“Let’s Talk Houston Rockets” – Taking an early look at the Rockets’ 2025-26 NBA schedule

“Let’s Talk Houston Rockets” – Taking an early look at the Rockets’ 2025-26 NBA schedule

[Music] Hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, Rockets fans. How are you doing? Welcome, welcome, welcome. Long time no see. If you haven’t watched any of the other shows here on the Houston Round Ball Review YouTube channel, that’s all right. This show is for you. for a few minutes. We’ll be discussing the Houston Rockets 2526 schedule. We can look at the preseason matchups as well. Let’s talk about the regular season matchups and we’ll get into it. I am of course KG Chris Gardner, owner of the Houston Round Ball Review. You are watching here on the Houston Round Ball Review YouTube channel. this new live stream platform that everyone that is part of the Houston Round Ball Review Media Group is now learning to use. That means me, AD Moore on the Admax Corner, and also Andy Giannes and Deion Dunlap and my brother’s part of the Let’s Rage Cougs family. So, we’re all learning together how to use these platforms as we gear up for the regular season for football. Cougs football first, Texans on what is it? September 7th, I think. Kickoff for them, and the Cougs first on August 28th, and then get into the stuff I care about, Hoops. First game for the Cougs. Hoops will be an exhibition matchup on October 26th. But we’ll get into it. And if you saw on the YouTube post section, I made a comment regarding the Rockets schedule week one. I know where one loss is coming from already. We’ll get into that momentarily. Justin, how are you doing? Thank you for your support. Thank you for participating in the discussion. And uh we’ll get into it as well. WK, how are you also? Thank you for joining the conversation. Tonight’s show won’t be very long. Maybe 40 minutes or so. Going to uh move in some other stuff. Just be quick about it. But I just want to touch base on everyone. And now the schedule is finally out. We can talk about it here and there. Some guy named Andre, how are you as well? I’m going to say hi to you. Put you on the screen like that as we’re learning the new platform and the new toys here. And Justin, I see your comment there. and nothing has changed unfortunately. I just I don’t understand it. I really don’t understand why the Rockets and KD have not had a press conference. I I don’t I don’t understand it. I don’t understand. I don’t care about I mean, what is the issue? Scheduling conflicts. Like I said, he could do it on Zoom. He could do it via one of these media platforms and just do it from his hotel room with his agent. I mean, something say hello to the Rocket fans. Something I I I you know, I I don’t whatever. Not I mean, I have no I’m not dissing KD. I’m not dissing his people, his reps, but the trade he’s a rocket now. Talk to the Rocket fans. Talk to the Rockets media. I mean, the deal was done a month ago and change. Brandon, how are how are you doing? I see your comment. Very much in favor of KD load management. Well, starting early with that one then. Start starting early with that. Sleepart, how are you doing? Thank you for chiming in as well. Notice a different look on the chat box to the right. Um, so like I said, this is part of the new format for this show, new live stream platform for us and we’re all getting used to it. Going to do folks talking sports tomorrow with Willie Gibson and Kenichiums and maybe have a guest from the Cougs football fanfest joining us during that show. We’ll see how it all plays out. The FanFest starts around 5:30. Andy Giannes and Bryce Bell will be there about five getting interviews, recording those interviews, and then able to see if we can get a guest lined up for FTS at 6 during that six o’clock hour. We’re going to play that by ear. Okay, like I said, hey, getting into it. Top of the screen, you see that right there. The Rockets have 28 nationally televised games. Four on ABC, seven on Amazon Prime, six on ESPN, seven on NBC, four with Peacock with 15 exclusive broadcasts. The preseason matchups all are going to be on starting with October 6th home against the Hawks 7 o’clock. Then Wednesday, October 8th against Utah 7:00. Then Tuesday, October 14th against New Orleans in Birmingham at Legacy Arena, 7 o’clock. And these are, of course, all Central time. And then closing out the preseason on October 16th against the Atlanta Hawks, 6:30 p.m. Central time. Preseason get a chance to see probably Reed Shepard get more minutes. I don’t expect KD to play a lot in these four preseason games. You know, that’s one thing we could