Amen Thompson says he didn’t know that Kevin Durant took below the max salary on his #Rockets extension.
“Generous guy.”
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- Alperen Sengun on Rockets-Warriors Game 7: “I don’t think they’ve beaten us, this series. We beat ourselves, missing free throws and easy shots. When we’re locked in, we’re locked in. We have all the talent in the world. There’s no reason for us to lose this game.”
00:00 - As schools shift online, Russell Westbrook buys 650 laptops for Houston kids wp.me/p97u2s-7kX
- Kevin Durant on Reed Sheppard’s growth: “I love what Reed was. Last game, it kind of came all together, as far as how aggressive he was on both ends of the floor.” “It set the tone. We were playing our second unit, some third, and we beat a good, first-unit (Atlanta) team.”
00:00 - Reed Sheppard tells @BenDuBose that he talked to Kevin Durant after Tuesday’s loss in OKC and acknowledged that he (Reed) needs to be better at finding ways to get KD the ball. Reed also says the #Rockets are working on different ways to screen for KD and Alperen Sengun
00:00 - Steven Adams working on free throws ahead of Game 7. Steve Kerr’s Warriors sent him to the line 16 times in Game 6 (many on intentional hacks).
00:00 - Amen Thompson on watching his twin, Ausar, as the Pistons staved off elimination in last night’s Game 5 against the Knicks: “Every game they’ve won, we’ve won after. That’s what I’m gonna take from it.”
00:00 - “Me personally, I think they need to build around number 28,” Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards says of the Rockets. “That dude is something serious. We had to game plan for him.”
- Jabari Smith Jr. on Amen Thompson’s shot: “He has a lot more confidence in it, especially his mid-range coming off of pick-and-rolls. It looks a lot better, a lot more fluid.” “If he’s making shots, it makes us a totally different team, and him a totally different player.”
00:00 - #Rockets legend and Hall of Famer Calvin Murphy with some pregame words for Jalen Green.
- Jabari Smith Jr. warming up for Rockets-Warriors Game 7.
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- #Rockets GM Rafael Stone, asked about the motivating factors to trade for Kevin Durant: “He’s Kevin Durant.”
- Since trading James Harden, Houston has NBA’s No. 3 defense
