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The Dream Shake (Xiane) —
Grow! Grow! Groooow Reed! | Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Apropos of nothing in particular. (Reed Sheppard) Is YOUR team’s point guard “too small”? Do squirrels, chipmunks and voles tower over him? Is he awful wee? Diminutive? Compact? Fun sized? Totally teensy? In need of embiggening? Adorable? Lilliputian? Find out why that’s The Very Worst Thing Ever here! Around...
The Dream Shake (Xiane) —
Grow! Grow! Groooow Reed! | Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports Apropos of nothing in particular. (Reed Sheppard) Is YOUR team’s point guard “too small”? Do squirrels, chipmunks and voles tower over him? Is he awful wee? Diminutive? Compact? Fun sized? Totally teensy? In need of embiggening? Adorable? Lilliputian? Find out why that’s The Very Worst Thing Ever here! Around...
The Dream Shake (Raymond Lucas Jr) —
Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Will the Rockets swing for the fences? Welcome to NBA Draft day, everyone. In a matter of hours, or perhaps sooner, we’ll know if Houston uses the No. 3 overall pick or packages it in a deal to land an established or emerging star. There is no league like the NBA when it comes to entertaining offseasons. On the eve of the 2024 NBA Draft,...
The Dream Shake (Justin Smith) —
Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports Happy Father’s Day to all! I recently posed the question of whether the Houston Rockets would consider drafting the son of an NBA legend — LeBron James — and while my point in that blog wasn’t to create a farfetched scenario of father and son joining forces in H-Town, it did remind me how genuinely cool it will be to see the two of them sharing the...
The Dream Shake (Lachard Binkley) —
Let's take a look back at a Rockets unsung hero Carl Herrera. In the second part of our Houston Rockets Rewind, we look at another sometimes forgotten but still essential part of the Rockets’ back-to-back championships, Carl Herrera. Even though he was never a starter, Herrera was the player every contending team needs: a rugged defender who hustles every play and is a great teammate....
The Dream Shake (Justin Smith) —
Photo by Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images Is Spida the next star to takeover H-Town? The Houston Rockets pursuit of a star has been talked about ad nauseum and although the discourse can get tiring, fantasizing over “what could be” is what keeps bringing us back. Since the Rockets’ season ended earlier than hoped, I’ve been calculating who the biggest star that Houston can...
The Dream Shake (Justin Smith) —
Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images In the second round, of course. Let’s establish that this isn’t about luring the big kahuna, aka LeBron Raymone James Sr., but I want him to know that there’s an open invite should he be interested. In total earnest, I’m here to make a case for the Houston Rockets drafting Bronny James in the second round of this year’s NBA Draft ,...
The Dream Shake (Xiane) —
Yes, that’s Rudy and KAT in the WCF. | Photo by Bart Young/NBAE via Getty Images The Guard Has Changed Welcome to the Conference Finals. No team that has won a title recently will be playing in them, unless you consider the Boston 2007-08 to be recent. (To be fair, it’d seem pretty recent to Rockets fans.) The Celtics are old hands at the ECF, going to six of the last eight, but...
The Dream Shake (Lachard Binkley) —
Otis Thorpe is a Rockets legend and should never be forgotten Otis Thorpe was a tenacious rebounder, one of the best outlet passers in NBA history, and a true iron man who rarely missed games. Thorpe may not be the first name you think of when you talk Houston Rocket legends, but he should be mentioned a lot more, because without OT, we may still be waiting for the first-ever Rockets...
The Dream Shake (Justin Smith) —
Photo by Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Images Simply put, this was a season of what ifs for the injury riddled forward. While the 2023-24 Houston Rockets season is unequivocally a success, it still feels incomplete due to what, or rather who, was missing. Unfortunately, a pre-season leg injury compounded into season ending surgery and postponed a Tari Eason takeover. Eason attempted...
The Dream Shake (Xiane) —
More General Basketball Imagery | Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports Mostly Round Two We’re almost into the second round of the 2023-24 NBA Playoffs . We’ve seen one classically great series, New York versus Philadelphia, settled in six games, with a +1 point overall margin to the the Knicks . Here are the second round series with comments: Denver vs Minnesota I think...
The Dream Shake (Raymond Lucas Jr) —
Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports The Rockets big-man was in the hunt for the league’s coveted, yet confusing award but lost it to Tyrese Maxey. Alperen Sengun had a compelling case after a transformative campaign that may have ended in a Play-In Tournament appearance if not for the Grade 3 sprained ankle he suffered against Sacramento. Tyrese Maxey of the 76ers and Chicago’s Coby...
The Dream Shake (Lachard Binkley) —
Andrew Wevers-USA TODAY Sports How can Houston improve this offseason? The Houston Rockets are coming off a season in which they were one of the worst shooting teams in the NBA for the fourth straight season. They finished at 35.2 percent from beyond the arc, which ranked 23rd in the league. This improved over the 32.7 percent they shot last season, which was dead last. Yes, it...
The Dream Shake (Xiane) —
Playoff Time! | Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images Comments on Each Series - Picks - Etc - Discuss Here Welcome to the 2023-24 NBA Playoffs first round. The first round is always a lot of fun for me, as there are a ton of games, and even though it’s an elimination series, the stakes somehow feel a bit lower. I’ve got a set of somewhat uninformed comments and thoughts on each series...
The Dream Shake (Lachard Binkley) —
Knicks lose their protest of the Febuary 12 game vs. the Rockets. Following the Houston Rockets ' controversial February 12 win over the New York Knicks , the NBA stated that there should not have been a foul call on Jalen Brunson as he defended a last-second three-point attempt by Aaron Holiday. The Knicks are filing a protest with the NBA to dispute the ending of last night's game...