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3M ago
As he enters his fourth NBA season, 2024-25 is of significant importance to Houston Rockets shooting guard Jalen Green.
Collectively, the young and improving Rockets (41-41) have fairly high expectations coming off a year with the league’s biggest annual wins increase (19), relative to the previous season.
And as an individual, Green is likely headed into free agency (albeit restricted) for the first time during the subsequent 2025 offseason.
So, both from a team standpoint and in terms of individual value, there is much to prove for the No. 2 overall pick from the first round of th ..read more
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3M ago
In the aftermath of a strong performance at the NBA’s 2024 summer league, expectations are high for rookie guard Reed Sheppard as he begins his professional career with the Houston Rockets.
Thus, to no surprise, Sheppard is a Rookie of the Year favorite in ESPN’s “Summer Forecast” for the 2024-25 NBA season. As part of the annual exercise, ESPN polls a group of its media experts regarding awards predictions and key questions for the new season.
A first-place vote receives five points, a second-place vote secures three points, and a third-place vote earns one point.
For Rookie of the Year, Shep ..read more
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3M ago
Houston Rockets guard Reed Sheppard is tied for the third-best overall rating among rookies in the upcoming NBA 2K25 video game.
Ronnie Singh, also known as Ronnie 2K due to his longtime role with the video-game franchise, recently released the initial rookie ratings in a social media post on X. Sheppard’s overall rating is 73, tied with San Antonio’s Stephon Castle and Portland’s Donovan Clingan.
Sheppard, a guard out of Kentucky, was drafted by the Rockets at No. 3 overall in the 2024 first round. Castle was selected one slot later by the Spurs at No. 4, while Clingan was picked by the Trail ..read more
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3M ago
The Houston Rockets received votes in multiple categories as part of ESPN’s initial “Summer Forecast” series for the 2024-25 NBA season.
As part of the exercise, ESPN asks a group of its media experts to answer some of the league’s biggest questions heading into the upcoming season. A first-place vote receives five points, a second-place vote gets three points, and a third-place vote gets one.
Monday’s topics include teams likely to have the biggest turnarounds; teams with the most turbulence; and those with the largest questions. The young and improving Rockets — who are coming off a 41-41 se ..read more
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3M ago
After winning a pair of championships with the Houston Rockets in 1994 and 1995, NBA veteran Sam Cassell is understandably biased in favor of his legendary teammate at center, Hakeem Olajuwon.
While Denver’s Nikola Jokic is currently the gold standard among NBA big men, having won three of the past four Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards, Cassell doesn’t view the Nuggets star as in the same caliber as his two-time champion and Hall of Fame teammate.
Speaking to Draymond Green — a former NBA Defensive Player of the Year with the Golden State Warriors — on Green’s podcast, Cassell said of the com ..read more
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3M ago
For the fourth straight year since the league released its NBA75 list for the NBA’s 75th anniversary season, HoopsHype has updated its GOAT (greatest of all-time) rankings. In 2024, HoopsHype added a 78th player as we leave the league’s 78th season behind.
This one comes with a momentous update at the top. For the first time, Michael Jordan, the unassailable GOAT for so many years, doesn’t hold the No. 1 spot in the latest HoopsHype ranking. This shift follows a season in which LeBron James remained one of the premier players in the league, and was actually the best on a star-s ..read more
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3M ago
With preseason and regular-season games starting in October, the 2024-25 schedule has been released for the Houston Rockets. Broadcast information for each matchup is available here.
Of the 82 regular-season games, 80 are currently known. Two more will be added at a later date, pending Emirates NBA Cup 2024 results.
Generally speaking, each NBA team’s schedule is formulaic. A Western Conference team, such as the Rockets, will play teams from the opposing conference — in Houston’s case, the East —only twice per year. One is played at home, the other is away.
Most teams in the sa ..read more
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3M ago
Newly signed forward Jack McVeigh, now on a two-way contract with the Houston Rockets, had an encouraging showing for Australia at the 2024 Paris Olympics. But it wasn’t perfect.
While McVeigh made a clear impact with his long-range shooting, he also played off the bench for Australia (in contrast to Rockets center Jock Landale, who started for the Boomers).
In a new column reviewing Olympics performances, The Athletic’s John Hollinger — formerly an NBA front-office executive with the Memphis Grizzlies — shared a balanced take on McVeigh.
Hollinger’s analysis:
Hardcore Cornhuskers might remem ..read more
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3M ago
The complete 2024-25 NBA season schedule has arrived!
For the Rockets, it starts with a four-game preseason slate in mid-October before the 82-game grind begins on Wednesday, Oct. 23. That game, which takes place inside the friendly confines of Toyota Center, will be Houston’s first regular-season home opener since 2019.
Of the 82 regular-season games, 80 are currently known. Two will be added between Dec. 10-17, pending Emirates NBA Cup 2024 results.
The Rockets will play a total of 11 games on national TV this season, including two on TNT, one on ESPN, and eight on NBA TV. Space City Home N ..read more
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3M ago
Thursday’s new episodes of The Lager Line (sponsored by Clutch City Lager of Karbach Brewing) and Locked on Rockets have insight and analysis on Houston’s newly released 2024-25 season schedule.
With commentary by Ben DuBose, Jackson Gatlin, and Paulo Alves, both podcasts explore key takeaways from the schedule release.
From a Houston perspective, discussion topics include:
A manageable start to the 2024-25 schedule, with 11 home games out of Houston’s first 18 contests and only three contending opponents in its first 11 games;
What appears to be a more challenging second half of the season ..read more