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You Won’t Believe What The Houston Rockets Have Added To Their Court

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and one photo of the Houston Rocket’s practice court may be worth a thousand points to the team in the coming years. That’s because the team has added something to their practice court that may become a staple across NBA arenas during the regular and postseason. …

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Houston Rockets Trade

4 Reasons The Houston Rockets Shouldn’t Trade Harden

4 Reasons The Houston Rockets Shouldn’t Trade Harden | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com [tps_header]Houston Rockets Shouldn’t Trade Harden[/tps_header] James Harden’s time with the Rockets has not been a success in terms of championships. However, the Houston Rockets would be dumb to even consider trading him. Here are 4 reasons the Houston Rockets should …

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Russell Westbrook Couldn’t Handle Playing With James Harden

Russell Westbrook Couldn’t Handle Playing With James Harden | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com In one of the most predictable stories of the NBA offseason, it has been reported that Russell Westbrook no longer wants to play with James Harden and has asked to be traded by the Houston Rockets.  This proves two things: …

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4 Reasons James Harden Is The Problem With The Houston Rockets

4 Reasons James Harden Is The Problem With The Houston Rockets | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com [tps_title]James Harden Is The Problem [/tps_title] James Harden has struggled the past few years trying to win a championship for the Houston Rockets. Many people have claimed coaching, ownership, and even the players surrounding Harden to be …

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Daryl Morey

What’s The Legacy Of Former Rockets GM Daryl Morey?

What’s The Legacy Of Former Rockets GM Daryl Morey? | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com The Houston Rockets are a mess. They have enough good players to be competitive, but lack the financial flexibility to fill in the holes they need to compete for an NBA title. Add that to the fact that the team is …

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Is James Harden Right That The Rockets Are A Player Away?

Is James Harden Right That The Rockets Are A Player Away? | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com Leave it to James Harden to blame everyone associated with the Houston Rockets after his team was bounced from the NBA Playoffs on Saturday by the Los Angeles Lakers. “The Beard” said that the team was “one …

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Lakers Rockets

Colin Cowherd Says Lakers And Rockets Are No Longer NBA Title Contenders

Colin Cowherd Says Lakers And Rockets Are No Longer NBA Title Contenders | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com It only took two games in their Western Conference semifinals series for Colin Cowherd to write off both the Lakers and Rockets as contenders to win the NBA Finals.  Why, you ask? Well, one team is …

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Mike D’Antoni

Has Mike D’Antoni Done Enough To Earn A Contract Extension?

Has Mike D’Antoni Done Enough To Earn A Contract Extension? | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com Before the 2019-20 NBA season began, most people in the league would have bet the Houston Rockets would have been looking for a new head coach before the 2020-21 season. However, less than a year later, it appears …

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Rockets’ GM Daryl Morey Gave Us Some Insight Into James Harden And It’s Not Great

James Harden Insight | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com The love that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morley has for James Harden has reached the level of a Shakespeare sonnet this past week when he called Harden a “basketball genius” and is heartbroken that he hasn’t found the right players to help his legend …

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Disrespectful To James Harden

Stephen A. Smith To Max Kellerman: You’re Disrespectful To James Harden

Stephen A. Smith To Max Kellerman: You’re Disrespectful To James Harden | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com The Memphis Grizzlies and their rookie star Ja Morant have been having a bit of a back and forth with the Houston Rockets and their respective stars, James Harden and Russell Westbrook, this season. It started in …

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Rockets Championship

Stephen A. Smith Believes The Rockets Have Enough To Win A Championship Yet Remains On The Fence

James Harden and Russell Westbrook are right behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis, among the most formidable duos in the National Basketball Association right now. Between the incomparable scoring ability of Harden and the fierce, both ends of the court dog that Russ provides, the two have had success so far this season. The Houston …

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TooAthletic Take: Russell Westbrook Is The Worst Best Player Ever

Russell Westbrook Worst | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com Is their any basketball player in the league that is terrible and incredibly good at the same time? Yes, his name is Russell Westbrook.  https://twitter.com/ScoutWithBryan/status/1223275849534910470?s=20 Is Russell Westbrook closer to underrated or overrated? — First Take (@FirstTake) April 17, 2019 Some people will argue that …

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Austin Rivers Snags Triple Double From Harden, Apologizes

Austin Rivers James Harden | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com There wasn’t much worth paying attention to in the waning seconds of the Houston Rockets 125-110 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. However, as it seems is always the case when following Houston, there was an eye popping James Harden stat worth keeping an eye …

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NBA China

The NBA Is Finally Seeing The HUGE Financial Impact Of Daryl Morey’s Summer Tweets About China

The NBA Is Finally Seeing The HUGE Financial Impact Of Daryl Morey’s Summer Tweets About China | TooAthletic.com The financial fallout of the “Fight For Freedom, Stand With Hong Kong” tweet that Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey sent out during the preseason is finally becoming measurable. As a result, the NBA is advising its …

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Russell Westbrook Clippers

Jay Williams: Russell Westbrook Exposed The Clippers Weakness

Jay Williams: Russell Westbrook Exposed The Clippers Weakness | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com The Houston Rockets, despite chemistry concerns between their two best players in James Harden and Russell Westbrook, continue to churn out win after win. Their latest victory is one for the bulletin boards as they took out one of the …

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Trust Issues

Jay Williams Says There Are Trust Issues Between James Harden And Russell Westbrook

Jay Williams Says There Are Trust Issues Between James Harden And Russell Westbrook | TooAthletic.com James Harden and Russell Westbrook are together again on the Houston Rockets, and like so many couples that broke up once and got back together, things are just a little bit rocky. The impressive 17-8 record aside, there have been …

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James Harden 50 Point Games

Scottie Pippen Has A Problem With James Harden 50 Point Games

Scottie Pippen Has A Problem With James Harden 50 Point Games | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com There is always one former All-Star people can rely on to mock the modern NBA game and the players that score at will. That player is Scottie Pippen, who earlier this week mocked James Harden of the …

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2018 NBA Playoffs

Rockets’ GM Daryl Morey Believes They Would Of Dominated The Warriors In The 2018 NBA Playoffs If The Series Was Played 10 Times

Rockets’ GM Daryl Morey Believes They Would Of Dominated The Warriors In The 2018 NBA Playoffs If The Series Was Played 10 Times There is nothing more annoying to me than a team coming out and saying they were better than the opponent who just defeated them; especially when that team had seven games to …

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Stephen A. Smith: James Harden Is Easily The Most Unstoppable Player In The NBA

Stephen A. Smith: James Harden Is Easily The Most Unstoppable Player In The NBA | TooAthletic.com James Harden is putting forth a performance so far this year so dominant that, simply, just can’t be argued with. He’s just shy of averaging an insane forty a night, and is seemingly scoring at will. This isn’t coming …

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Kawhi Leonard Defend

Should Kawhi Leonard Defend James Harden Exclusively?

Should Kawhi Leonard Defend James Harden Exclusively? | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com Early season matchups between NBA powerhouses are often overblown. While it’s fun to see the best teams in the league duke it out before Christmas, the league is simply not built in a way that lends itself to meaningful games early: …

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Step Back

Jalen Rose Calls James Harden’s New Half Step Back Shot “Lethal”

Jalen Rose Calls James Harden’s New Half Step Back Shot “Lethal” | Sports Takes & News | TooAthletic.com James Harden is off to an all time great start to this season, averaging 37.3 points per game through the first ten games. Harden has been a prolific offensive talent for a long time, but this year …

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