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Feb 7, 20202 min read

Houston’s tiny lineup is fun. Russell Westbrook’s recent play is more important.

Last night, the Rockets, after trading away their only viable big man for Robert Covington, trotted out this lineup: 6-foot-3 Russell...

Dec 4, 20191 min read

#KeepHoustonWeird

Last night’s Houston-San Antonio game, a 135-133 double overtime win for the Spurs, was like watching a computer simulation with every...

Oct 7, 20194 min read

The NBA’s sudden problem in China

On Friday night, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted a quickly-deleted picture, regarding the ongoing protests in Hong...

Jul 15, 20191 min read

The Kawhi effect

If, on July 9, Kawhi Leonard leaked to the NBA news breakers that he was actually going to be headed back to Toronto, a lot of NBA teams...

May 8, 20192 min read

This Rockets-Warriors series is what we needed

If you’re one of those people who thinks the NBA got significantly worse the day Kevin Durant paid a ghost-writing Syracuse grad to pen...

Apr 29, 20191 min read

James Harden ran out of tricks in Game 1

So much of James Harden’s game is predicated on fooling the referees into giving him calls. In Game 1 against the Warriors on Sunday...

Apr 19, 20193 min read

The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up 4.19.19 [Western Conference]

[1] Golden State Warriors vs. [8] LA Clippers Game One: Warriors 121, Clippers 104 Game Two: Clippers 135, Warriors 131 Game Three:...

Apr 15, 20193 min read

The Grip's NBA Playoffs Round-up [Western Conference]

This was first featured in The Grip's 100th edition. Thank you for reading, or, at the very least, pretending to. We appreciate you....

Mar 1, 20191 min read

James Harden, Wilt and M.J. walk into a bar…

James Harden scored 28 points on Monday against the Hawks, ending his 30-point streak at 32 games. He started a new one with 30 points...

Feb 26, 20192 min read

Kenneth Faried is Morey’s best bargain find yet

With the max contract and $90 million extension that Daryl Morey handed out this offseason to Chris Paul and Clint Capela, respectively,...

Jan 5, 20191 min read

A beard grows in Oakland

You’ve heard about last night’s Game of the Year candidate, where the Rockets came back from 17 at halftime to beat the Warriors,...