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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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Nice to see our stay ready crew + Sheppard beating the Hawks's regular rotation.

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Sheppard needs to start over the two big lineup. So much better spacing with Sheppard, Thompson, Durant, Smith, and Sengun.

Yeah I think the FVV injury reactions were a little overblown. 

I always thought his injury would hurt more in the playoffs than the regular season, but i think a lot of people underestimate how much Jalen Green sucked on offense by trying to be the focal point over Sengun, Smith, and Thompson.

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12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

No no no, I have it on good authority that he's too short and will never amount to anything in the league. Don't get your hopes up, these analysts watch a lot of games and post on message boards that cost $9.95 a month.

[Charania] BREAKING: Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant has agreed to a two-year, $90 million contract extension with the franchise, his business partner and Boardroom CEO Rich Kleiman tells ESPN. The new deal includes a player option in 2027-28

Just now, runthebone said:

Thank you, KD!

$15m/season discount so we can actually pay for players around him.  Unheard of in this day and age - didn’t demand the max

Pretty obvious that his misadventures in Brooklyn and Phoenix showed him having a team with 2-3 stars and nothing else doesn't win in the NBA anymore.

With the KD signing, the cap is looking tight next year, but the main guys are under contract. Keeping Tari for his QO next year may be the only way to stay under the first apron, because an extension will likely be around 20-25m a year + the other contracts to finish the roster.  Otherwise they may have to trade someone to shed salary. Will be interesting to see, but that 45m number for KD is fairly important, because he was eligible for nearly 60m a year.  

 

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12 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

With the KD signing, the cap is looking tight next year, but the main guys are under contract. Keeping Tari for his QO next year may be the only way to stay under the first apron, because an extension will likely be around 20-25m a year + the other contracts to finish the roster.  Otherwise they may have to trade someone to shed salary. Will be interesting to see, but that 45m number for KD is fairly important, because he was eligible for nearly 60m a year.  

 

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If Sheppard shows anything this season, you are trading Van Vleet as soon as possible. No way you can carry nearly $40M between those two guys on the roster.

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19 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Ok KD is done. What does a Tari extension look like?

the deadline is 5:00pm today so we'll know soon (if they reach an agreement).

53 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

the deadline is 5:00pm today so we'll know soon (if they reach an agreement).

One has to think they have a good idea what it will take and used that info to help determine Durant’s extension. 

Houston’s jersey breakdown for this season:

Red: 30 Games
Black: 19 Games
City: 17 Games
White: 14 Games

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22 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Eason is a no go, per twitter tweets 

Yikes. Gotta be Stone’s first misstep in recent memory. 
 

These RFA deals are rarely team friendly. 

7 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Yikes. Gotta be Stone’s first misstep in recent memory. 
 

These RFA deals are rarely team friendly. 

Not necessarily a Stone misstep. It takes 2 to tango. 

1 minute ago, TonyTexas said:

Not necessarily a Stone misstep. It takes 2 to tango. 

I’m curious what the offer was. Eason for sure would have rejected $15 million a year. 

49 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Eason is a no go, per twitter tweets 

back to the bench with you!  Reed starts to push Eason value down.j/k

 

Buttt...... Eason is playing with fire; his injury track record makes it a dangerous self bet, and smart of the FO to not lock themselves into the first apron before playing a game this season.

I love Eason, but he has done nothing to earn a contract in the neighborhood of Jabari's yet.

13 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m curious what the offer was. Eason for sure would have rejected $15 million a year. 

His QO next year will be like 8-9m for 1 year, which as I mentioned above, may be a necessity to keep him and avoid the 1st apron.  An extension of 4 for $80m would be more than twice that for next year, and may not be feasible for the future of the team.  He also needs to prove himself a bit more. Next year is the time for that extension, otherwise that QO will be his last year with the team, which isn't the worst thing in the world.  

12 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

back to the bench with you!  Reed starts to push Eason value down.j/k

 

Buttt...... Eason is playing with fire; his injury track record makes it a dangerous self bet, and smart of the FO to not lock themselves into the first apron before playing a game this season.

I love Eason, but he has done nothing to earn a contract in the neighborhood of Jabari's yet.

 

prime trade bait 

5 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

prime trade bait 

I’m hesitant to go down that road. All of the National podcasters LOVE Tari and are thirsty for the Rockets to trade them to their favorite team. Usually the Celtics or Knicks. 

The silver lining in no Eaton extension is that the team should get his best in what is essentially a prove-it season. 

9 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The silver lining in no Eaton extension is that the team should get his best in what is essentially a prove-it season. 

 

he's not a starter here 

roster fit issues for sure 

Tari is awesome. Hope he stays healthy and has a big year. We'll figure out the rest later. 

 

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

I’m hesitant to go down that road. All of the National podcasters LOVE Tari and are thirsty for the Rockets to trade them to their favorite team. Usually the Celtics or Knicks. 

Trade for the White Buffalo?

On 10/16/2025 at 1:21 PM, tx 3 putt said:

this is just amazing on today's nba ....

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Damn imagine being the Sandy creek coach and players and getting that squad rolling into your gym that day. Bad ass. That’s a team right there. Damn I’m excited for the season. 

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