Mike D’Antoni, Houston Rockets, (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) This Houston Rockets‘ season was more of the same from Mike D’Antoni, always surrounded by dazzling superstars and never quite hitting the peak. All the way back in February, the Rockets seemingly were souring on Mike D’Antoni. Before landing Robert Covington for a full-time small ball
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Rudy Tomjanovich is easily overlooked as part of a star-studded 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame class, but his induction also brings to mind the moment that altered his playing career. The 2020 class for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame was announced on Saturday. The class is headlined by Kobe Bryant, Kevin Garnett and
The Rockets belong to Russell Westbrook now, but that’s not the only thing we learned from the 2019-20 NBA season. As we wait for whatever is to come of the 2019-20 NBA season, even a momentary pause will leave certain moments and breakthroughs from the season as a memory and conversation to cherish while we
Where does James Harden rank among the greats? How much does he make? Did a strip club really retire his jersey? This James Harden FAQ has all your answers. James Harden is a study in contrasts. His beard makes him one of the most recognizable players in the league but his soft-spoken demeanor means we
LeBron James and the Bucks are just two of the biggest unresolved storylines left by the suspension of the 2019-20 NBA season. The NBA season is suspended indefinitely, and with it, every hope, question, and expectation we might have had for it. It’s a cruel twist that one of the more compelling seasons of the
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 02: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) James Harden #13 of the Houston Rockets in action against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden on March 02, 2020 in New York City. The Knicks defeated the Rockets 125-123. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and
Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Houston Rockets have thrown off the shackles of conventional lineup tyranny and have been running rampant ever since. It is up to the NBA’s ruling powers to create new strategies to combat the rebellion in their midst and return order to the basketball realm. Do you hear that? It’s
The Houston Rockets are playing basketball without a center. The newest small-ball revolution is working. The Houston Rockets are, for the second time in a few short years, redefining how the game of NBA basketball is played. Over the past few years, James Harden pushed the boundaries of the pull-up jumper. Now, the Houston Rockets
Brilliant, maddening, exploratory, exhaustive: all of these things could be applied to James Harden as well as the legendary jam band Phish. Wildly talented. Insanely efficient, if not necessarily economical. Rambling, self-indulgent, offensive to some and taking as much time as humanly possible to get anywhere. Questionable fashion and abundant facial hair. Having a rabidly
The Houston Rockets’ small-ball experiment might not result in a championship, but it’s taking Moreyball to its logical extreme. Give the Houston Rockets credit: Regardless of whether their newfangled small-ball experiment results in a championship, they’re willing to challenge the NBA status quo. Conventional wisdom dictates that teams need a big-bodied center to score near
The Rockets have swung for the fences, piecing together a four-team trade that brings in Robert Covington and sends Clint Capela to the Hawks. On Wednesday, with more than 24 hours left until the trade deadline, four teams jumped ahead and finalized a massive deal. The outlines of this trade had already emerged during the
Danuel House Jr. is one of the best stories in the NBA, and he should be making more money. The popular blueprint for defense against the Houston Rockets this season — double-team the ball out of James Harden’s hands, make his teammates beat you — paints a hilarious target. You can’t really stop them from
Russell Westbrook’s inaugural season with Houston has gone well so far but last night he made the wrong kind of history. Russell Westbrook’s inaugural season with the Houston Rockets has been going about as well as anyone could have reasonably expected. Westbrook’s 21.9 points-per-game average is in line with his average from last year (22.9)
The injuries are beginning to mount and NBA teams up and down the standings are looking for fill-in production. Who is being asked to step up? If there is anything that has defined the early portion of the 2019-20 NBA season, it’s injuries. We began the year knowing Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson would likely
We just saw James Harden and Russell Westbrook‘s first game together as Rockets teammates. What did we learn? Not that much, actually. Of all the major transactions made this offseason, none seemed to carry as much combined potential risk and reward as the Houston Rockets’ trade for Russell Westbrook. Harden and Westbrook are two of
Daryl Morey’s tweet heard ’round the world sparked international upheaval, spanning the issues of geopolitical diplomacy, censorship, human rights and, of course, basketball. Before delving into the controversy itself, here’s a brief background of the why and the what: Since June, protests have run rampant in Hong Kong, gradually becoming more violent over time. The
Forget how the Houston Rockets are going to fit on the court, Russell Westbrook, James Harden and P.J. Tucker are going to be rocking heat all season. After Russell Westbrook got traded to the Houston Rockets this offseason naturally everyone’s mind went to “how will he and James Harden coexist?” Which, sure that’s a major
As they seek a championship, the Houston Rockets are switching things up. Don’t worry about fit, they have talent and chaos on their side. Winners win not in spite of chaos but by embracing it. The Golden State Warriors strategically induced positionless chaos to build a mini-dynasty. The Toronto Raptors opportunistically took advantage of chaos
The following three-part story stars Russell Westbrook and James Harden. In the story, they will find a basketball. The story is based on Jon Klassen’s three books I Want My Hat Back, This is Not My Hat, and We Found a Hat. They are brilliant children’s books. This is probably less so. Part one: Russell Westbrook and
The Rockets were looking for help and it appears they’ve found it, looping in the Cavaliers and Kings for a three-team trade. The Houston Rockets are getting some wing help, having acquired Iman Shumpert in a three-team trade with the Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The Rockets will