Houston Rockets News

I guess it's over. Wrap it up. Place your bets. Just go ahead and slate the Los Angeles Lakers in for a spot in next year's Finals.

Methinks many Rockets fans don't appreciate the value of Ron Artest. You really think it is just a coincidence that the Rockets won a playoff series for the first time in a dozen years in his first year with the team? Have you looked at the Rockets' roster? It's a team full of accessories.

Yao is out, Artest is leaving and McGrady is still here; what's next? By Joel Roza Friday, July 3, 2009 As if the mud hasn't been kicked in the face of the Rockets and their fan base enough, out comes the news that free agent Ron Artest will sign with the defending champion Lakers on July 8, the first day that free agents can sign with new teams.

Houston faithful seem to have forgotten something: Daryl Morey knows what he's doing.

Phil Jackson will return to coach the Los Angeles Lakers next season, getting a clean bill of health following a record championship season.

Trevor Ariza arrives at the Laker's official championship victory party at Club Nokia on June 18, 2009 in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, fresh off a record 10th NBA Championship as a coach, announced on Friday he will return to the bench next year for a 10th season in LA and 19th as an NBA head coach.

The Houston Rockets are likely to suffer a significant decline in the win column next season should Yao Ming's foot injury prove as serious as has been reported, according to projections from AccuScore .

Much has been made about the UConn reunion of Richard Hamilton and soon-to-be new Pistons Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva.

The NBA free agency period began at 9 p.m. PST and so far things are quiet on the Eastern and Western conference fronts.

LOS ANGELES - The annual free-agent scramble began for the Los Angeles Lakers when their most important player decided not to be part of it.

It's no secret that the Sixers would like to trade Samuel Dalembert this summer, just like it's no secret that Dalembert has asked the Sixers to trade him in the past.

The Rockets have to decide on the direction of the franchise without knowing whether they will have Yao Ming available in November, or ever again.

Originally published July 1, 2009 at 4:43 p.m., updated July 1, 2009 at 5:52 p.m. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. a ' Dressed in a polo shirt and jeans, Rafer Alston didn't mind that the receptionist at the New Jersey Nets' training facility didn't recognize him as one of the team's newest players.

The Detroit Pistons are acting quickly to remake a former championship contender.The Pistons agreed to five-year contracts Wednesday with Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press.Those were the first big moves of the NBAs free agency period.

If LeBron James or Kobe Bryant are looking for a little help, Ron Artest is talking calls.

Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets is announced before a game during the 2009 NBA Playoffs on April 30, 2009 in Houston Bill Baptist / NBAE / Getty Images When Yao Ming went down during the third game of the Houston Rockets' Western Conference semifinals series versus the Los Angeles Lakers on May 8, the big man moaned and slapped the floor.

In the wake of a report from Yahoo.com that Houston Rockets center Yao Ming could miss the upcoming season because of his broken left foot and that his career could even be in jeopardy, Rockets team physician Dr.

The Detroit Pistons fired coach Michael Curry on Tuesday as the team started rebuilding from an unpopular trade, a sub-.500 record and an embarrassing first-round exit from the playoffs that ended its six-year streak of making the conference finals.

Talk about a reversal of fortunes for the Houston Rockets, who had one of the best and most surprising playoff runs in the NBA this past seaason.