Rockets Podcasts

In this special podcast, Houston Post ex-Rockets beat writer Robert Falkoff, who covered the team for 15 years, joins us for an hour to talk Clutch City memories. He also wrote “Dreamland: The Inside of Story of the ’93 – ’94 Houston Rockets Championship Season” & the Rudy T bio “A Rocket at Heart: My Life …

In this 60 Minutes Sports feature video, Armen Keteyian talks with Daryl Morey & Shane Battier about the latest innovations in sports analytics in the NBA. They discuss new technology involving cameras players would wear while playing.

Sad to say, but it is time for the Rockets offseason evaluations. In this Houston Chronicle Jonathan Feigen Q & A with GM Daryl Morey, we get some insight into what the Rockets are thinking about adding a 3rd superstar, where the team needs to improve & much more.
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In the span of less than a second, the Houston Rockets went from exhilaration to bitter agony. The Rockets were poised to walk out of Portland with a defining victory and send their playoff series back home to Houston for a Game 7 after Chandler Parson’s put back …

Rocket fans dreaming of championships need to know that one player holds the key.  The Beard either makes him stick out or is what he may be hiding behind at this point in his playoff career. When will the Rockets best player show up in the playoffs?
This isn’t one series for Harden. This is now …

Who knows better about coming back from a playoff deficit than Hakeem Olajuwon?  This Fran Blinebury NBA.com column looks back on Olajuwon’s mindset in the Clutch City championship years against Phoenix, and Hakeem’s advice for Dwight Howard and how the Rockets should play with their backs up against the wall.

It isn’t every day a seldom-used rookie comes off the bench to hit a critical shot that can turn the tide of an NBA playoff series. But that’s exactly what happened to the Rockets when Troy Daniels entered the game for Chandler Parsons, and sank a game-winning 3 point shot after a Jeremy Lin pass. …

This Zach Buckley Bleacher Report examines why it’s time for James Harden to show up in the playoffs, or the Rockets will be going home soon. Will the real Beard please get on the bus? This is his 3rd straight disappearing act in a playoff series.

Which team does NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson think is a perfect fit for Carmelo Anthony? In this ESPN New York article by Ian Begley, Robertson says if he was advising Carmelo, he would tell him to escape the mess in New York and head elsewhere, most notably to the Houston Rockets.

Is McHale the biggest issue in the Blazers series? Culture Map’s Chris Baldwin story suggests in this story that the Rockets Head Coach has made some gigantic mistakes during the season & in this series. Is Lin being mis-used? Where is the Rockets bench? Those are among his many questions.

Ok, it was Blinebury, should have known! Lol. In this Jason McIntyre column for the Big Lead, James Harden gets riled up by longtime NBA reporter Fran Blinebury.

Adrian Wojnarowski writes in his column on Yahoo! Sports that Dwight Howard understands there are no excuses, and he has to lead the way for his teammates in this series against the Blazers.
 

Can the Rockets win a championship with Kevin McHale? That’s a gigantic question & I think the answer for me is a resounding NO. Let me make a couple things clear.
I think McHale has done a good job in some areas. As Jeff Van Gundy has stated, players generally improve under his watch. But isn’t …

A View from Section 114
While the casual NBA fan & a few players may complain about the length of the regular season, there are instances where the benefits are obvious. From my view in Section 114, our Rockets are the best example of why 82 games were needed to project us to championship level.
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In this Houston Chronicle profile by Jenny Dial Creech, we find out about Chandler’s growing list of endorsements, including Buffalo Jeans & the smartphone provider ZTE. Parsons, as it turns out, started as a baseball player in Florida before he found the basketball court.

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Sam Amick writes in USA Today about Dwight Howard beginning his playoff journey with the Rockets. Dwight’s still trying to restore his reputation after the Lakers debacle, but he is happy in Houston with his teammates. He talks of sacrifice & the desire to win over anything else.
 

When you look at the numbers & his impact, you begin to wonder if Dwight Howard is now underrated in the MVP race.  According to Howard Beck’s Bleacher Report story, Superman just isn’t getting the respect he deserves this season. Maybe the last stretch of games when the Rockets defense wasn’t exactly air tight was …

Here’s video of the Dwight Howard Show on CSN Houston. Dwight talks with Bun B & goes to Patrick Beverley’s old neighborhood in Chicago. The more you watch Dwight on camera, the more you realize what a natural he is.

Believe or not, we’re coming up on the 20th anniversary of Clutch City. Was it all just a Dream? No, the Dream happened.
When I worked for KTXH-TV Channel 20, I put together this Olajuwon tribute looking back at his career from his beginnings with Phi Slama Jama at UH to his final game with the …

Kyle Lowry now regrets how handled things in Houston with Kevin McHale & the Rockets coaching staff. Daryl Morey, Shane Battier & Chauncey Billups are huge influences in his career & in this fantastic Adrian Wojnarowski article in Yahoo sports, Lowry opens up about his many mistakes. The personality is no longer combative & he’s …