Houston Rockets

Let’s briefly recap what’s happened between the Houston Rockets and Donatas Motiejunas over the past year. The team tried trading him to the Detroit Pistons last season. But the deal was rescinded because Motiejunas failed a physical on a account of his back. He finished out the season with them, logging some serious time in [...]

Well, the Brooklyn Nets took their shot. Again. And they missed. Again. The Nets signed restricted free agents Allen Crabbe and Tyler Johnson to offer sheets over the summer. Both deals were matched by incumbent teams. Fast forward to December, and the Nets took a shot on unsigned restricted free agent Donatas Motiejunas. But his [...]

Can you imagine what Al Horford would do as a member of the Houston Rockets, under current head coach Mike D’Antoni? You almost didn’t even have to try. Leading into the Boston Celtics’ Monday night loss to the Houston Rockets, Horford admitted that he would have ended up in Texas if he didn’t sign with [...]

James Harden is playing out of his mind, and he knows it. Asked for his own MVP pick by SI.com’s Ben Golliver, the 2014-15 MVP runner-up didn’t hesitate to name himself—in a manner of speaking: Harden didn’t pause or blink when asked for his own MVP pick. He simply nominated himself. “The Beard,” Harden told [...]

The Houston Rockets showed Donatas Motiejunas some level of respect when they extended him, but not Terrence Jones, a qualifying offer at the start of the summer, making him a restricted free agent. But the love train apparently stopped there. Motiejunas is still floating around the NBA’s free-agency ranks. And his agent told ESPN.com’s Calvin [...]

James Harden isn’t here to sugarcoat anything. He’s here to play basketball and make lots of money. And tell the truth. On Saturday, the Houston Rockets announced that they renegotiated a four-year, $118 million contract with their lone superstar. The move allows Harden’s salary to jump immediately, in 2016-17, and it ensures he won’t reach [...]

There is no feasible scenario in which Dwight Howard will be on the Houston Rockets next season. This isn’t about the team’s courtship of Mike D’Antoni, a coach Howard never truly meshed with while on the Los Angeles Lakers. It is not about his mysterious relationship, or lack thereof, with fellow superstar running mate James [...]

After J.B Bickerstaff informed the Rockets that he’s not interested in becoming their permanent head coach, the search has become wide open. We’ve seen jobs, like Sacramento, get filled up, so the number of available gigs is shrinking. But one name that has the Rockets attention is Kenny Smith. I’ve said for years that, on [...]

If the Houston Rockets get their way, Jeff Van Gundy will be their next head coach. We think. Problem is, we won’t know for a while, since Van Gundy won’t interview while a current head coach is in place. From The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski: Jeff Van Gundy has been the Houston Rockets’ No. 1 choice, [...]

After building some defensive momentum for the month of March, the Houston Rockets laid an egg against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. Naturally, that prompted another team meeting. From Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/710533362104950785] Donatas Motiejunas feels a little differently about the situation: [tweet https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Feigen/status/710535782797148160] Solid evaluation, D-Mo. Finally, Feigen brought [...]