NBA power rankings are starting to roll in before opening night, which tips off today at 6:30 p.m. CT. The Houston Rockets will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder for the first of 1,230 regular-season games throughout the year.
The Houston Rockets have chosen one of the largest lineups in history to get their regular season run started against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Amen Thompson begins the season as one of the largest point guards in the league, along with four near seven-footers in the starting lineup.
Hakeem The Dream, Clyde The Glide, Magic: The NBA has produced some incredible nicknames over the decades. Some, like Magic and Penny, have even come to largely replace the player's actual name.
The Houston Rockets come into the season as one of the teams expected to compete for a championship. The Rockets made the most significant move of the offseason when they brought in former MVP and future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant via trade.
Jabari Smith Jr. has been in and out of Rockets coach Ime Udoka’s lineups since Udoka's arrival in 2023. In Udoka’s first season in Houston, Smith was benched for Jeff Green for stretches of games. Unsurprising, as coaches tend to prefer veterans who are more established over young players who are more promising, but have unfilled potential.
Every NBA season begins with familiar names as favorites to win major awards. But somewhere beneath the spotlight, there are dark horse candidates who might surprise us all.
Houston Rockets small forward Kevin Durant is the best individual offensive player to ever play in the NBA. He capable of going off on a scoring rampage at any given time in a game.
Following a 4-0 preseason run, the day every Houston fan has been waiting for since NBA schedules were announced, opening night against the Oklahoma City Thunder is officially upon us.
Tari Eason will enter the 2025-2026 NBA season without an extension in place. The Houston Rockets suddenly have an interesting situation on their hands throughout the upcoming season, and potentially next summer.
The NBA is back, and on ring night, as confetti is prepared and banners await their ascension, the visiting Houston Rockets are walking into Paycom Center not merely as spectators watching the Oklahoma City Thunder raise their championship banner – but as worthy challengers.
The Rockets and forward Tari Eason failed to reach a rookie-scale extension before Monday’s 6 p.m. EST deadline, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Eason entered the day as one of the most likely players to sign, especially after Houston finalized a two-year, $90 million extension with Kevin Durant over the weekend.
The Houston Rockets shook the NBA world on Monday when they announced their starting lineup for opening night. With Fred VanVleet sidelined for the season with a torn ACL, they decided to go all in with the tallest starting lineup in NBA history.
The 2025-26 NBA season officially begins on Tuesday night with two games taking place with the return of the NBA on NBC. In the first game of the new season, the new-look Houston Rockets are on the road to take on the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder.