Rockets

The Rockets are going all in. In the ever intensifying nuclear war that is building a championship contender in the NBA in 2017, the Rockets and longtime General Manager Daryl Morey realize that if they want any chance to compete with the Warriors western conference supremacy they need to accumulate as much star talent as [...]

The first huge free agency related bomb of the 2017 NBA off-season has already been dropped and it is June 28. According to Adrian Wojnarowski in what may be his final official “Woj Bomb” as a member of The Vertical (he moves to ESPN on July 1), the Rockets have reportedly agreed to a trade [...]

There may be some legs to the Houston Rockets’ chances of poaching Chris Paul from the Los Angeles Clippers. Serious ones. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets have emerged as a legitimate threat to sign Paul, a courtship that is being led by none other than James Harden: The Houston Rockets have emerged as increasingly serious [...]

So this is what Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey meant when he said the team has something up its sleeve. According ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, the Rockets are putting plans in motion to pursue free agents Kyle Lowry, Paul Millsap, Chris Paul and Gordon Hayward: [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNSteinLine/status/877578395793543168] Though the Rockets have the ability to start [...]

Patrick Beverley is the Houston Rockets’ best defensive player, the guy who takes on assignments like Russell Westbrook and lives to tell the tale. So it only makes sense that they would be trying to trade him, according to the Sporting News’ Sean Deveney: The Rockets have been actively shopping point guard Patrick Beverley, a [...]

The Houston Rockets don’t want James Harden going anywhere. So they’re going to make sure he doesn’t. After earning an All-NBA selection, Harden is now eligible for the designated player extension that was negotiated into the NBA’s new CBA. The deal, for him, would be worth four years and $168 million, and the Rockets plan [...]

The July madness that is the NBA free agency is almost here, as NBA junkies like ourselves (I am assuming you are if you follow our site) are gearing up to check Hoopshype and other other free agency rumors around the clock for a few weeks. The absolute best player that seems to be somewhat [...]

The Houston Rockets will not sit quietly as the Golden State Warriors steamroll the rest of the NBA. General manager Daryl Morey is going to make sure of it. His plan? Well, we’ll we’re not really sure. But he definitely has one. He told ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe so: “We are used to long odds,” Morey [...]

The Rockets have already done more than enough to protect their playoff positioning and establish themselves as the surprise (at least in my opinion) team in the NBA this season, currently at 51-22 and 3rd in the western conference. While all of the attention has been on the incredible season by James Harden, one of [...]

The Houston Rockets are always among the most aggressive NBA teams when it comes to upgrading and retooling the roster through trades and free agency. Naturally, then, you expect general manager Daryl Morey to be active ahead of the league’s Feb. 23 trade deadline. Alas, Houston’s architect doesn’t see much activity in the cards. As [...]