The Toyota Center, the home of the Houston Rockets, may soon be known as the house of Mutombo as former Rocket and hall of famer Dikembe Mutombo is putting together a group to purchase the team from Leslie Alexander. [tweet https://twitter.com/NBCSports/status/898329139148595202] Mutombo played the final five seasons of his 19 season NBA career as a [...]
August 18, 2017
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Just over a month ago the first true bomb shell of the NBA off-season was the Clippers trading Chris Paul to the Rockets in exchange for Lou Williams, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, a 1st round pick and Patrick Beverley. While Williams came in and made an impact for the Rockets after the trade deadline last [...]
August 4, 2017
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Carmelo Anthony isn’t about to do the New York Knicks any favors. To the contrary, he seems prepared to restrict their movement even further than before. Though it was initially believed Anthony would accept a trade to either the Cleveland Cavaliers or Houston Rockets, his list has shrunk to include just the latter, according to [...]
July 26, 2017
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We know the Houston Rockets have turned their attentions to a Carmelo Anthony trade following James Harden’s extension. What we don’t know is how long it’ll take to land him, or whether they’ll get him at all. Anthony, for his part, believes a deal will get done. As ESPN.com’s Ian Begley noted while doing a SportsCenter [...]
July 11, 2017
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What’s next for the Houston Rockets after trading for Chris Paul and signing James Harden to a four-year, $170 million extension? If they have their way, a Carmelo Anthony trade, according to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Brian Windhorst: The Rockets have fast-tracked the Harden extension with the arrival of All-Star guard Chris Paul and are turning full [...]
July 10, 2017
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For those who haven’t noticed, the Mike D’Antoni and James Harden experiment is going quite well in Houston. The Rockets are 51-24, James Harden is having one of the more impressive seasons for any NBA player in the past 20 years, Eric Gordon is actually healthy and contributing and not just an albatross and the [...]
March 31, 2017
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Surprise, surprise: The always-aggressive Houston Rockets are expected to be aggressive ahead of NBA’s Feb. 23 trade deadline. In other words: Houston has no plans to change. Here’s ESPN.com’s Marc Stein on Rockets-related rumblings—past, present and future: The Rockets, according to league sources, were among the teams that looked into acquiring Mike Dunleavy last week when [...]
January 16, 2017
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It’s always nice to hear about people who are in the giving spirit this time of year and one of the most generous examples of that appears to be Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander. He has pledged to donate $4 million to eight undetermined Houston area charities. [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/811347615182950400] Prospective charities can enter for a [...]
December 21, 2016
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Well whatya know: Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander shares the same MVP sentiments as NBA Twitter. During a conference call about his funding for various local charities, Alexander told reporters that he believes the league’s MVP race is down to James Harden and Russell Westbrook, per ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: In a conference call with reporters [...]
December 21, 2016
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Hopefully you’re ready for another twist in the Donatas Motiejunas-Houston Rockets saga. The Rockets announced on Thursday night that they would be renouncing their rights to the restricted free agent, officially eliminating the possibility of his return while making him an unrestricted free agent who can sign with any team—except, of course, the Brooklyn Nets. [...]
December 16, 2016
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