The “very quiet surgery” is minor in nature and the Rockets officials “did not give it a second thought.” As a result, Houston remain unfazed by the new development and the injury is not expected to affect Durant’s availability for the start of the new season.

Aziz is likely to join his siblings Abi (Oklahoma) and Abdullah (Detroit Mercy), who each followed their dad to Division I hoops, as he already holds offers from other major college programs, including Cincinnati, Oklahoma State, Stanford, TCU, Virginia Tech and Xavier.

Regarded as one of the NBA's greatest scorers ever, along with accolades to prove it, the Rockets' newest star found himself ranked No. 13 overall on Bleacher Report’s new Top 100 players of all time list.

The Rockets are opening up a 2025-26 roster spot by waiving Nate Williams, who had been on a non-guaranteed minimum contract with the Rockets.

Holiday signed as a free agent with Houston on July 10, 2023. In two seasons with the Rockets, he has appeared in 140 games with four starts while averaging 14.9 points, 3.9 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 steals per 36 minutes played. Holiday also shot 39.2% from 3-point range and 88.5% from the foul line over that span.

The first Rocket featured on was Dikembe Mutombo (No. 81), who spent five seasons with the team toward the end of his career. The first Houston icon on the list was Tracy McGrady (No. 59), who racked up multiple All-Star and All-NBA appearances with the franchise. Continue reading

Since his trade to Houston and the No. 7 jersey choice became official, Kevin Durant is the NBA’s top seller among 2025-26 jerseys, per Fanatics.

Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a Denver native and graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, and a noted fan of pull-up threes, wide-receiver passes and a good hot fudge sundae.