ask. We could have asked, maybe we’ll get to ask that in in training camp. Ask coach Udoka and KD how much he wants to play during these four preseason matchups. Maybe that’s when it’ll come. We get that chance to discuss it. But we know about this part. We know the Rockets are part of opening night ring night for OKC. I know the NBA did that. game’s going to be on NBC, but we already know my thoughts on the Friday, October 24th matchup. It’s going to be a loss for the Rockets. Going to be the home opener for the Rockets. Me and Cody Davis already talked about it, joked about it. Going to be a win for Detroit. Detroit’s going to come in and make it two in a row in Htown like he did last year when they matched on the Rockets. So, we’re going to do that again. So, that’s part of it. But the funny thing is I would be curious if the Rockets lose at OKC and they might not because ring night the team receiving their rings sometime they lose on ring night but if the Rockets happen to lose at OKC and then lose at home to Detroit and start out 0 and2 I wonder if anybody’s any any fans fans Oh my gosh, this trade was horrible. Oh my goodness. See, I knew he shouldn’t have traded Kevin Durant. See, he’s washed up past his prime already. Starting out 0 and2. Oh no, the sky is falling. Folks, give me a break. Okay, that’s really one reason I would like to see that see it happen for folks to those bandwagon folks to hop off. Go ahead, hop off. You’re not a true rocket fan, you can hop off. Let the real Rocket fans stay on and enjoy the ride. It’s going to be a fun season. Okay, we can talk about later on in these shows predicting win totals and things like that, but if if the Rockets start out 0 and2, the world’s not going to end. Rockets are going to be fine. They’re still going to be one of the best teams in the whole league. No doubt they’ll be one of the top teams in the West. Don’t freak out. Don’t panic. All this, you know, give me I can I can see it. Y’all can see it, too. I’m sure y’all have some friends. who already who already kind of downplaying the KD. He’s he’s old. He not gonna help. He’s not gonna make any difference. And then those same folks if the Rocket started 0 and2. See, I told you he was old. I told you he he wasn’t a help. Okay, whatever. Tony, how are you doing? Salute to you. Appreciate you for joining the conversation, participating in the conversation, as well as participating in the folks talking sports discussions. We’re going to do that again on Sunday. Solo. Solo says it right here. Rockets are built for the playoffs if anything. I mean, they’re up there in age now. So, they’re they got a core a young core of five and they’re everybody else is is a veteran. And we’ll see how soon those veteran become old. But the young core is still solid. Young core is still there. Young core is still promising future. Justin says, “Yeah, whatever.” I mean, you know, as I go back to what Solo just said. If Bleacher Report has the Rockets winning only 52 games in the regular season, I’m okay with that because as Rocket fans, wouldn’t you be okay? I don’t really care how many games they win regular season. They finished top four in the West. That’s I think a goal. And then as they are constructed, they’re going to make noise in the playoffs. Whether I I’d much rather them not be Cleveland last year and win 64 games in the red season and then battle injuries and then lose in the early in the playoffs. Y’all don’t want that. So if they win 52 and go to the chip, who cares? I don’t care. Bleach report predictions. That’s what they are. They’re predictions. They’re for conversation. We’re already talking about it. So, you know, who cares? But for sure, if if the Rockets start out the season 0 and two, folks are going to see, I told y’all. I told y’all blah blah blah blah blah. Whatever. Whatever. Haters going to hate. That’s what they’re going to that’s part of their their core and their who they are. They’re going to hate. Whatever. DPG, how are you doing? WK, I see your question. Get to that momentarily. And I’m surprised it’s taking this long because you know, weeks ago, I thought Tara would agree to an extension before Jabari. And I’m sure we talked about it way back then, way back then, like last month, a few weeks ago, that the conditions that you, the members of the LTHR, put on Tari, based on his injury history, they’re not going to give him what he wants. He can ask for it, but they’re not going to give it to him. So, we’ll get to that in a second. Rockets open up the season at OKC home opener against Detroit. Go Pistons. Then they’ll face the Nets on Monday