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Jabari Smith Jr. aiming to win NBA’s Most Improved Player in 2023-24

“Just impact winning,” Jabari Smith Jr. says of his personal goal for next season. “That’s my biggest thing. Whether it's averaging 10 points or averaging 20, I just want to affect winning.” #Rockets

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Jabari Smith Jr. focused on adding strength in 2023 Rockets offseason

“Getting stronger and making precise movements,” #Rockets forward Jabari Smith Jr. tells @BradeauxandWill of his offseason plan. “Playing stronger and playing lower to the ground.”

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Ime Udoka to Rockets: ‘Play defense, play hard, and play together’

“Play defense, play hard, and play together,” Jabari Smith Jr. says of the initial message by Ime Udoka (via @BradeauxandWill). “That was what he preached the most. Play the right way.” #Rockets

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Jabari Smith Jr. impressed by Rockets rookies Amen Thompson, Cam Whitmore

Jabari Smith on #Rockets rookies Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore (via @BradeauxAndWill): “They were unselfish and they listen. They weren't worried about their shots. They just wanted to win.”

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Highlights: Get to know five newly signed Houston Rockets for 2023-24 season

The #Rockets made their contract agreements official with Jeenathan Williams, Jermaine Samuels Jr., Matthew Mayer, Nate Hinton, and Joshua Obiesie. Here’s a look at each player’s background.

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Report: OKC Thunder scouts in attendance for several 2024/2025 high school recruits

The Thunder were in attendance for the Adidas All-American Camp, which featured several of the top 2024 and 2025 recruits.

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Women's Hundred: Smriti Mandhana shines as Southern Brave beat Trent Rockets by 27 runs in opener

Southern Brave's 157, powered by Smriti Mandhana's 55, was highest total in women's Hundred in Nottingham. Sciver-Brunt's 44 off 27 balls gave Brave a scare, but Mandhana, Wyatt, and Bouchier's batting saw them to victory.

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Rockets bringing summer standouts Matthew Mayer, Nate Hinton to training camp

With an expanded roster available through training camp and the preseason, the #Rockets agreed to contracts with 2023 summer-league standouts Matthew Mayer and Nate Hinton.

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Rockets sign summer-league standout Jermaine Samuels Jr. to two-way deal

The #Rockets are reportedly giving one of their three two-way contracts for the 2023-24 season to summer-league standout Jermaine Samuels Jr., a 6-foot-7 forward from Villanova.

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Rockets sign second-year guard Jeenathan Williams to training-camp deal

The #Rockets are signing Jeenathan Williams to a training-camp deal, as first reported by HoopsHype’s @MikeAScotto. Williams shot well from 3-point range in both the NBA and G League last season.

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After the Ashes, the Hundred returns in a psychedelic binge of colour

Southern Brave women and Trent Rockets men were the victors as the two franchises got the Hundred under way

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Report: Rockets signing Germany’s Joshua Obiesie to training-camp deal

The #Rockets are signing Joshua Obiesie to a non-guaranteed Exhibit 10 training camp contract, per Keith Smith of Spotrac. Now 23 years old, Obiesie is a 6-foot-6 wing from Germany.

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Report: Rockets center Alperen Sengun joining Turkey’s national team in August

In a reversal of earlier plans, #Rockets center Alperen Sengun will reportedly play for Turkey’s national team this month as it attempts to win a spot in the 2024 Olympics qualifying tournament.

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Tari Eason watching more film in 2023 offseason, including of Jimmy Butler, Kawhi Leonard

#Rockets forward Tari Eason tells @KellyIko that he’s doing a lot more film study in the 2023 offseason, including of Jimmy Butler and Kawhi Leonard.

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WATCH: Dillon Brooks gets last laugh after ‘overrated’ chants at Toronto Pro-Am

New #Rockets signing Dillon Brooks heard chants of “overrated” at the Toronto Pro-Am, and he responded by scoring 28 points and leading his team to a summer-league victory.

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Chuck Hayes reportedly leaving Rockets for Golden State’s front office

Longtime Houston Rockets player and staffer Chuck Hayes will soon join the front office of the Golden State Warriors, per @MikeAScotto of HoopsHype.

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Why Grant Williams views Rockets’ Ime Udoka as his best coach with Celtics

Grant Williams had three head coaches (Brad Stevens, Ime Udoka, and Joe Mazzulla) over his first four NBA seasons with the Boston Celtics, and he seems to prefer Udoka.

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Report: Many around NBA view Rockets executive Eli Witus as future GM

Several NBA staffers picked Houston’s Eli Witus as their choice for the smartest front-office figure in the league, Yahoo’s @JakeLFischer reports. #Rockets

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Cam Whitmore, Amen Thompson, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason shine at summer league for Rockets

The NBA’s 2023 summer league was a big success for many key #Rockets prospects, with Cam Whitmore, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Amen Thompson among Houston’s standouts.

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Spurs, Rockets Considered ‘Big’ Free Agency Offers for Lakers’ Austin Reaves, per Report

Los Angeles was reportedly close to having to pay the young guard a whole lot more money than they did.

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Rockets Spent Big to Make Jalen Green a Star

Houston wants to end its time as an NBA bottom feeder, but it primarily wants to nurture Green’s skills so he can lead the team’s next playoff era.

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Ben Sullivan: Talent ‘jumps off the page’ for Rockets rookie Cam Whitmore

Ben Sullivan on #Rockets rookie Cam Whitmore (via @KellyIko): “The raw talent jumps off the page. His physical gifts, speed, athleticism, explosiveness. ... I really like it.”

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New Rockets coach Ime Udoka reportedly placed high value on Dillon Brooks

“Ime Udoka wanted him,” ESPN’s Tim MacMahon says of Dillon Brooks. “He valued him. He’s in Houston in large part because of that.” #Rockets

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Rockets’ Jalen Green draws rave reviews for offseason workouts with Kevin Durant, Kyle Kuzma

It’s an important offseason for Jalen Green, and the talented #Rockets guard is preparing for the 2023-24 season by working out with the likes of Kevin Durant and Kyle Kuzma.

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Former Rockets GM Daryl Morey doesn’t understand Cam Whitmore’s draft slide

“There was another prominent player who fell in this year’s draft that we were trying to move up for,” former #Rockets GM Daryl Morey says. “I couldn’t understand why they were falling.”

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