In the first two preseason games, the Houston Rockets have played up to 16 players and experimented with various lineups. Their first home game will be on Tuesday against the New Orleans Pelicans, as they prepare for the upcoming regular season.
Houston Rockets wing and second-year player Amen Thompson has been showing why he can be more than a mere contributor to an NBA team. Thompson competed with the USA Basketball Select Team over the summer, and has consistently put in the work through Houston's offseason workouts.
The Houston Rockets starting lineup was one of the most consistent in terms of minutes played together in the NBA last season. The Rockets starting lineup ranked third in that category even though Alperen Sengun missed the last month of the season.
Ime Udoka’s net worth in 2024 is $9 million. Udoka is a basketball coach who currently serves as the head coach of the Houston Rockets in the NBA. He has won an NBA championship as an assistant coach.
The Houston Rockets held their final practice on Sunday afternoon before their first preseason game against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday evening in San Antonio.
In the first phase of the Houston Rockets rebuild, there was a significant focus on player development and roster turnover. The team stripped down its roster and began the rebuilding process.
The Houston Rockets are back on the hardwood. With training camp here, Rockets head coach Ime Udoka is tasked to begin figuring out lineups and what combinations work well.
After years of doom and gloom, the Houston Rockets are finally on the come up. Year one of the Ime Udoka era was much more successful than anyone would've imagined, as the franchise went 41-41 in 2023-24, after winning just 59 games combined in the prior three seasons.
Now that Houston Rockets media day is over, we finally get to see the entire team together for the first time in months. Last season, the team held their training camp in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Houston Rockets selected Reed Sheppard with the No. 3 overall pick, and even though minutes may be hard to come by for the former Kentucky Wildcats guard, he could still be one of the best rookies in the NBA.
The Houston Rockets have gone four straight seasons without reaching the playoffs, one of the longer droughts in franchise history. However, Bleacher Report writer Eric Pincus believes that the Rockets will end that drought this season and make it to the playoffs.
The Houston Rockets wanted a culture change after the 2022-23 season ended. The Rockets were coming off another season where they finished toward the bottom of the standings.
The playoffs are starting to become a realistic expectation for the Houston Rockets, who haven't been to the postseason since 2020. A relatively short and smart rebuild over the past three to four seasons has helped Houston put its name back into playoff contention, and the NBA world is starting to recognize that.
The Houston Rockets were powered to a bounce-back season last year by their defense. Will they keep that same bounce in their step in 2024-25? The Rockets’ chances of actually improving on last year’s showing will be determined on the offensive end.
NBA head coaches can often go overlooked by the mass media when their team is finding success. Fans are so quick to drag coaches through the mud when a team is underperforming, but it's rare that a team's success will be greatly recognized through the head coach.
Here are three big questions for the Rockets heading into the new season.
Having an elite coach like Udoka will do wonders for Green's development.
The Houston Rockets made their intentions clear for the 2023-24 NBA season with the moves they made in the preceding offseason. They wanted to start playing more competitive basketball, which started with hiring Ime Udoka as head coach.
The defeat dropped the Rockets to 38-38 with six games remaining in their regular season.
Boston, which has clinched the top spot in the Eastern Conference, finished 12-4 last month. Houston, which is battling for a play-in tournament berth in the West, posted a 13-2 record in March.
Despite the Houston Rockets having by far their best season record-wise ever since he arrived, Jalen Green appears to be unhappy.
When he took over as Rockets head coach, Ime Udoka knew he needed experienced players to set strong examples at the top of the roster.
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka was unceremoniously tossed Saturday from his team’s contest against the Los Angeles Lakers after a confrontation with LeBron James.
The Houston Rockets rejected the chance to reunite with James Harden this summer. The former MVP has requested a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers. However, there appears to be little interest from teams around the NBA.
Did Houston Rockets HC Ime Udoka nix a potential reunion with former franchise star James Harden?
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