the 27th. That’s should be a win for sure at the Raptors. That should be a win for sure. Next in October, uh skip excuse me, November obviously November. Busy month starting cup play. Looking forward to cup play. Hey. Hey. November 1st at Boston. November 3rd home against Dallas. The fifth at Memphis. Friday the first of four group games, group play cup games. First one at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. Central on Prime. Notice that on prime then Sunday, November 9th at Milwaukee Milwaukee 2:30 2:30 Sunday November 12th versus the Wizards and Cam Whitmore 7:00. Then the second of four cup games on November 14th home against Portland 7:00. next few games in November. Should be a good one here on the 16th. Home against Orlando. Should be a good one on the 19th on the road against Cleveland. Another cup game, third one. Friday, November 21st against Denver. That game’s going to be on Prime. 8:30 tip off followed by another 8:30 tip off. The first match up against Jaylen Green and Dylan Brooks. Monday, November 24th at Phoenix. Then the last of the four group play games in NBA Cup action for the Rockets in group C. Wednesday, November 26th at Golden State, 9:00 ESPN. And then closing out November on the 30th at Utah, 2:00 on SCN. Get back to the main screen. your thoughts on what is that f four games in October regular season then 14 or so in November rocks will be above 500 they’ll get whatever be 10 and four or whatever it whatever it is but WK asked this question here any intel on Tar’s negotiations I mean it’s like the other restricted free agents they’re asking for a Tari probably has the least leverage among this group, but he’s still asking for the moon. You know, get on him. You can ask for it. Rockinson like, “Yeah, no, no, not really. No, we can wait. We can wait.” That’s doing They’re waiting. Bobby, how are how are you? Good evening to you. And and he says, “Hello to everyone else.” Tony, Tony, you’re not wrong on this, too. You are wrong on this. It’s Ace Town. Ace Town versus everybody. Haters going to hate even if the Rockets start 2 and 0. Probably less less hate, but for sure if Shay is injured in preeason and misses the ring night game, then the folks will say, “Yeah, but Shay didn’t play in that game, so you know, it doesn’t really count.” And blah, you know, whatever. I mean, that’s what they’re going to do. Whatever. Focus on the Rockets. Just do what you got to do, you know. So, uh, Bleacher Justin says, “Bleacher Report says only 52 based on KD is the only one that can create an offense.” Okay. They won 52 last year without KD. So he’s going to help them create create offense. So that rationale is kind of strange. Now if you just said something along if they would have said something along the lines of it’s going to take a while for him to adjust to his new teammates. Okay. But I mean Shinon at the high post can help facilitate and create offense. Come on people. Lucky. How are you doing? Thank you for chiming in the conversation like the Avatar. Finally, Dante signed a 4.5 million two-year contract with the Hawks. Good. Good for him. His His time wasn’t it was gone here. It was up with the Rockets. He wasn’t nobodyies. No more room with the team. And I wish him good luck. as the Docs have on paper a what should be a good team for the Eastern Conference on paper. We’ll see. And with Chris Porzingis in consistent health, he might get more minutes there. So, hey, good for him. Solo says Shingun was hooping for Turkey yesterday. Hope he doesn’t get injured or banged up like I saw what Luca got banged up in in game action today. I think nothing serious. What is like a uh banged up knee? Something like that. It’s not not serious, but you know, part of playing part of the risk of playing for your international your home country in international competition during the offseason. That’s the risk that uh international players and their NBA teams have to accept. just hope they don’t get any and none of them none of the guys who are playing internationally for their home countries don’t want I don’t want any of them to have any serious season ending injuries they want to play for their country for and I respect that and commend that and hey go do it and I know Mark Cuban back in the day a few years ago frowned on it frowned on international competition like the Olympics and FIA and all that stuff. Guys going to hoop in the summer in summer leagues and proams and different level of physicality they may they might face in those games, but the risk of getting injured is going to be there wherever you’re playing. That’s just part of