Rockets’ McHale May Bench Starting PG Ty Lawson

Kevin McHale sat behind a table in the interview room of the Toyota Center on Monday night trying to find the answers for what’s wrong with his Houston Rockets. McHale said there are no excuses for poor efforts on defense or players hanging their heads when things go wrong. He’s trying different rotations and even […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Struggling Rockets Drop Another Game

After 10 games this season, with the talent the Houston Rockets have, the lack of practice time, injuries and adjustment to new faces can’t be used as excuses anymore. If you keep harping on what you don’t have, the season will be over before you know it. The Rockets hit rock bottom after a 110-98 […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Defense is Main Problem for Struggling Rockets

The Houston Rockets are a united team mainly because they know what the problem is: defensive effort. Once again, the Rockets’ effort on defense was questioned as it hurt them in another loss, 107-98, to the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. “Being consistent every play,” Harden said of what’s wrong with the defense. “We showed […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Rockets’ Rookie Dekker Open to D-League Option

(Sam) Dekker has no problem going to DLeague for some PT (Play-time): I don’t see it as a demotion its what rookies go through & u have to do what’s asked. Source: Calvin Watkins of ESPN on Twitter

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Drummond, Harden Named Players of the Week

The Detroit Pistons’ Andre Drummond and the Houston Rockets’ James Harden were today named NBA Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Monday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 8. Drummond helped the Pistons to a 2-1 week behind averages of 22.0 points (fourth in the East) and a league-leading 24.3 […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Jones Returns; Rockets Sticking to Small Ball?

The Houston Rockets received some positive news on Monday with the return of starting power forward Terrence Jones to practice. Jones missed the previous five games with a laceration of his right eyelid. Without him, the Rockets went 4-1, rebounding from a 0-3 start to move to within a half-game of San Antonio for first […]

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Source: Rockets Release Forward Chuck Hayes

The Houston Rockets released forward Chuck Hayes on Sunday, a league source told Yahoo Sports. Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
Source: Terrence Jones, Patrick Beverley Set for Return

The waiving of (Chuck) Hayes clears the way for Houston forward Terrence Jones to return on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets, a league source told Yahoo Sports. Guard Patrick Beverley will be back on Wednesday, too, a source said. Source: Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports

Basketball Insiders  •  15 Oct 2021
NBA AM: Teams That Are In Early Trouble

Which NBA teams should be concerned about their slow start to the 2015-16 season?

Alan Draper  •  15 Oct 2021