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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?

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On 12/7/2025 at 2:30 AM, tx 3 putt said:

 

stupid stuff people post on rockets reddit 

Then why post it? No one wants to see stupid stuff posted on reddit

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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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Amen has to stop getting stuck ball watching at the 3pt line in the half court offense. Multiple times he was camped at the 3pt line watching the ball instead of moving/cutting. Those kick out to him were dead ends and what the defense wanted. 

Cool upcoming schedule....@Denver as added game.....@ New Orleans.....then @ Denver smh.   Then 3 more away games.  I guess at least the last two are both in LA so they will be there awhile.  

I felt like Durant was pushing the young guys last night to win it/close it out. A lot of plays where he could have pulled up or isoed but he kept setting up Sengun and/or moving the ball. 

Durant knows he can close that game for them - think he wanted to see Sengun and Amen do it - and they did. Eventually, at least. 

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6 hours ago, Scraps said:

Cool upcoming schedule....@Denver as added game.....@ New Orleans.....then @ Denver smh.   Then 3 more away games.  I guess at least the last two are both in LA so they will be there awhile.  

They’re going to full on blow Amazon and the networks for quality games. Not surprised. 
 

The Pels will need a crazy game from Queen to keep it close, but we are 1000% losing the back to back in Denver. Scheduled losses are a fact of life in the NBA. 

I’m OK with how the game went last night. I expected a 40 burger from Harden. That would have sunk us. Thank goodness Treasures is open until 4am and Ty Lue has no balls to police that shit.

I didn’t see Zubs beating our ass like a drum and the Clippers playing with max effort on defense all game. I think the team maybe wanted to win one for Harden. I’d still be nervous as shit about the OKC getting their 2026 pick. Kawhi is one bad mental health week away from shutting it down. Harden can ball out all he wants, but he can’t save them from the lottery. 

Speaking of Kawhi. What ever happened to the off the books money investigation?

3 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

Speaking of Kawhi. What ever happened to the off the books money investigation?

maybe the last check bounced ....

 

December 15th, 7 Rockets players who signed over the summer are officially eligible to be traded: 

Fred VanVleet
Dorian Finney-Smith
Josh Okogie
Clint Capela
Aaron Holiday
Jae’Sean Tate
Jeff Green

I think Ime will definitely want a vet to provide some leadership for the young guys.  Durant is more of a by example guy.  

19 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I think Ime will definitely want a vet to provide some leadership for the young guys.  Durant is more of a by example guy.  

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2 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I think Ime will definitely want a vet to provide some leadership for the young guys.  Durant is more of a by example guy.  

calm down Perk 

4 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I think Ime will definitely want a vet to provide some leadership for the young guys.  Durant is more of a by example guy.  

You could probably tell me into a knock down shooter who plays decent defense with good handles. Needs to be a taller combo guard. At least 6’4’’. 

Y'all need Durant on the floor. 

Also - let that Sheppard kid shoot, Holy fuck.

Pretty obvious why the Nuggets aren’t playing Cam Johnson more. The guy couldn’t defend a ham sandwich.

Okogie looks like shit tonight. A walking turnover. 

Just now, billfromlaketravis said:

Okogie looks like shit tonight. A walking turnover. 

He's not a playoff rotation guy I told y'all that in September. 

Y'all getting fucked by the refs.

That's a shooting foul on Jok. Clear as day.

 

6 minutes ago, ztejas said:

He's not a playoff rotation guy I told y'all that in September. 

His handles in transition are G League below average. 

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Just now, ztejas said:

Y'all getting fucked by the refs.

Yeah it seems a bit unbalanced, they aren't calling much on the Denver D, and yet the Rockets still have a lot more FTs than them.  Sengun just doesn't get that much respect around the basket, but he acts like he's Luka. Big guys, for whatever reason, are expected to take a beating in the paint and not get calls, seems like a league-wide issue though. 

We are a guard away from being a solid team, like a certain Houston kid that Stone took 2 other stiffs over.

Need to move the ball and open the floor up - especially in transition. 

Denver is content to keep you in the half-court game and attack when they turn you over. 

This could be a big 2H for Sheppard. 

Big KD dose could help, too.

4 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

We are a guard away from being a solid team, like a certain Houston kid that Stone took 2 other stiffs over.

Grimes?

3 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

So much for Eason playing. The Rockets lie as much as the Astros do.

1 update on DFS since September has been astonishing to watch. 

Eason in street clothes. Shaking my head.

Yeah, I’d be fine with letting the glass menagerie walk, and using the boat load of savings to sign Grimes.  

1 minute ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Eason in street clothes. Shaking my head.

Yeah, I’d be fine with letting the glass menagerie walk, and using the boat load of savings to sign Grimes.  

If you trade Sengun I'm driving down there and lighting someone's office on fire

7 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

I think Ime will definitely want a vet to provide some leadership for the young guys.  Durant is more of a by example guy.  

He just won you a massive fucking flagrant foul by being a vet gamer. 

How was that an off-ball foul on a switch???  Guys brush each other all the time on that. 

1 minute ago, Dutchrudder said:

How was that an off-ball foul on a switch???  Guys brush each other all the time on that. 

That was trash. 

I think the Nuggets are cool with fooling 17 out if it buys Jokic a few more minutes of rest. 
 

They’re a tough out when Murray’s shot is falling. 

24 minutes ago, ztejas said:

He just won you a massive fucking flagrant foul by being a vet gamer. 

You misread me. Not doubting or disparaging KD’s leadership at all. Just think a second voice on the floor would help him (what FVV would have been)

Reed should have shot the 3 on that possession. 

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