it. And Justin brings up a very good point here. Rockets hated it, but again, you know, you’re playing for your country. Yao, he he I mean, China was a little bit different. They kind of he was obligated to play for them. But different countries have different rules and expectations for their players. But the risk there again, you know, yeah, you have the wear and tear in the body, but that’s part of it. That’s part of when you draft and acquire a star international player. That’s part of it. Going to mention this now. Haven’t said it yet, but the QR code you see on the screen there, it’s for Houston Round Barview YouTube membership. And I’ll go and get in details what it is here. Explain it here with with this information right here. Two tiers of membership. All league, all world. One of the main features of it is you will receive early access to new videos that I post in that all league tiers for both tiers. See the price of it, $2.99 per month in all league, $4.99 per month, all world. See the perks offered. These live stream shows won’t change. Still going to be doing LTHR. Still going to be doing less rage cougs. Still going to be doing the takeover on Thursday. still going to be doing FTS on Sundays. Those aren’t going to change, but there will be membersonly live streams. And in those membersonly live streams, I will announce a monthly perk based on one of my sponsors for you to enjoy. So, for example, we me and Star Pizza are ironing out what the perk is going to be for the members in all world tier. Maybe I’m not going to say, but you get the idea. It might be a free pizza. It might be a free whatever. And all you have to do is go to specific Star Pizza location and say, “Hey, I’m a member of the Houston Round Bar and the the and the keyword is whatever or the word of the month is love or peace or whatever kind of thing, but you’ll get that as a member of the all world tier and only in during that live stream show.” And yes, I’ll be having members only videos, some members only shorts, some different content in there. got some ideas in my head about some members only YouTube shorts that I’m going to do different may do some from Rockets practice facility from Toyota Center from Fertida Center whatever some be quoteunquote behind the scenes stuff but just scan that code and sign up and do that Jon appreciate you for that and right now I’ve been discussing and and um informing the members info about the Cougs inside info about the Cougs uh men’s getting an early look on stuff based on what I already know. If you are a member of that, you already know about the Cougs non-conference schedule. I say it weeks ago, all the teams, all the dates. So, that’s one of the perks. And for the most part, I will post videos for members first and get early access to those videos. And then I might might make those available to everyone after about 48 hours depending on what it is. But most definitely as a member of the Houston Round Bar YouTube membership section, you’re going to get the videos first. Early access to those videos first. You members only first. And then the perks on the next tier is my way of giving back to you. and thank you for being a member of that all world tier. So, it’s of course it’s a way for me to generate some revenue revenue stream, but it’s also a way for me to give back to you saying thank you for your support. Okay, let’s do this. Good. Yeah, Josh. Hey, another example. International playing for Nigeria, playing overseas. You playing overseas, guys want to hoop. It’s a great way for them to stay in shape, also to represent their country. I commend that. I salute that. I respect it and I understand it. I have no problem with that. I hope everybody stays healthy. I’d say the same thing if guys playing in Fondi in the ProAm at Fondi. There’s a chance get hurt there, injured, hurt, whatever it happens. Prom in in DC, ProAm in New York, ProAm’s in on the West Coast, players going to hoop wherever. So, if they’re as long as they’re hooping, there’s a chance they’re going to get injured. Now, of course, insurance comes into play and all those other kind of things, but that’s kind of that’s a different that’s a different story. That’s a different conversation. All right. Besides me, beside Besides me, let’s look at these first games in regular season in October. Let’s discuss these first these first four. Besides me who’s picking the Rockets to lose to Detroit, I’m the only one I know it. I know that. I’m sure. I know that. And I respect that. So, those those first four games, give me type them up. Give me comments. 