Tag: Houston Rockets
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 […]
The Houston Rockets are signing Jeenathan Williams to a one-year contract, according to agent Billy Davis of Family of Athletes. His signing is reportedly a training camp deal, also known as an Exhibit 10 contract. Williams, 24, was waived by the Portland Trail Blazers last week. Had Williams remained on Portland’s roster past July 31, […]
Dillon Brooks’ shot selection with the Memphis Grizzlies led to his sign-and-trade with the Houston Rockets earlier this month. “I think the reasons the Grizzlies were ready to move on from him are misunderstood,” ESPN’s Tim MacMahon said on The Lowe Post. “The nonsense was kind of like at a point where culturally it was […]
At the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, the NBA 2K24 Summer League Championship will be played. The Houston Rockets and Cleveland Cavaliers are both 5-0 heading into tonight’s matchup. This is the second time in Hoston’s franchise history that they’ve made the Summer League final. Both teams are looking to win their first […]
Kenyon Martin Jr. was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Clippers for two future second-round draft picks earlier this month, and the third-year forward has no hard feelings towards his former team. “H-TOWNN!! I want to thank the Feritta Family and Rafael Stone for taking a chance on my 3 years ago […]
Ahead of the 2023 NBA Draft, Villanova’s Cam Whitmore started to fall in draft rankings. Many thought that he could be a Top 10 lottery pick, but it didn’t play out that way. The 19-year-old fell to the 20th pick in the draft and the Rockets got a steal that late in the first round. […]
In the 2022-23 season, Dillon Brooks had a rough year with the Grizzlies. He was a full-time starter for Memphis, but never made a huge impact offensively. It was his sixth and final season after being dealt in a sign-and-trade to the Rockets. They gave him a four-year, $86 million contract. Brooks was present at […]
In the NBA 2k24 Summer League, the Houston Rockets are being led by 20-year-old, Jabri Smith Jr. He was the the third overall pick in the 2o22 NBA Draft. Media members around the league questioned why a lottery pick like himself would be playing. Smith Jr. felt like he lost a year of development under […]
