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On Tuesday afternoon, Kelly Iko with Yahoo Sports announced that “the Houston Rockets were recently granted a $12.5 million Disabled Players Exemption for guard Fred VanVleet, who tore his right ACL prior to training camp, and despite the DPE (Disabled Player Exception), Houston is still hard-capped at the first apron.” The Rockets expected Fred VanVleet […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 3 reads
It’s well-known that the Houston Rockets like to dominate their opponents with size. So much, that they added Clint Capela in the summer, even after having two very good centers in Alperen Sengun and Steven Adams. Okay, part of that had to do with preserving Adams, who has a history of injuries to his lower […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Thanks to a fun twist of fate, I’m in New Orleans and will be at tonight’s game. So if the Houston Rockets lose, you’ll know exactly who to blame. The New Orleans Pelicans are 5-22 and dead last in the Western Conference. They’ve already traded their first round pick in next year’s draft for Derik […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Though the Rockets are currently fifth in the Western Conference, they are still considered by most to be true title contenders, and rightfully so. They have the third-highest offensive rating in the NBA and the fifth-highest defensive rating. That is an excellent formula for success. Knowing how stacked the west is, it’s no surprise that […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 5 reads
A lot of Rockets fans just witnessed their first full, top-down rebuild. Some of us have been here before. When the Rockets’ geriatric Olajuwon/Barkley/Pippen trio finally got put to pasture, the team’s future was unclear. Had Steve Francis not rejected Vancouver (a beautiful city, as long as you’re not in the DTES), who knows what […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Well, December is here. It’s coming into NBA trade season. The deadline is February 5, so […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 5 reads
This was mostly a good game. The Rockets didn’t look great for much of it, but they fought hard. It was a competitive back and forth affair, where the lead shifted back and fourth and neither team could open up much daylight without the other coming back. The last three minutes of the fourth quarter […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
This recap is long enough without an introduction. So let’s just jump right in. TL;DR The Western Conference is going to be a war… The post Recap: Nuggets outlast the Rockets, refs to snap 4-game home losing streak appeared first on Denver Stiffs .
From Denver Stiffs | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Houston Rockets vs Denver Nuggets Moday, December 15, 2025 Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Nuglets: Jamal Murry, Cam Johnson, Spencer Jones, Peyton Watson, Nikola […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 8 reads
Jokmas rings in this year with a week of big matchups against playoff contenders. In the first of two, the good guys will host the… The post Preview: Nuggets shoot for a Merry Jokmas at home against the red-hot Rockets appeared first on Denver Stiffs .
From Denver Stiffs | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Over the weekend, former Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks head coach David Fizdale sought to give Houston Rockets two-way standout Amen Thompson his flowers. Understandably so, as Thompson hasn’t been necessarily having a consistent season. Up-and-down would be the best way to coin it. It’s not entirely on him. The point guard experiment has […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 6 reads
For some NBA fans, the line between star and role player is rigid. It does not yield. If you’re a star, you’re invaluable. If you’re a role player, you’re dispensable. It’s too narrow a way of looking at basketball. Jaden McDaniels does more for your team than Zach LaVine if you want to win a […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Houston Rockets got absolutely hosed by the NBA Cup makeup game schedule. Or at least, they didn’t make out like gangbusters like the Dallas Mavericks did. The Rockets got the Clippers (who, when their old bodies are given several days off, play much better than normal) and the Denver Nuggets (who are just awesome […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. This week, we asked you to select a Rockets MVP. There’s been a lot of good performances for […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The San Antonio Spurs had overcome some large obstacles to land themselves in the NBA Emirates Cup Finals next Tuesday. First they took Western Conference C, dubbed the “Group of Death” which consisted of the Spurs, Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Golden State Warriors. Nuggets and Rockets are currently third and fourth […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 7 reads
The Dallas Mavericks have put together a nice run over the past two weeks, winning five of their last six games. While a few of those games were against sub-par teams, the Mavs got wins over the second and third best teams in the Western Conference (the Denver Nuggets and Houston Rockets, respectively) as well. […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Every season, ESPN.com puts out an article ranking the best 25 players who are under 25 years old. To nobody’s surprise for the second consecutive year, Spur’s player Victor Wembenyama ranks number one, but what is more interesting is that the Rockets have three players of their own on the list: center Alperen Sengun, guard-forward […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Los Angeles Clippers aren’t a young team. The ages of their starting lineup tonight were – 36, 31, 34, 28, 28. The key bench players are considerably older. They hadn’t played basketball since Saturday the 6th. The Rockets last played Monday. The rest seemed to make the Rockets sluggish and careless, while it appeared […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Houston Rockets vs Los Angeles Clippers Friday, December 11, 2025 Location: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas TV: Space City Home Network Radio:KBME Sports Talk 790 Online: Rockets App Gametime: 7:00 PM CST Probable Starting Lineups Rockets: A. Thompson, Josh Okogie, Kevin Durant, Jabari Smith Jr., Alperen Sengun Clippers: James “The System” Harden, Kris “He’s” Dunn, Kawhi […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 5 reads
It’s all about finding an edge. That’s been the Rockets’ modus operandi for a long time. There is seemingly an organizational impetus to identify a statistical area and lean (almost) absurdly hard into it. Teams are shooting more threes? Cool. We’re going to shoot way more threes. We’re going to shoot so many threes that […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Mavericks were 2-1 again this past week and jumped to 11th place in the West. They beat Miami (118-108) at home on Wednesday before going to Oklahoma City, where they got whooped by the Thunder (132-111). They came back home the next night for a huge bounce-back win against Houston (122-109). Cooper Flagg led […]
From Mavs Moneyball | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The blockbuster trade that landed Kevin Durant on the Houston Rockets was quite the bargain for Rockets GM Rafael Stone. The Rockets had to surrender Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, and the 10th overall pick in the draft. That’s a relatively small price to pay for one of the game’s greatest players ever, even if he is […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The Rockets are 15-6. They have a top-five offense and a top-five defense. They appear to […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The Houston Rockets made a number of large acquisitions during the previous summer. What one individual considers a spectacular acquisition may not be the same for another. Regardless of the individual or the criterion, Kevin Durant is an unquestionable splash move. He is regarded as one of the all-time great players in the game. Additionally, […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 9 reads
By the time you read this, Giannis Antetokounmpo might be on the move in the NBA. Crazier things have happened in the NBA, just in this calendar year alone. The Dallas Mavericks swapped Luka Doncic for Anthony Davis, for crying out loud! The Houston Rockets landed Kevin Durant in a seven-team trade....
From Hockey Wilderness | 3 months ago | 9 reads