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2024-2025 Houston Rockets thread - Prepare for Liftoff 🚀 [Now Featuring Kevin Durant]

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Rockets basketball is fun again. The NBA has changed a lot since the Rockets' Harden era, but winning makes a product more palatable. 

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    Sooooo, I’m in the Amsterdam Airport and ran into this tall dude sporting Rockets gear.  I introduced myself and he said his name was Clint.  Man, he was as nice and gracious as he could be.  I told h

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Man it’s been a long time since the Big 3 in Houston sports have been good at the same time.  

You 100% build this team around Amen and Sengun. Green is a trade chip after this season to add another more consistent rotational player.

8 hours ago, HtownHorn said:

You 100% build this team around Amen and Sengun. Green is a trade chip after this season to add another more consistent rotational player.

Or maybe he continues to play the way he has now for 2 months and trading him would be dumb.

Wait and see I guess...

I’d probably let Jalen Green play out his contract before I dealt him. 
 

Lindale and a second for Robert Williams III is the only trade rumor I’ve seen that makes sense. 

53 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’d probably let Jalen Green play out his contract before I dealt him. 
 

Lindale and a second for Robert Williams III is the only trade rumor I’ve seen that makes sense. 

 

5 hours ago, huge said:

Or maybe he continues to play the way he has now for 2 months and trading him would be dumb.

Wait and see I guess...

Y'all do realize who you're talking to right..... The #1 president of the Jalen Green haters club.  I'm curious what dirt Jalen has on him...

NBA all star shit sucks but Reed and Amen in Rising Stars game.

On 1/27/2025 at 1:51 PM, Slacks said:

If he gets a consistent shot, he becomes Scottie Pippen, and that is MVP level play.

AC be readin. Give a ninja some props.

muhfuks was like, "Dillon Brooks should go to the bench..."

Coach was like, "Dillon Brooks finna get 40 points in 40 minutes... yall some hoes."

He sure did jizz all over Boston fans face last night

WTH. The hottest young team in the NBA and you want to do a bunch of trades. Let them Cook.

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i don't think anyone wants to do a bunch of trades.  that doesn't mean that we shouldn't be looking to improve if a move makes sense.  i can't imagine that they'll move any of the young core at the trade deadline.

The team has several contracts to work with to improve the roster: 
Adams 12.6m
Landale 8m 
Jeff Green 8m
Tate 7.565m
Holiday 4.66m
 

That's up to 40m to work with in expiring/non-guaranteed contracts that will be attractive to any team looking to drop future salary. None of those impact your top 8 rotational players either, so why not go make a move with that and a late 1st to get another player?  It doesn't have to be a big swing like Jimmy Butler, it could be a rotational player or 3 point shooter to help add some depth. 

The Ringer’s Grizzlies guy melting down over the smooth ass kicking the Knicks handed them + Brooks hitting 10 3’s was pretty great. The Mismatch from today. 
 

Thursday will be interesting. Grizzlies fan is pinning all of their hopes on beating the Rockets. Basically the Grizzlies will go from sleeper contender (regarded) to maybe this team has holes if they lose. I don’t see it, that roster is middling at best. Morant, Jaren Jackson, Bane, and random journeymen. The fact that this asshole thinks they have pieces to trade is laughable. 

Sounds like Adams and Tari out tonight. I am guessing Cam is back

Nevermind looks like Cam may be out still also. Landale/Green time to shine.

1 hour ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Team is a title contender this season. If there is a trade that gets you a ring you make it. 

And maybe they are a title contender if they don't make a trade. We have already seen some issues with Whitmore. Adding another player to the rotation probably isnt helping that. Also, maybe Jabari is the late addition. It looks the Chef Ime has got the ingredients already. They are all like 22. They are not going anywhere.

Playing against a homeless dude and foreign national team members in shitty uniforms

1 hour ago, Scraps said:

Nevermind looks like Cam may be out still also. Landale/Green time to shine.

 

next man up 

Dead legs?  
 

Last night was 

42 mins- Amen

40 mins - Brooks

37 mins - FVV

34 mins - Alpi. 
 

Tari had 25 mins off the bench, next up was Holiday at 15

Damn near a 6 man game last night. 

1 minute ago, Fastbreak said:

Bullshit double tech. Brooks grabbed his neck

lol he didn’t ’grab his neck’ moron…

6 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

Cut brooks

Do you have Alzheimer’s?

Almost pissed it away.

Get on the plane lets roll.

lol he didn’t ’grab his neck’ moron…

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This is the funniest picture I’ve seen in my life lol 

6 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:


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Were you watching in one of those house of mirrors like they have at a carnival?

Brooks can be relied on to do stupid shit at all the wrong moments. A correct call there could have easily cost the team the game. He is a negative asset - it’s why Memphis wanted to get him the fuck out of town.

Reports are coming out now that De'aaron Fox is available in trade, but his agent is Rich Paul, and they have indicated he prefers to go to the Spurs. They are open to other teams too, but we have seen how that has played out for his other clients in the past.  Fox is making 34m this year and 37m next, which makes him gettable with some smaller pieces+picks, but I'm not sure this team really needs him.  I think the Rockets need to be in that bidding process to run up the cost for the Spurs or whoever gets him, but I don't know if he's the right guy for this team. I feel like this team would get him a lot better shots and improve his efficiency quite a bit, making his decline this year moot. 

If they wanted to try and get him, they could do a package like this to send out the salary needed without touching the core of this team. Need to attach probably 3-4 future FRPs to go with it, but the Rockets have plenty of those. You could also throw in Adams and swap Fox for Sabonis if the Kings really want to blow it all up, but that would cost a lot more. I'm not sure what the Kings are doing, because they have a lot of assets, and they won't be getting anyone that helps them win-now in return for Fox. 

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This with picks is probably reasonable:

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This with lots of picks is a win-now championship level trade:
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Edited by Dutchrudder

I’m still shocked they went with the double tech, but it’s nice to see they factored in the instigator. Trae chirped the entire 4th qtr and then followed Dillon around for almost ten seconds after the late foul call, shoulder checking him along the way, before Dillon reacted and grabbed the back of his neck. Given Dillon’s history, I don’t think you can boldly say that Trae started it, but he wasn’t exactly innocent. 

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