4 and 0, 3 and one, two and two. They’re not going worse than two and two. That surprised me. It still would not be the Earth is falling, Sky is falling anything, but 4 and 0, 3 and one, two and two, one of any of those. Uh, I hope Kaminga I I hope he does the he he takes the one-year offer and kind of it’s a risk, but take the one-year offer and become a UFA next off season because that screws Warriors, you know. So, I hope he does that. For the most part, there are very few careerending injuries in pro sports anymore. Now, there are season ending injuries. So, yes, that is a risk that Kaminga could would be would take by doing the one-year deal and becoming an unrestricted free agent next summer. But the money the Warriors are offering, he doesn’t want what he wants, the Warriors don’t want to offer. Who’s going to blink? I think Jonathan’s going to bet on himself and take the one-year deal. He don’t want to be there, you know. All right. Everybody’s Everybody says so far three and one. And it doesn’t really matter what the one loss is. Whatever, you know, that’s fine. No one says two and two. So Jon 3 and one, WK 3 and one, Solo 3 and one. So everybody’s agreeing with three in one. I in all honesty, I think that’s what’s probably going to happen. three and one barring an injury to a key player. And we’re not predicting three. We’re not predicting injuries. Bobby also says three and one, but Oh, DPG is going to be a little different. Oh, okay. I see you over there. Okay. But Justin with a with a point here. Kamehinga does not want to be there. He He feels right or wrong. He feels insulted. Just I mean that’s that’s it in a nutshell. And we are finding out that Kirk can’t develop players at all. Mark Jackson developed those guys. Well, I’m not going to comment too much on that. WK says there is not enough upside in that deal if you ask him. It’s really a one-year deal anyway. DP says five and two, excuse me, two and two. I could see it. And if it’s two losses, I think it’ be the first two. Losing either Brooklyn or Toronto would be surprising. Really surprising. But and WK get specific. Lose to OKC, win the others. I think that’s what most of y’all would be thinking are thinking when y’all say three and three three in one. And I I understand that. I expect that. I’m picking the Pistons to beat the Rockets because I’m a Pistons fan. That’s all. That’s all. And to just be petty. That’s all. I’m kind of curious to see how Detroit starts out with higher expectations, a healthy JI, things of that sort. We’ll see. All right, those those first four games in October regular season are done. First group in November, we got what is that? We got seven matchups here. So, what do you say in these seven? At Boston, home against the Mavs, at the Grizz, at the at the Spurs, at Milwaukee, in the Wizards, and Portland at home, those first four, seven, glancing at it, uh, what would that be? I could see four and three. Probably had worse. Four and three. I don’t know about three, maybe five and two. I can four and four four and three. Five and two. What do you say about those? We’re just going to get into the October and November tonight. We’ll get into the rest of it the schedule. I did notice and I’m sure y’all did too. I saw later on in this in this season, I saw a couple of 10 o’clock starts. 10 o’clock. 10 Central time. 10 o’clock. Oh my gosh. 10 o’clock. My old self can’t do that. 10 o’clock. Oh, I think those are Peacock games. 10 o’clock. Woo man. Solo says five and two. Uh nothing new on Malik Beasley in Detroit. He’s done. He’s done. Heck, when he got evicted, he was overseas on vacation. I mean, that kind of says a lot right there. Got evicted from his what was it? Town home, whatever. He’s on vacation overseas or hiding overseas. I don’t know. Get that stuff. He’s done with the Pistons. That’s for sure. Solah says five and two. Jayon says five and two. WK lose to Dallas or Memphis. Wow. Space Aids, how you doing? Space A says six and one. WK has one loss. Bobby says five and two. Six and one. I know what you meant. It’s okay. No worries about that. Um said lose. Oh, his his his one loss though is lose to Dallas or Memphis. H. Okay. And I forgot what is it. The Rockets have 14. I think I remember that the press release. 