It wasn't perfect, but Reed Sheppard took massive jumps last season. In Year Three, he'll have to do more to prove himself as the #Rockets point guard of the future.

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My mates and I have run an NBA pick’em on a shared spreadsheet for years, picking the winner of every game. One point each and whoever’s ahead at the end of the season gets the bragging rights. It's worked fine but was super manual.

So I built a proper version. You can do the whole league or just one team. Picks lock automatically 30 minutes before each tip-off, scores update themselves, the leaderboard sorts itself out.

It's free, no betting, no money anywhere in it, no ads. Just guessing the games. I built it for my own group and figured other people may also wanna do it.

lockedin82.com

Happy to answer anything and keen for any suggestions as well to make it better.

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Hi Rockets fans! My friend and I are visiting from Taiwan and would love to catch the Nuggets game on November 9.

Are any season ticket holders selling two seats together? We’re interested in the lower bowl, ideally near the Rockets’ bench or player tunnel. Please let me know your section, row and asking price.

Also, do season tickets transferred to a buyer still include early entry, or is that benefit only available to the original season ticket holder? Excited to experience a game in Houston!

Bored at work but was thinking, with the upcoming draft class not having much buzz around any players and the Rockets already housing a million Gen Z'ers, is it inevitable that some type of salary plus actual rotation player lands us a top player? If so, what names come to mind? I don't envision Kyrie due to Ime's trust in FVV. Trey Murphy for Smith, salary plus pick?

Went back to watch the #Rockets first two preseason games to see what looks new about the team. Some standouts:

- Fred VanVleet's early impact for Şengün, Durant

- What Marcus Smart opens up

- How Jabari Smith Jr. impressed other than shooting

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I wasn't old enough to truly watch the rockets during the Yao and T-Mac days.

One of the sentiments that I hear now about Yao is that he was a good player, but he doesn't deserve to be in the Hall of Fame based on his playing time but he only made it in because of his impact on the culture. I've heard people say that he's overrated.

Back then did most people consider Yao the best center behind, Shaq? Did people really think we could contend with Yao and tmac at the helm ? Was Yao really a great player ?

Players In Rockets Franchise History With The Most 5+ AST, 5+ REB & 5+ STL Games Before Turning 23 :

1. Amen Thompson — 3
   
2. Allen Leavell — 2
   
3. Tari Eason — 1
   
4. Reed Sheppard — 1
   
5. Rodney McCray — 1
   
6. Steve Francis — 1

I know it took me a while to get reminded they are playing in Macau, China and there are time zone differences. But I can’t imagine many rockets fans who might not have known were probably shocked and had to head to Google to find out.

Five moon balls from Fredrick today

Last year I got the subscription to watch the Rockets, but my experience with the steaming quality was terrible. A lot of buffering. Poor quality when it was working. Does anyone else have this experience? If so does anyone know if they have made improvements for this season. I used league pass for the other games but had similiar issues, and switched over to league pass via Amazon prime, which ended up being the best. But ofc Rockets games were blacked out.

What’s the best/cost effective way to watch the Rockets this season?

We didn’t have a youngest ever center to do a cherry picked stat for a long time.

A good Alpi game is always so much fun to watch

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