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2025-26 Houston Rockets Thread - Back to Contention?

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3 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

The values have grown substantially in the last couple years:

 

 

the players are going to strike lulz 

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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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3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

the players are going to strike lulz 

They make ~15% of the revenue of the league, I think they have a reasonable case. The business is growing and the workers want a bigger piece of the pie, nothing crazy about that. The new broadcast rights deal starts in 2026 and will add 2.2 billion over 10 years, which means they should be profitable next year. 

 

I think women’s sports are on a real upswing. I know my interest in Texas’ softball, basketball and volleyball has skyrocketed. 

5 hours ago, Macklemore said:

Much rather have a hockey team

The Houston Jalapenos - the hottest thing on ice!

4 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

They make ~15% of the revenue of the league, I think they have a reasonable case. The business is growing and the workers want a bigger piece of the pie, nothing crazy about that. The new broadcast rights deal starts in 2026 and will add 2.2 billion over 10 years, which means they should be profitable next year. 

 

The NBA owns 42% of the wNBA. They aren't going to be profitable for a while, considering how much the NBA has poured into the league to keep from folding.

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W is pretty much break-even at this point. Guessing they make money next season if CC stays healthy. 

27 minutes ago, HtownHorn said:

The NBA owns 42% of the wNBA. They aren't going to be profitable for a while, considering how much the NBA has poured into the league to keep from folding.

The TV deal alone is going from 50m a year to 200m a year for the rights from broadcasters. That should get them as a league well into the black. It's growing pretty well, and with more money behind the TV deal, the more marketing and spotlight it will get. I would expect it to continue to grow. 

If the Rockets ownership views one team as worthy of a $200m+ offer to purchase, that seems like quite an evaluation of the brand and its potential.  The NBA isn't going to make their money back via profits, but the value of their equity should be worth way more than the ~1 billion or so they have invested in the last decade to get it off the ground.  A couple expansion teams will cover that alone. 

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fun one going on against Denver right now.  Rockets are up 82-66 after three quarters, it's been chippy at times, and Reed Sheppard is going off (22 points, 6 threes).  gotta close it out.

Reed getting some street cred this game....thinking he is A.I. or some shit

Reed crossing over Jokic is lulz

Nice win!

(Nuggies suck at home though)

I wish I could watch this game, but at a friend's house and they have football on.

Reed Sheppard tonight:

28 Points
6 Assists 
3 Steals
2 Blocks
2 Rebounds 
9/15 FGM
6/9 3PM
4/4 FTM
30 Minutes

Ime needs to get out of the way and let Reed assume his rightful position as starting guard on this team.

Incredible 2nd half. Anyone that missed the game should find a replay and watch. Mad shit talking and Reed/KD fucking balled out. 

That was so cathartic. 

 

entire offense needs to run through KD, option 1 and option 2

on his night  off, sengun 

then you ride the hot hand 

6 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Ime needs to get out of the way and let Reed assume his rightful position as starting guard on this team.

It's better he comes off the bench. He would defer too much to Sengun and Durant in the starting lineup. The only big change that Ime needs to make is less of the double big lineup. It kills spacing. Stone also need to go get another real guard that can take whatever minutes they are giving to Okogie.

I think he called him a bum 😂

Yeah i heard that last week and then during warm ups he ended up out 3 more games

Hearing Okogie is out for tonight now.

No need to worry about minutes and rotations if a couple of wings are always out. 3D chess baby.

49 minutes ago, APMP said:

No need to worry about minutes and rotations if a couple of wings are always out. 3D chess baby.

I was just fucking with y'all about Okogie being out, btw. 

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I was just fucking with y'all about Okogie being out, btw. 

Damn it lol

Amen just can't play point guard. There may be a rotation that works to paper over that but I'd start looking at the PG market.

12 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

okogie isn't a starter 

This was the initial eval I gave when y'all signed him. Granted he has been better than I thought - especially his shooting - but I stand by the crunch-time and playoff comments. 

On 7/22/2025 at 6:16 PM, ztejas said:

Okogie is an off-the-bench energy guy. He is atrocious on offense and that 35% from 3 was completely wide open looks his entire time in Phoenix. Teams don't even guard him. 

He is a pretty damn good defender and stuffs the statsheet but Houston shouldn't need him to be anything but a warm body at practice and the 11th or 12th man. You can't like, have him in the game during crunch time or play him real minutes in a playoff series. 

Obviously the 11th-12th man comment was said with the thought that Eason and DFS would be playing.

Oof. I feel for him with that hairline, though. Can see why he wears the headband. 🫤

Holy shit Sengun. 

Derozan is still a great shooter, dude just nails those 12-18 ft fadeaways.  It will be interesting to see if he gets traded this year. The kings don't need him to ruin their draft picks. 

Happy to see Eason back and playing well so far. Sengun is on fire tonight, love seeing him get to the rim so much. 

That's an offensive foul from Durant. We'll see if they reverse it. 

Y'all need a fucking PG, man. 

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Y'all need a fucking PG, man. 

 

im ready 

I mean you have your 37 year old power forward playing point. 

Hahahaha that was fucking brilliant by Sengun. That was LeBronesque ref manipulation. 

5 minutes ago, ztejas said:

I mean you have your 37 year old power forward playing point. 

 

because that's what he wants 

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