14 sets of backtobacks. And a few of those are home and home back to backs. Oh, that’s just awful. That’s just awful. Home and home back to backs. Oh, ick. That’s awful on on media and everybody involved home and home. Just All right, so majority of you are five and two or six and one with this group of seven. So we’re looking at after what is this first 11 games and three nine and two sounds about right. Eight and three nine and two. And then the final six games in November. What about these these six? So after 11 games, eight and three or nine and two sounds about right. Home against Orlando, at Cleveland, home against Denver, at Phoenix, at Golden State, at Utah. Four and two. I could see three and three. Yeah, I could see four and two, three and three. I could see Yeah, I could see three and three for sure. Yeah, WK says three and three. Bobby says three and three. And I’m just I think Bobby and Justin and Tony know they’ve they’ve seen the new some of the new features on on Folks Talking Sports on this past Sunday. Bobby’s comment disappeared on its own. I didn’t hide it. So that’s that’s some of the new features and functionality in this live stream platform that we’re using part of the Houston round bar view media group. So the chat box is different. You see the little header there about the number of nasty televised games. That’s do that’s different. Adding the QR code that’s different. So it’s different features. So, the story behind changing platforms was because the previous platform pissed me off and they have pissed ass customer support and overcharging me and never answering my replies. So, I left. This new platform is the platform I use on Thursday shows and I just learned how to use learn more features about it. So that’s why we are on the new platform and you’re seeing so we’re all learning. AD’s learning, Andy’s learning, Deon’s learning. So we’re all learning together. I’m a little bit ahead of them because I’ve used it longer, but we’re all learning about new things. Their stuff I’m still learning about this show, this platform. So, but I think the uh Thank you for this, Justin, about the comments. I’ll see if I can do something about that on the timing part. I don’t know if that’s me or YouTube thing or this platform’s thing. I I’ll look into that. But, um, we’re learning together. That’s that’s the beauty of it. That’s another reason why I wanted to, uh, this have this show, this edition of Let’s Talk Houston Rockets was to introduce you guys to the new platform as well as also talk about the Rocket schedule. So that’s that’s what this is about. And of course talk mention introduce you to the Houston Round Berview YouTube membership section. So bring that up as well. Um it’s just different things, different looks, different features. There’s some things. I got one more thing in my bag that you’re going to see as the show ends that I that I was like, “Oh, this is neat.” So, okay. So, we got three and three, four and two. Anybody five and one? I’d be impressed with you if you said five and one with these six games. I’ Yeah, I Yeah, that’s this a tough six. Well, there’s among these six is is some tough ones. I mean, Orlando, Cleveland, and Denver, and Golden State, that’s that’s four tough ones right there for sure. So, anybody going five and one? Anybody? Anybody being real bold and going six and 0? Real really bold. Let me know if you’re going out on that limb like that. Uh well, I mean what Jaylen wrote in his u what was it the players tribune article he you know he wrote he understood the trade and you know the rationale for it. But he’s going to give Rockets 30 at least 30 when he faces him. Well, okay. We’ll see. Tony Tony says 6 and0. And he’s he’s rolling he’s rolling the dice. All right. He’s rolling the dice on that one. All right. So, well, hey, we shall see. Mean Jayen might get 30 and Rockets might win by 20. So be another Jaylen game kind of like that. Solo says a man will lock up Jaylen. Trust. Yeah. Look I’m looking forward that match up. Yeah. All right. Let me do this. And WK says this. Let me let me do this. See how that I’m curious how that went. How many of you have prime and peacock and you know and obviously I mean the tears to watch pro sports to watch the NBA cuz the peacock tier what is that? Uh the 1099 tier is the first tier for it I think and then the next tier is like was it uh 1699. Does everybody have Prime and Peacock to watch these games? I don’t. Not yet. I don’t. But does everybody have both those platforms? And if you don’t have either platform bec are you going to get it because the NBA is now going to be on those platforms. So if you don’t have So Solo says he only has Prime. Solo, will you buy Peacock now simply to watch the Rockets or not worry about it? You you can say, “Hey, I can do without how many what is it? What is it now? Four Rockets are on Peacock four times.” You said, “I you can do without those four games, you know. Oh, and Bobby’s different. Bobby has Peacock only. He’s He’s a