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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?

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  • Went to first game of season last night. Good times. Reed Sheppard seems kinda dumb. Holiday needs more minutes still. KD "off" night and still drilled 2 of the biggest shots As we all know..

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  • Went tonight. Good to pull that one out...tough win.

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6 minutes ago, perfectchaos007 said:

That was a wild game, and I'm glad we are on the good side of it

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Kind of reminds me of the old Warriors games. They play like shit, Rockets play their best game and we lose. Nice to be on the other side. 

Sengun is relentless. Plays with so much physicality every game and his motor never stops. 44 minutes tonight, 8 offensive rebounds, 100% effort. 

 

 

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Went tonight. Good to pull that one out...tough win.

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Durant feels like such a perfect fit in Houston.

It's just nice to see him on a functional basketball team for the first time in awhile, too. 

6 hours ago, ztejas said:

Durant feels like such a perfect fit in Houston.

It's just nice to see him on a functional basketball team for the first time in awhile, too. 

It's great to see him playing with some joy. He has seemed pretty mechanical the last few years. I will admit that I was wrong about his fit on this team.

7 hours ago, ztejas said:

Durant feels like such a perfect fit in Houston.

It's just nice to see him on a functional basketball team for the first time in awhile, too. 

 

52 minutes ago, Fastbreak said:

It's great to see him playing with some joy. He has seemed pretty mechanical the last few years. I will admit that I was wrong about his fit on this team.

It's also nice on the team side to have a closer you can go to at the end of games like last night.  So many times last year, it was just complete chaos at the ends of games.

 

Surely there is somehwere that tracks "clos & late" stats?  I imagine KD is near the top

 

26 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I guess that loss to Detroit wasn’t a fluke. Shocked they are at the top of the East. 

they have a good team

its long season 

I know this is a well beaten dead horse, but the stark difference in performance this year appears yet more proof that Jalen Green’s inefficiency was a big problem.  

10 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I guess that loss to Detroit wasn’t a fluke. Shocked they are at the top of the East. 

We lost that game because of shitty FT shooting.

It feels like Spurs fan is riding the Yao injury roller coaster. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, but if it was going to happen to one fanbase…

11 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

It feels like Spurs fan is riding the Yao injury roller coaster. I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, but if it was going to happen to one fanbase…

Meanwhile the Mavs are riding the Greg Oden roller coaster with AD, and I would happily wish that on them any day of the week. 

Wemby is great and I hope he stays healthy and has a long career. 

But I have a theory that once you get to a certain height, around 7"2 or 7"3 + , that gravity wins out. 

 

 

18 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Wemby is great and I hope he stays healthy and has a long career. 

But I have a theory that once you get to a certain height, around 7"2 or 7"3 + , that gravity wins out. 

 

 

All of this. Hate the team. Don’t hate the player unless it’s Draymond.

I believe Wemby is 7’5’’ without shoes. He’s asking his body to move like peak Chris Paul. It’s going to keep happening.
 

The closest comp I can up with is Arvydas Sabonis. I hope Wemby has a happier story. 

2 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

All of this. Hate the team. Don’t hate the player unless it’s Draymond.

I believe Wemby is 7’5’’ without shoes. He’s asking his body to move like peak Chris Paul. It’s going to keep happening.
 

The closest comp I can up with is Arvydas Sabonis. I hope Wemby has a happier story. 

In a Rockets thread, the comp has to be Ralph Sampson. Wemby’s a terrific player, but guys over 7’2” tend to have a short shelf life. Think Ralph hung it up in his early 30s, which unfortunately is where I think this is headed.

I hope Wemby flops, fuck him and his shitty grin when the Rockets lost the lottery that year.

46 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

In a Rockets thread, the comp has to be Ralph Sampson. Wemby’s a terrific player, but guys over 7’2” tend to have a short shelf life. Think Ralph hung it up in his early 30s, which unfortunately is where I think this is headed.

Ralph was certainly a great player and his career ended too soon, but he never had the handles or 3 point shot that Wemby has. 

50 minutes ago, IDIOTsavant said:

In a Rockets thread, the comp has to be Ralph Sampson. Wemby’s a terrific player, but guys over 7’2” tend to have a short shelf life. Think Ralph hung it up in his early 30s, which unfortunately is where I think this is headed.

Sampson was never the same after the knee injury against the Celtics in the 86 finals.

29 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Ralph was certainly a great player and his career ended too soon, but he never had the handles or 3 point shot that Wemby has. 

Probably true about the dribbling, but disagree about the shot. Ralph started college the year the 3 point line debuted in the NBA. Coaches didn’t let everyone shoot threes back then, or let bigs handle the ball honestly. Athletically, he was the exact same sort of freak as Wemby, which is where the comparison is being made to his body holding up. Sabonis was a great player, but he was a bit shorter and bit heavier when comparing body types. He was absolutely an athletic monster before the knee injuries though.

4 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

All of this. Hate the team. Don’t hate the player unless it’s Draymond.

I believe Wemby is 7’5’’ without shoes. He’s asking his body to move like peak Chris Paul. It’s going to keep happening.
 

The closest comp I can up with is Arvydas Sabonis. I hope Wemby has a happier story. 

Sabonis had a great career, just not in the NBA - He came to the NBA already worn down.

9 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Sabonis had a great career, just not in the NBA - He came to the NBA already worn down.

Yes I’m aware Sabonis blew out his knee in the late 1980s and was never the same. I could have worded that better.

Kind of wild that Junior never developed the 3 ball as part of his game. 

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1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Yes I’m aware Sabonis blew out his knee in the late 1980s and was never the same. I could have worded that better.

Kind of wild that Junior never developed the 3 ball as part of his game. 

He's a career .344 BTA and the last 3 seasons before this one .373, .379, .417, now you do have a point with his less than 2.0 attempts per game.

I love how Reed is proving all the haters and doubters wrong with his consistency and rapid improvement in all phases of his game. Remember all the casuals who came here hating on Reed after the 1st game against OKC. You can easily determine which Rockets fans know ball by their opinions on Reed.

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Pretty sure that ref just said "Both players pussy shover....push each other...."

On 11/17/2025 at 8:10 PM, HtownHorn said:

We lost that game because of shitty FT shooting.

and 22 TOs

KD lives one step inside the FT lane and to the left. He kills that spot. 

Amen disappears for y'all in a hurry. He needs to figure out how to impact the game more consistently. 

5 minutes ago, Slacks said:

Amen is struggling on offense. 

 

needs to be on the bench 

We are beating the best team in the east on their floor with two of our best 7 out.  Yeah they don’t have Garland but whatevs.  Amen having a tough night and we still roll.  This team fucks.  Show me a loss. 

1 minute ago, A-Tex Devil said:

with two of our best 7 out.

Lol are you including Van Vleet?

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