2014
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All-star forward Chris Bosh is reportedly signing with the Houston Rockets if LeBron James decides to depart from the Heat, according to Chris Broussard and Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com. With the Big Three of Miami opting out of their respective contracts to test the waters in free agency, a lot of teams certainly got their [...]
Where there’s an available superstar, there’s Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey waiting in the wings, pen in one hand, checkbook in the other. The Rockets and Morey just won’t go away. Not when it comes to courting superstar free agents. Not when it comes to Chris Bosh. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets [...]
Looky here at this free-agency summit. Okay fine, it wasn’t really a summit. It was more like a private confab. A sequestered meeting between friends. An invite-only powwow. Yeah, that’s was this was. I think. After listening to the Houston Rockets’ free-agency pitch, Carmelo Anthony stayed behind with Dwight Howard and James Harden—both of whom [...]
Time to whale on that panic button, Miami. Just kidding. Miami Heat fans have nothing to worry about. Yet. LeBron James is a still a member of the Heat. For now. According to ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst (h/t Eye On Basketball), chances are LeBron will opt out of his current contract with the Heat and become [...]
June 23, 2014
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After losing their first two games at home, the Houston Rockets were in a bad place. Only three teams in NBA history have managed to win a playoff series after losing the first two games at home– the 1969 Lakers, 1994 Rockets and the 2005 Mavericks– and LaMarcus Aldridge had just joined Kobe Bryant (2001) [...]
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander wants to stick it to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. And we should all love him for it. Ever since Sterling’s (alleged) closed-door, racially charged tirade was made public, calls to action have come in volume. Commissioner Adam Silver dropped the hammer on Tuesday, banning Sterling from the NBA [...]
April 29, 2014
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Last Tuesday, the Indiana Pacers roared back en route to a 101-85 victory, and a series tie, behind the play of All-Star Paul George (27 points and 10 rebounds) keeping the pace, but it was the Pacers bench, Louis Scola (20 points and 7 rebounds) and C.J. Watson (10 points and 2 steals) that helped [...]
April 29, 2014
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Whoever said truckloads upon truckloads upon truckloads of money couldn’t buy a clean-shaven face? Probably James Harden. During an interview with ESPN’s Hannah Storm, the Houston Rockets superstar discussed a number of important topics, including his departure from the Oklahoma City Thunder. He confirmed that money forced his hand in leaving and that if it [...]
April 18, 2014
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Folks, you made it. Congratulations. The NBA regular season is over. It’s done. Finished. Finito. And good riddance. Don’t get me wrong, this season was crazy. Downright exciting. But it also sucked. It sucked so freaking hard. More than it’s sucked in the past few years. Did it rival the 2011-12 lockout-truncated season? Shit, I [...]
April 17, 2014
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