reverse. Okay, Bobby, for you, will you buy Prime Amazon Prime just to watch the NBA games? Or you just like, nah, I’m good with what I have. I’m not I’m not a worry about it. I can read about it the next day. I can wait. So, you know, cuz I’m I’m not going to trip if I don’t want it. I don’t have to get it. I’m not going to get it. WK says no. Peacock. Solo says he has Prime because he buys stuff from Amazon. Jon has Prime. Look at me. I’m giving plugs to Prime and Peacock. Y’all ain’t paying me squat. I’m giving y’all this attention. As Prime, not Peacock. Used to have Peacock through Xfinity, but they don’t provide as a perk. Yeah, Justin says I have it. And if you get certain services like Exfinity, well, Justin Jon says no, that’s no longer the case anymore about Peacock for free. It’s no longer a perk. And probably even if it’s free, it probably won’t be free anymore once the season starts. You may you may get the very basic peacock, but if you want to watch the NBA in college, you got to pay for that extra whatever that is. Bobby says, “Well, that’s fair. Won’t buy prime to watch the Rockets unless I find a Black Friday special.” And the NBA is gonna have some games on Black Friday. I remember reading that in the press release. And Jayon is Jayon’s where I am. Honestly, all these streaming services are outrageous. I get upset when the Astros play Friday nights on Apple TV. Agreed and understand. WK, are those games on League Pass? The exclusive ones to Peacock and Prime I don’t believe will be on League Pass. I might be wrong on that. need to find need to ask about that. Uh that’s a good question. But I think the exclusive windows for one of those streaming platforms mean that those games will be really exclusive to them and not on not on League Pass, but I’m going to look into that. So yeah, I I’ll look into that. I’ll I’ll ask see if I can find that out and uh soon maybe tonight email somebody in the league office about that. Solo we’ll be using stream. I don’t know if you should have put that out there, man. I don’t know if I should have put it up there. Tony says I won’t buy just before game. That’s about peacock. Justin where I am really. This is eventually all these services are going to be just as much as cable and folks might as well go back to cable. At least all the games will be on one service. That’s kind of where I am. A lot of stuff I have still have, like the new ESPN thing that launches this coming Thursday. I’m going to get access to it. I already have it. I already have those that stuff. Justin, interesting point here. Here’s a good thing. You can get Peacock and Prime just for basketball season, then cancel. That’s what how many months was it? seven, eight months. But yeah, Justin, I see you. There are ways to watch the games if you really want to. There are ways and you don’t have to spend the money. There are ways to do it. So yeah, I’ll say this and this will be pretty much how we’re going to wrap it up. Jon says this. I guess SCN don’t have plans in the near future to offer a streaming plan so I can cancel cable. That was one of the questions I was going to ask Gretchen Shear in my interview with her that I requested October of 2023. We are now two months away from October 2025. Still no interview with Gretton Shear. Okay. All right, everybody. Thank you very much for taking time out of your night to discuss the Rockets. First part of the Rockets schedule looking at October and November. So, we’re looking at what is that? Uh after 17 games, Rockets would be right around 12 and five, 13-4, something like that. Would y’all agree on that? 13 games in November, four regular season in October. So about 12 and 5, 130 and4. I think that sounds about right. All right, we’re going to discuss December on the next edition of Let’s Talk Houston Rockets. So join me for that. Subscribe to the Houston Round Ball Review YouTube channel. Click on the bell so you can receive notifications when that show is posted. Mr. Big Texico, how you doing? Thank you for doing chiming in. 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00:00 – Intro
04:45 – Rockets on national tv and preseason games
06:13 – What IF the Rockets start the season 0 and 2?
10:35 – Rockets and Tari Eason contract situation; games in October and November
16:24 – International players hooping for their home country
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23:07 – Predicting the Rockets’ record after first 4 games in October and the month of November
36:33 – How many of you have Prime and / or Peacock?
43:25 – Conclusion

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