Ime Udoka & Rafael Stone | Houston Rockets Trade Deadline Press Conference | 2025-2026 NBA Season
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka and general manager Rafael Stone NBA trade deadline press conference.
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31 Comments
Sad day
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Okay Stone…you didnt wanna make a move because of the salary cap, fine..but making a move at least in the buyout market makes sense. You can easily recover from our 2021 draft blunder.
2021 NBA DRAFT
PICK 23: Osman Garuba 🚀
PICK 24: Josh Christopher 🚀
PICK 25: Cam Thomas (NETS)
So, looking back on it, Cam Thomas should've been a Rocket and came to Houston with ALP & Jalen Green all along…still time to correct the mistake and get Cam. We need a bucket getter, we struggle on offense. Do the right thing Stone. Get our guy we should've gotten years ago. 🚀
For being a "lawyer", not the sharpest tool in the shed. Having said that, I don't mind us not doing anything. We weren't going to win a chip anyways. Feel bad for KD though.
Cam Thomas would be a nice pickup. We need scoring off bench.
Honestly, I agree with stone, what move what we would have made to make this team better at the deadline without gutting our youth, again not defending what this team did at the deadline, especially considering the lateral and did absolutely fucking nothing at the trade deadline, but this whole team played so bad yesterday that there’s more underlying issues to just getting a point guard, Amen Thompson Developing a Jump Shot? Alperen Sengun not being consistent? Kevin Durant also played bad yesterday? And also Ime Udoka is not a offense coach at all while he tries and pretends to fucking be, while all the more to add to the pile of trash which is injuries, Steven Adams and FVV all out this year, so was it really our year? no
Stone has to be legally blind if he think this team is top tier.
Rafael stone what dam rock you living under this is not a championship team now you sound delusional as hell with no dam point guard
Time is not 37yo’s “friend”.
This is not a championship team stone!? WTF you wasting a quantum slim reaper, and all on this offa the power of friendship and just chunking it up to injuries. No one cares about injuries now I see you probably couldn’t make a move at the deadline but you must pick up some one off waivers to help with the guard position and a 3rd back up big. U can’t bank on Kd doing this at 38 and Fred, stevo coming in next year at their best
Professional nothing sayer
Stone just isn't a dynamic GM. Not proactive at all.
Waste of a season. This guy gave Barkley, Shaq and Kenny Smith more reasons to talk mess about the rockets. This team couldn't even beat Boston's bench players.
Rockets all day!!! I’m not shaking in my boots like majority of you. They gonna figure it out….and once they do….🚀🚀⬆️⬆️💯💯
Lol Ime looking like. I’m waiting for Raphael to say something goofy.
Yea, if they don't anything in the buyout market, this season is officially over.
there were really 0 floor generals that we could've got 😭 that's crazy
Great question Jackson in press conference.
Let's go Eason coming to free agency and landing in Phoenix 🐦🔥🙏💯
Steven Adams and Fvv PMO so much bro . What could y'all possibly have been doing where you're not out for 1 month you're not out for 2 months you're out for the YEAR. miss me with that bs
These guys sound like stutering stanley.. studyering 😅😅😅stanley
Nobody is really blaming Durant (YET) and these guys are already to defend him. Everyone wants our players, everyone would want Durant.. its over buddy. You guys are already seeing it
After you guys get your ass kicked in the playoffs.. Durant wil become unhappy and blaming everyone but himself. He wants out and you better trade him were he wants to go.. sound familiar? This is a recording
You have no offense. You have( iso ball) you lost your edge to. He is in Phoenix (brooks)😅😅
Get rid of this GM asap man, it’s embarrassing
“Is this just not our year?” WOW what an embarrassment
Gm is skid acting cheap!! Gm use make some real good decisions!! Landry's doing pretty good!
Im embarrassed at the GM approach .Forst off the coaching is so 90s depending on having a big line up rebounding the ball and hoping that the players make the bestbof it .We have to hood reliable scorers except KD ,everone else dose the same thing ,the team has no shooters ,Sheppard had a good month then reality sank in. We dont even play Jeff green who can actually score ,.We dont have a guard who can make us play better in the half court and we didnt make a move smh.
🚀🏀THE REASON IS…
*The Sports Media decided to embrace & glorify a team before any consistency of winning…
*Again, actually, TeamRockets rushed their REBUILD!
*Then, compounded that with high expectations.
*Note: The players are athletic & talented, but lacking BBIQ!
*Also, almost all players are deficient on one side of the ball, (collectively it creates a coach's nightmare)!
Note: TeamRocks can FIX all issues in 2027, (certain players must go…)!
#IF-Rebuild-Trust-the-Process!!
#The-BALL-doesn't-LIE!
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hlf uwon2
After all these trade we might have the worst roster in the nba with KD
You did nothing. Just hoping for the best. Thats not good enough.
Leslie alexander why you sold the team??????
OHH WELL