Kevin Durant gave Oklahoma City fans a taste of their own medicine during Tuesday’s season opener. Durant and the Houston Rockets were in town to face the Thunder for the first game of the NBA season at Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Kevin Durant was part of arguably the most high-profile trade of the summer when he joined the Houston Rockets. However, his future, even with his new team, was in question, since the contract he was under was set to expire next year.
The Rockets open the season tonight against the Thunder. Houston has a largely new roster after a busy offseason. Free agent pickup Dorian Finney-Smith will miss tonight’s game as he recovers from injury.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.