Rockets

Looking for a cryptic update on the ankle injury that prevented Stephen Curry from participating in the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 victory over the Houston Rockets? Look no further. Per Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated: [tweet https://twitter.com/MarcJSpearsESPN/status/722539196900974592] This is slightly comforting, yet still concerning. Concrete updates aren’t being given, which, despite these pleasantly [...]

The Houston Rockets’ lackluster followup to last year’s Western Conference Finals appearance will not cost general manager Daryl Morey his job. Owner Leslie Alexander has made that much clear as the team prepares to square off with the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the playoffs, per Mark Berman of Fox 26 in [...]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey does not live in a fantasy world. He knows the Rockets are bad, that they are underachieving, and he takes full responsibility for their transgressions. From ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins: “It’s been a tough year for everybody, not just me but also [Rockets owner Leslie] Mr. Alexander, the coaches, the [...]

One part in the process of a trade going through in the NBA that many people overlook is that a player must pass a physical according to league office standards. If any player involved in a trade does not pass the resulting physical administered once they arrive with their new team, the team has the [...]

Patrick Beverley could have been a member of the New York Knicks. So long as those same Knicks were willing to meet the Houston Rockets’ astronomical asking price. From Michael Scotto of Sheridan Hoops: Sources: Knicks turned down a Rockets offer of Patrick Beverley. Asking price of a first-round pick and two rotation players was [...]

The NBA trade chatter is heating up (literally) now that All-Star Weekend has passed and we are three days from the trade deadline. This prospective deal makes sense from a Heat perspective and allows the Rockets to get value for Howard without losing him in free agency in the offseason. Whiteside and his character issues [...]

Since retiring, we’ve seen Tracy McGrady play minor league baseball and serve a stint as an NBA TV analyst. He was also all over the place during TNT’s all-star weekend telecast. McGrady’s next stop will be ESPN as an analyst. He joins ESPN’s roster of Jalen Rosen, Chauncey Billups and other former players. Former All-Star [...]

The James Harden trade seems like a lifetime ago, but it’s still interesting to learn about what else was going on behind the scenes. Apparently, the Washington Wizards were in the mix for Harden’s services as well, but were hesitant to give him $80 million. The Washington Wizards turned down a trade with the Oklahoma City Thunder for James [...]

March 19, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors We knew the Lakers were going to upgrade their PG position and that Derek Fisher was probably going to be that sacrificial lamb. As you know, he was dealt to Houston and apparently didn’t like that as a landing spot… has reached a buyout agreement with the Houston [...]

March 16, 2012 – Griffin Gotta Well, the trade deadline has come and gone. Really, the way things went down, the teams many thought would be busy either trying to add pieces or getting the women and children on life rafts and off the sinking ship indeed were doing those things. We got a few [...]