Dillon Brooks has always been supremely confident about his ability to go against the NBA's best players. That confidence has carried over from the Memphis Grizzlies to Brooks' new team, the Houston Rockets. Ahead of the Rockets matchup on Wednesday against the Los Angeles Lakers, Brooks said he's ready to go against LeBron James. "Ready to lock him up. He's been shooting the ball well, he's been playing well, so just there to make him tired, make him get into that 4th quarter early," Brooks said. In last season's playoffs, while with the Grizzlies, Brooks admitted he was "poking bears" by tra ..read more

The Houston Rockets have exercised their fourth-year options for guard Jalen Green and center Alperen Sengun in addition to the third-year options for forwards Tari Eason and Jabari Smith Jr. The options are for the 24-25 NBA season. Green was the second overall pick by Houston in the 2021 NBA Draft. He was an All-Rookie First Team selection in 2021-22 and averaged a team-high 22.1 points last season. Sengun was the 16th overall pick by Oklahoma City in the 2021 NBA Draft before his rights were acquired by Houston. He is one of 16 players in NBA history to have recorded at least 1,800 points ..read more

The Houston Rockets have signed guard/forward Nate Hinton to a two-way contract. Hinton (6-5, 210) first signed with the Rockets after playing for them at the 2023 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas and was with the team through the preseason schedule. Last season, Hinton played for the Canton Charge of the G League while averaging 12.0 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.5 spg and 1.9 3-pointers made on 38.3% shooting. In a related move, the Rockets waived guard Trevor Hudgins ..read more

The Houston Rockets have converted guard/forward Nate Williams to a two-way contract. Williams (6-5, 205) originally signed with the Rockets on Aug. 2, 2023. He scored a total of 43 points in 51 minutes of play this preseason while shooting 63.3% from the floor. After beginning last season in the G League, Williams signed with Portland on April 1 and made his NBA debut the following day. In related moves, the Rockets waived forward Darius Days and forward/center Jeremiah Robinson-Earl ..read more

The Houston Rockets have waived Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. Robinson-Earl has averaged 7.2 points and 4.9 rebounds in 20.7 minutes over 92 games in his first two NBA seasons. Robinson-Earl was traded by the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Houston Rockets as part of the Kevin Porter Jr. trade ..read more

The Houston Rockets have waive Nate Hinton. Hinton was signed to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 contract. The Rockets still have two more roster moves to come, as they currently have 17 players signed to standard contracts. Teams have until 5:00 PM ET on Monday, October 23 to get down to a maximum of 15 players on standard contracts and three players on two-way contracts ..read more

The Houston Rockets have held trade discussions with the Detroit Pistons on a move for Alec Burks, sources tell Jake Fischer of Yahoo. Burks is on a $10.5 million salary that nearly matches that of Victor Oladipo, who the Rockets just acquired from the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of the Kevin Porter Jr. trade. Detroit has a crunch for available backcourt minutes. The Rockets have also touched base with the Utah Jazz on Talen Horton-Tucker, and with the Portland Trail Blazers on Malcolm Brogdon. Both Brogdon and the Blazers ..read more

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl. The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him. The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee ..read more

Dillon Brooks has been fined $25,000 for recklessly making contact with Daniel Theis in the groin area. The incident, for which Brooks was assessed a Flagrant Foul 2 and ejected, occurred with 7:27 remaining in the first quarter of the Rockets' 122-103 win over the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 10 at Toyota Center in Houston ..read more

Dillon Brooks was ejected less than five minutes into his first preseason game with the Houston Rockets after striking Daniel Theis in the groin. Brooks said he didn't mean to strike Theis and chalked the ejection up to his reputation. "I tried to navigate a screen," Brooks said. "I might have tapped him below the waist, but he got right back up. I don't know. It's weird that every time it happens to me, I get picked on. I guess it's part of reputation." Brooks was asked whether he feels targeted by referees. "What's the name? What's my name? My name is Dillon the Villain, so I guess," he resp ..read more