Houston Rockets

Atlanta Hawks player AJ Griffin announced he was quitting the NBA this year, only two years after being drafted. Now, the 21-year-old explains why he suddenly quit the pros: He’s quitting to follow Jesus.

Enes Kanter Freedom, the NBA’s foremost voice on human rights and loudest critic of China’s genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, finds himself at least temporarily out of the league after the Houston Rockets waived him on Thursday.

LeBron James is keeping the pressure on to have Washington Wizards announcer Glenn Consor fired over Monday night’s Kevin Porter gaffe.

Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta warned that America’s “great capitalism” will come to an end if Dems push their billionaire tax. 

CEO of Landry’s and owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets Tilman Fertitta said Tuesday on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” that businesses are having a hard time finding enough workers because enhanced unemployment benefits Congress passed to combat the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy are now discouraging out-of-work Americans from taking jobs.

Masks and social distancing requirements were discarded with great zeal on Saturday night, as fans brawled at the Spurs-Rockets game.

HOUSTON (AP) — The James Harden soap opera in Houston now comes with a canceled season opener.

Houston Rockets point guard James Harden may have to sit out the team’s season opener after being caught at a strip club without a mask.

Houston Rockets star James Harden is reportedly looking to be traded away because he is upset that team owner is a Trump supporter.

China was gleeful when Daryl Morey stepped down from his position with the Houston Rockets, but now it appears that Morey is narrowing in on a deal to join the Philadelphia 76ers’ front office.

Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey may say that he’s leaving his post to pursue other opportunities, but China’s official state broadcaster says otherwise.

Rockets GM Daryl Morey has resigned only a year after earning the ire of the NBA for supporting the democracy movement in Hong Kong.

The NBA has fired a photo contractor who shared a Kamala Harris meme on social media, after a former WNBA player found it offensive.

Houston Rockets guard James Harden is facing significant backlash on the Internet after a picture of him wearing a ‘Thin Blue Line’ mask was tweeted from the Rockets account.

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Houston’s Russell Westbrook hasn’t made it to the NBA restart yet.

The tweet posted by Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey in support of protesters in Hong Kong, has cost the NBA between $150-200 million, according to ESPN.

The Houston Rockets are taking criticism for a Twitter video showing several players wishing “all the Chinese fans” a happy Chinese New Year.

TV ratings for the National Basketball Association have collapsed this year, a season that kicked off with the league bowing to communist China.

Roughly thirty-five demonstrators rallied outside of Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday night, to support the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and embattled Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey.

Vice President Pence blasted the National Basketball Association on Thursday, claiming that the league is “acting like a wholly owned subsidiary” of the Chinese Communist Party.

The NBA was understandably excited to start its season and get away from the China controversy that had embroiled the league over the past couple weeks.

LeBron James disrespected the national anthem and walked off the court shouting at the crowd as the song played during Tuesday’s season-opener.

NBA Hall of Famer and TNT commentator Shaquille O’Neal defended free speech during the opening night telecast of The NBA on TNT, and said that Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey was correct to back pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong.

Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving feels there’s “enough oppression going on in America” that needs to be focused on, when asked about the NBA-China ordeal.

TNT commentator and former NBA star Charles Barkley defended Lakers forward LeBron James against “unfair” criticism, following James’s comments on the NBA’s China controversy last week.

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of fans held signs, wore shirts and chanted support for Hong Kong and Tibet in the Brooklyn Nets’ first game since returning from China.

At least one NFL executive is enjoying the NBA’s troubles, joking that the “woke” basketball league is being “hoisted on its own petard” for turning a blind eye to China’s human rights abuse record.

The rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says that China wanted Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey fired over his tweet in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators, and the NBA said no.

LeBron James may be done talking about the NBA-China controversy, but Toronto Raptors fans apparently have a lot more to say.

On Tuesday, LeBron James insisted that he does not want to be political about everything, but an old tweet saying just the opposite is now coming back to haunt the NBA star.

As NBA players increasingly lineup in support of the oppressive Chinese government, it’s becoming evident that the main motivating factor is their financial dealings with the communist nation.

Progressive NBA star LeBron James is suddenly exclaiming that every political issue is not “everybody’s problem,” as fallout over his dismissive comments about China’s human rights abuses continues to roil NBA fans.

LeBron James spoke out stridently against Rockets GM Daryl Morey on Monday night, calling his tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations, potentially financially harmful.

Demonstrators in Hong Kong began burning their LeBron James jerseys and merchandise after the NBA star made comments that were critical of Daryl Morey, and cited the “negatives” of free speech.

The Rockets are not engaging in the conversation on LeBron James’s criticism of Houston general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests.