Every piece of analysis I read calls the Rockets playoff exit an 'embarrassment' and our season an utter failure.

KD missed 5/6 games of the playoffs. We went 13-3 to end the regular season. Rockets win the series if KD is healthy (almost certainly lose if Luka healthy tho)

Absolutely zero narrative at any point sympathizing with us for losing our best player on the eve of the playoffs, right when we were gelling as a team. We had no time whatsoever to adapt to playing without our best player.

With FVV and Steven Adams gone we were no longer a contender.

But everyone forgets KD literally had a fluke injury right before playoffs and we otherwise wouldve been a 52 win team losing in 2nd round....pretty damn good all things considered

I love the moves we made this offseason and think we're a sleeper contender still

got en subs

overall topics;

• 2025 eurobasket
• 2025 preseason, fvv injury and season opener hype
• thoughts on reed, udoka, tari, adams, kd
• mid season pains in calves, ankle injury
• his ft% start to season and then losing some confidence
• social media, more on ime, his defense
• his relationship with kd
• amen and him starting PG
• thoughts on poor offensive production, pressure
• playoffs, kd injury, lakers, game 3
• marcus, bogdan trades. tari staying.
• alpy trade rumors, other big trades, lebron
• summer, national team, mentals
• 26-27 rockets expectations

no burner mention

There was no conflict with Durant.
Udoka’s tough approach stems from the high expectations he has for him.
Last season’s problems were caused by injuries to players such as VanVleet, Adams, and Durant, as well as a lack of roster depth.
Amen and Sheppard grew while adjusting to their suddenly expanded roles.
He is learning how to mentally overcome social media pressure, injuries, struggles at the free-throw line, and his midseason slump.
Houston’s biggest keys next season will be staying healthy and maintaining unity across the entire team.

My two autistic sons really want to go see Journey in November at the Toyota Center. We were at the ill fated Houston Rodeo concert that was cancelled mid concert due to fire. The tickets are pricy and I can only afford them in 400s it looks like. Which part of 400s would give the best view of stage, screen and have decent sound? Any other tips? Was buying from official AXS site but open to reputable other sites you may suggest too. I am disabled and can walk but climbing a billion stairs isn't easy.

Go create every possession yourself. No cuts. No off-ball action. Just four guys watching while you attack a set defense and get blitzed every time you touch the paint. Then miss one shot and get blamed for the entire season.
And maybe just maybe the people who still claim KD saw more double teams than Alperen Sengun last season will finally wake up.
Alperen Sengun isn’t inefficient under those circumstances. If anything, he’s actually pretty efficient given the situation. Basketball isn’t that simple

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/VfgnUxZpg9k

Apparently, Alpi made this interview again with one of the most popular Turkish sports channels on YouTube (he gives this interview to these people every summer, since 2023, I think. The name of the channel is Socrates Dergi (Eng. Socrates Magazine) and the particular show's name is American Mutfak (Eng. American Kitchen)). It will be broadcast tomorrow (July 22). I guess this will give a very deep insight into what went wrong last season and the future of the Rockets; hopefully they will be adding subtitles for non-Turkish speakers.

In the trailer he makes three points:

- He says he replays the victory against the Greeks from last summer's Euros from time to time (he admits he may have seen it 20 times or so until now).

- Udoka, he says, gets angry at players he values and cares about (I think this was a response to the question why Udoka behaves very negatively against certain players).

- Finally, he says they are a group of players, a team who really hates losing and you can see this frustration on their face during a game (he mentions Durant by name as an example).

Wolves fan here just trying to learn about Jabari Smith Jr.

I feel like he plays so well whenever we play you guys. Never misses, great D, but I never hear about him nationally. Does he give off OG Anunoby vibes to you guys or am I not seeing the full picture?

How does this guy still have a job? Everything he says is narrative driven, coming from the outside looking in. He didn’t mention anything about, lack of great offensive coaching, floor spacing, shooting, not having a pg last season. Everything is about optics. Who cares if they don’t workout together. Also Kd was working out with Jabari years before he became a rocket.

Details here, but the split between the Pelicans and the Rockets is over for Guillory; we have a new full-time reporter. Thoughts on Will?

https://www.chron.com/sports/rockets/article/will-guillory-pelicans-rockets-22352753.php

I have been a rockets fan for a little over a year, but I don’t know much about players beyond the last 5 years. I want to know some underrated or lesser known rockets/specific games to go back and watch. This would be greatly appreciated!

New Orleans get the picks they want, Houston get shooter they are looking for with size that suits Udoka’s style.

LAS VEGAS — Will Dunn was supposed to go down to the G League.

He’d been with the Houston Rockets since 2019, hired in basketball operations by then-coach Mike D’Antoni and promoted to a full-time assistant coach while working under Stephen Silas, who succeeded D’Antoni. But when Ime Udoka took the job ahead of the 2023-24 season, he planned to bring in his own staff, sending Dunn to work with Houston’s G League affiliate, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.

Dunn never went.

The 2026-27 season will be Udoka’s fourth coaching the Rockets. Dunn has been on each of his staffs. Houston named the 32-year-old as its Summer League coach and Dunn followed up by leading the Rockets to a 3-2 record, reaching the semifinals in Las Vegas.

Dunn’s professionalism, competitive fire and basketball acumen helped him stick with the Rockets. But his path also involved a self-described “lucky break” — more on that in a bit.

“It’s always kind of a gut check, a character check when your staff gets let go,” he said. “ … You can react a number of different ways.”

Some people retreat and just do their own thing until explicitly told they’re wanted. Others, trying keep their job, scramble to show their value. Dunn took a slightly different approach.

“At the very least, somebody might call them in a couple years and be like, ‘Hey, you were around Will Dunn for a couple months in Houston. How is he? ’” Dunn explained. “ … I went into it with just the mindset, like in five, six years, I want to be proud of the way I went about that situation.”

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/rockets/article/will-dunn-houston-summer-league-coach-22350649.php

Like we need them to suck but not worst team in the league suck.