Houston brass have made it clear they want toughness and defensive energy alongside Alperen Sengun,” HoopsHype writes in its aggregate mock draft.

"The Rockets and Fred VanVleet have mutual interest in signing a new long-term contract," said Shams. "Houston holds a $44.9 million team option on VanVleet, which they can decline to sign him at a lower figure for multiple years.

This is the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Houston Rockets going back-to-back, the most unlikely, unpredictable, unsinkable and irrepressible run to a championship in NBA history.

ESPN reported that Steven Adams signed a three-year, USD 39 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets earlier this week.

It was June 14, 1995, when Hakeem Olajuwon’s Rockets completed perhaps the most iconic run to a championship in NBA history.

The Rockets posted a 52-30 record—their best since 2019—and won their first Southwest Division crown since 2020. Center Alperen Sengun made his first All-Star team, and forwar

The Houston Rockets have made one of the biggest moves of the offseason, and free agency hasn't even started. The team has signed veteran center Steven Adams to a new three-year, $39 million contract extension to keep him off the open market.