Tag: Houston Rockets
The rising Houston Rockets are getting strong play from not only their best player, James Harden, but from Dwight Howard, too. Saturday night, Howard took on the challenge of facing DeMarcus Cousins, the temperamental and talented power forward for the Sacramento Kings. Howard grabbed 18 rebounds, scored 22 points and finished plus-14 in the box […]
On Dec. 15, free agents signed last summer can be dealt so some teams have started weighing their options.
Rockets forward Donatas Motiejunas is getting closer to a return, said coach J.B. Bickerstaff. Motiejunas, who has missed the first 16 games of the season while recovering from back surgery, is doing more in practice every day. There is no set time for his return, but Bickerstaff is hopeful it will be soon. Source: Jenny […]
The Rockets are getting the full Dwight Howard back. The Rockets’ star center said Wednesday he’ll participate in back-to-backs for the first time this season when the team visits the New York Knicks on Sunday and the Detroit Pistons on Monday. Howard hasn’t participated in back-to-backs this season as he has built up his game […]
A hot start like the Warriors are experiencing is fun. But as Dirk Nowitzki knows, it doesn’t always lead to a ring.
Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander and general manager Daryl Morey sat down with ESPN.com after the team fired coach Kevin McHale. (Question:) Can J.B. (Bickerstaff) win this job? Alexander: Of course he can. If the team responds to him and we win, of course he can. (Question): He’s here until the end of the season, […]
But you can’t fire (James) Harden and you don’t bring (Dwight) Howard to Houston just to be 10th in the West after Wednesday night. “We are responsible. … It’s got to be a wake-up call,” said (Corey) Brewer, who insisted the Rockets let down (Kevin) McHale and stressed that the ex-coach hadn’t lost the locker […]
Not long after Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle woke up Wednesday morning, he discovered that the Houston Rockets had fired coach Kevin McHale. “It’s preposterous,” Carlisle said. “It’s beyond belief. I’m really shocked. It’s just hard to believe that something like that could happen at this stage. “The guy took the team unexpectedly to the […]
The Houston Rockets, in the midst of their longest losing streak since 2013, held a players-only meeting on Tuesday morning at the Toyota Center. While certain details of the meeting weren’t revealed, communication and clearing the air were among the talking points. Source: Calvin Watkins of ESPN
Houston Rockets rookie Sam Dekker will have back surgery Friday, multiple sources told ESPN. Dekker, who was taken with the 18th pick in June’s NBA draft, had played sparingly so far this season. One source said Dekker was bothered by the back injury his senior year at Wisconsin. Dekker is expected to be out approximately […]
