The “very quiet surgery” is minor in nature and the Rockets officials “did not give it a second thought.” As a result, Houston remain unfazed by the new development and the injury is not expected to affect Durant’s availability for the start of the new season.

Regarded as one of the NBA's greatest scorers ever, along with accolades to prove it, the Rockets' newest star found himself ranked No. 13 overall on Bleacher Report’s new Top 100 players of all time list.

Aziz is likely to join his siblings Abi (Oklahoma) and Abdullah (Detroit Mercy), who each followed their dad to Division I hoops, as he already holds offers from other major college programs, including Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Stanford, TCU, Virginia Tech and Xavier.

The Rockets are opening up a 2025-26 roster spot by waiving Nate Williams, who had been on a non-guaranteed minimum contract with the Rockets.

The Rockets are shutting down Sheppard for the remainder of the Las Vegas Summer League, Kelly Iko of The Athletic reports. Sheppard was able to appear in two Summer League contests before Houston opted to shut him down.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.

Since his trade to Houston and the No. 7 jersey choice became official, Kevin Durant is the NBA’s top seller among 2025-26 jerseys, per Fanatics.

McVeigh's fourth-quarter surge would spark a late-game comeback, making the fourth quarter a nail-biter for fans. The big man would finish the game, totalling 21 points, knocking down four out of his six three-pointers for Atlanta.