Donatas Motiejunas said he is happy with the Houston Rockets but also admitted he wants to play more and is unsure whether that will occur with the organization. “I want to try for things to work out for me here but at the same time I want to play so we’ll see if this team has time for me or not on the court,” Motiejunas said. Motiejunas played in 62 games and fell in and out of the rotation this season,...
After the Houston Rockets' first round eliminating to the Portland Trail Blazers, Daryl Morey said the Rockets will remain aggressive on the trade and free agency market. However, Morey does not anticipate a major move that could include Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin. “I don’t expect something bigger like that to happen," Morey said when asked whether the Rockets need to involve Asik and Lin in offseason...
The Houston Rockets are undecided on whether they will exercise or decline the team option on Chandler Parsons' contract. By declining the option, the Rockets can work on a long-term deal with Parsons as a restricted free agent as opposed to dealing with him becoming an unrestricted free agent in 2015. “We won’t know everything we need to know when we have to make a decision on on Chandler’s (contract)...
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. You can add the Houston Rockets to that list after they were eliminated by the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night by a 4-2 series margin. According to ESPN’s Marc Stein the Rockets will be looking to upgrade their roster this summer,...
The Houston Rockets are going to take a risk with Chandler Parsons, but which one? Parsons is under contract for $964,750 next season with a team option. If the Rockets pick up the option, they’d get Parsons for that ultra-cheap salary next year. However, he’d become an unrestricted free agent in 2015, and Houston would face a greater risk of losing him for nothing. If the Rockets decline the option,...
I needed to take the weekend off before writing anything, but I think Rockets broadcaster Bill Worrell summed up this series best. "My heart is down on the floor right next to you. Please pick it up and massage it," said Worrell to Clyde Drexler . And that was 30 seconds before Damian Lillard hit that shot. The final play of Game 6 was devastatin......
The 10 Biggest Stories Of The NBA’s 1st Round By Mike Elworth: Owner and Publisher/Hoopstuff… 1. Donald Sterling Saga - He’s a racist, he lost his team, the Clippers won, moving on. You all know this story by now and are as sick of it as I am. We just want to return to the playoffs actually being about basketball. Is it so much to ask for? 2. 5 Game 7′s - That’s right, 5 of the 8 1st round NBA Playoff...
The Houston Rockets should consider this season a failure after a first round exit to the Portland Trailblazers. That is no knock on the Trailblazers, who at one point this season looked like they could challenge for a one or two seed. When you have the best big man in the game on your roster and the best (offensive) two guard as well, you should be thinking conference finals at least. Now that the...
Craig Mitchelldyer-USA TODAY Sports With the Portland Trail Blazers down by two late in Game 6, Damian Lillard sealed the deal as he hit a game winning 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds left against the Houston Rockets. It was truly an amazing shot that reminded us that the second-year All-Star is a cold-blooded killer. Lillard got loose at the top of the key and launched a three with little contest. In fact,...
After the Houston Rockets were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs on Friday night, ESPN's Marc Stein wrote a piece discussing where they go from here. Included were the following quotes on Rajon Rondo:It's inevitable that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey will likewise check in with his old boss Danny Ainge in Boston -- as he did before the trade deadline in February -– just to make sure...
All season long there seemed to be endless discussion about what would happen to Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik in Houston but neither ended up being traded before the deadline. Now that the Rockets have been bounced from the postseason in the first-round of the second consecutive year, the talks of trading Asik and Lin have resurfaced but no new progress has been made. According to Jonathan Feigen of The...
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As we continue to cover the aftermath of Damian Lillard’s game-winning shot, one intrepid Portland Trail Blazers fan decided to do some editing to the Houston Rockets Wikipedia page. Check out the below tweet from ESPN’s Stuart Scott which shows an image from the mobile version of the Rockets official Wikipedia page that has Damian Lillard listed as owner: This ain't right. (But it's funny) Some1 went...
Painful playoff loss should provide Rockets ample motivation for offseason improvement...
According to Marc Stein from ESPN, the Houston Rockets “will be lobbing frequent calls” to the Minnesota Timberwolves to discuss Kevin Love’s availability. A combo of Kevin Love and Dwight Howard in the paint would be impossible to stop. Both big men are rebounding machines, and could also put up over 20 points per game. […] The post Houston Rockets To Pursue Kevin Love appeared first on Hoops-Nation....
Damian Lillard's last-second shot sinks Rockets' postseason as Blazers win 99-98...
Just when you thought that the 2014 NBA Playoffs first round couldn’t get any more zany, Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled off a miracle. With the Rockets leading by two with under one second to play, it appeared that we would be heading to a game seven. That was until Damian Lillard hit a miracle three pointer to sink the Rockets in six games: *** Lillard sinks game-winning shot...