Veteran floor general Fred VanVleet continues trucking along as one of the better starting point guards in the league,” HoopsHype writes.

They’re the only team, in my opinion, that’s now looking eye to eye with the champs (Oklahoma City),” ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins says of the Rockets.

The Rockets’ ability to contend, in the truest sense, may hang more on the growth of their young players than whatever Kevin Durant gives them.” ...

The Rockets now stand as arguably the deepest team in basketball,” The Athletic’s Kelly Iko writes as part of his offseason grade (A) for Houston.

Fred VanVleet, Aaron Holiday, and Jae’Sean Tate will have implied no-trade clauses this season, based on the terms of their ...

With Alperen Sengun spending more time than usual in Turkey in the 2025 offseason, the Rockets sent even more big names there to work with him.

Everyone is excited to play with him,” Alperen Sengun says of Houston’s new star. “It doesn’t matter his age — ultimately, he’s Kevin Durant.” ...

Wizards wing Cam Whitmore on playing against the Rockets next season: “At the end of the day, that calendar is marked, when the day comes.” ...

Like many tall basketball players with above-average shooting ability, Jabari Smith Jr. often tried to emulate Kevin Durant. For the 22-year-old forward, Durant’s archetype was something of a ...

If you look at athleticism as a whole, with speed, strength, jumping... I don’t think anybody is as fast as him and jumps as ...

He’s just gotten so much better at reading the gane and making the simple play,” Jabari Smith Jr. says of Rockets star ...