Tag: Houston Rockets
Lamar Stevens is currently an unrestricted NBA free agent, and the 6-foot-6 forward is reportedly drawing interest from the Boston Celtics, Minnesota Timberwolves, Houston Rockets, and Miami Heat. After the Celtics signed Svi Mykhailiuk to a one-year deal, Boston now has 14 players with either a fully or partially guaranteed contract and one roster spot […]
The Houston Rockets are reportedly interested in trading guard Kevin Porter Jr. after he was charged with felony assault and strangulation on Tuesday in New York City for attacking his girlfriend, former WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, at the Millennium Hilton. Porter, 23, punched Gondrezick repeatedly in the face with a closed fist. His brutal assault […]
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has been charged with second-degree assault and strangulation in New York City after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend, former WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick, at the Millennium Hilton. He’s accused of punching Gondrezick repeatedly in the face with a closed fist. Porter’s alleged attack left the woman with a fractured […]
Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested in New York City on Monday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend, former WNBA player Kysre Gondrezick. Porter, 23, is now in custody at the NYPD’s 17th Precinct in Midtown. Early Monday morning, Porter returned from an evening out at a hotel in Times Square, where he and his […]
The Houston Rockets and free agent center Boban Marjanovic have agreed to a new one-year deal, Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Management announced on Sunday. Marjanovic, 35, went undrafted in 2010. The 7-foot-3 big man has played for the San Antonio Spurs (2015-16 season), Detroit Pistons (2016-18), Los Angeles Clippers (2018-19), Philadelphia […]
One of the biggest rumors of last season was a possible reunion between James Harden and the Houston Rockets. It was even reported on Christmas Day that the team had interest in bringing back the former MVP during this summer’s NBA Free Agency. However, it is now being reported that those plans changed once they […]
James Harden has never missed the playoffs in his entire 14-year NBA career. Harden, 34, was selected third overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the 2009 NBA Draft out of Arizona State University. The California native spent his first three seasons (2009-12) with OKC before getting traded to the Houston Rockets ahead of the […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder are waiving forward Usman Garuba, according to sources. Garuba, 21, was selected 23rd overall by the Houston Rockets in the 2021 NBA Draft. “I’ll prove everyone wrong. Mark my words,” he said after being cut. As a native of Madrid, Spain, he played for Real Madrid Baloncesto of the Liga ACB […]
Not one Eastern Conference guard has made All-NBA First Team since Derrick Rose in 2011. The only two Eastern guards to receive multiple All-NBA selections in the last 10 years were Kyrie Irving (3) and DeMar DeRozan (2). Irving received All-NBA Third Team in 2015 with the Cleveland Cavaliers and in 2021 with the Brooklyn […]
The Houston Rockets are signing free agent forward Jermaine Samuels Jr. to a two-way contract, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Samuels Jr., 24, went undrafted out of Villanova University in 2022. On Oct. 15, 2022, the 6-foot-7 wing was waived by the Indiana Pacers on the same day he inked an Exhibit […]
