Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future with the Milwaukee Bucks has been a huge topic of discussion since the team lost in the first round to the Indiana Pacers.
The Phoenix Suns are in the midst of a franchise-altering offseason and more moves could be on the way. The first move came in the head coaching department, when they chose to fire head coach Mike Budenholzer just one season into a five-year $50 million contract.
Kevin Durant has officially been traded to the Houston Rockets, and the two-time NBA Finals MVP took to social media on Sunday to say farewell to his former team.
After making their seven-team trade for Kevin Durant official, Rockets GM Rafael Stone and head coach Ime Udoka addressed the move for Durant in a press release.
The Houston Rockets have formalized their trade for Kevin Durant, after it was expanded to include seven teams. At the end of June the Houston Rockets agreed a trade with the Phoenix Suns to trade for Kevin Durant.
Kevin Durant is officially headed to Houston. And he’s not going alone. The Rockets have finalized a record-setting seven-team trade that not only lands them the former MVP but also veteran big man Clint Capela in a sign-and-trade with Atlanta, the teams announced in a flurry of press releases Friday.
The Houston Rockets were among the best stories in the NBA during the 2024-25 season. They ended a four-year playoff drought by finishing as the second seed in the Western Conference with a 52-30 record.
The seven-team trade that sends star forward Kevin Durant and free agent big man Clint Capela (via sign-and-trade) to Houston is now official, according to press releases from several teams, including the Rockets.
The Houston Rockets have been making significant changes to their team ahead of the 2024-25 season. Since the end of their season, they have made nine separate moves, including extending Ime Udoka and Jabari Smith, signing Fred VanVleet and Steven Adams, and adding Darius Finney-Smith and Clint Capela.
As expected, the Wizards have rolled a pair of trade agreements with the Pelicans and Rockets into the same deal, officially completing the two deals as a single three-team transaction, per a press release from New Orleans.
The Washington Wizards are embracing their rebuild. On Saturday, they acquired Cam Whitmore from the Houston Rockets. Washington sent out two future second-round picks as part of the deal.
In their latest move of an active offseason, the Houston Rockets traded guard Cam Whitmore to the Washington Wizards on Saturday afternoon. While the move was somewhat surprising, the Rockets reportedly attempted to include Whitmore in their trade deal with the Phoenix Suns to acquire Kevin Durant.
Even though Kevin Garnett swears Hakeem Olajuwon was the sneakiest, most underrated trash talker he ever met on a basketball court, the Houston Rockets legend is largely known for his calm demeanor.
Although the Houston Rockets just pulled off the biggest trade of the offseason, they're still armed with assets, as they ultimately ended up parting with much less than what many expected.
Dreaming of winning titles with legends alongside you is one thing, but actually doing something to get there? Few successfully make it. But you could always resort to manifestation, in addition to putting in the hard work, and that’s what Cuttino Mobley did before joining the Houston Rockets.
Jabari Smith Jr. believes that Ime Udoka deserves his long-term extension with the Houston Rockets after he guided the team to its first Top 2 seed finish in the Western Conference since 2018 and playoff appearance since 2019-20.
He averaged 12.2 points and seven rebounds while shooting 35.4 percent from three-point range during a season where he suffered a broken hand and lost his starting spot.