Ben DuBose

1 week ago | rocketswire.usatoday.com | Ben DuBose

During the NBA’s 2023-24 season, the Houston Rockets went 41-41 and finished No. 11 in the Western Conference. In 2024-25, they were 52-30 and No. 2 in the West. There were many reasons for that turnaround, and most notably growth by players and coaches throughout Houston’s young and improving roster. But one contributing factor to that development may have been a state-of-the-art practice facility, which opened in the 2024 offseason.

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Ben DuBose

During the NBA’s 2023-24 season, the Houston Rockets went 41-41 and finished No. 11 in the Western Conference. In 2024-25, they were 52-30 and No. 2 in the West. There were many reasons for that turnaround, and most notably growth by players and coaches throughout Houston’s young and improving roster. But one contributing factor to that development may have been a state-of-the-art practice facility, which opened in the 2024 offseason.

1 week ago | rocketswire.usatoday.com | Ben DuBose

In a recent podcast appearance, veteran center Jock Landale shared kind words for Dillon Brooks, his teammate with the 2023-24 and 2024-25 Houston Rockets. “He had a career year this year that nobody talks about, because we had so much other stuff going on, positively,” Landale said on the Ausmerican Aces NBA Show. Among that “other stuff” was Houston’s elite defense, which ranked among the NBA’s top five all season.

1 week ago | rocketswire.usatoday.com | Ben DuBose

In a television segment on ESPN’s Get Up spotlighting the future stars of the NBA, longtime insider Brian Windhorst picked Houston Rockets guard/forward Amen Thompson as the league’s next young breakout star. Choices by other panelists included Cade Cunningham and Tyrese Haliburton, who function as lead guards for the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers, respectively. Let me give you the name of somebody that you should keep an eye on next year, and he’s a twin.

1 week ago | rocketswire.usatoday.com | Ben DuBose

At 39.7% from 3-point range on 6.3 attempts per game, veteran Houston Rockets forward Dillon Brooks had a elite shooting season in 2024-25. Both figures were the best of any season from his eight-year NBA career. “He had a career year this year that nobody talks about, because we had so much other stuff going on, positively,” Rockets teammate Jock Landale said on a newly released episode of the Ausmerican Aces NBA Show.