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Alperen Sengun
Candidate for Most Improved Player
Sengun has been selected among the three finalists for the NBA Most Improved Player of the Year award.
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Cam Whitmore
Streaming appeal down the stretch
Whitmore ranks eighth league-wide with 20.6 shot attempts per 36 minutes since Feb. 1, ranking behind Jaren Jackson and ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
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Dillon Brooks
Appears in 65th contest
Brooks logged his 65th appearance Sunday and has met the minimum games-played requirement to be eligible for regular-season awards.
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Alperen Sengun
Likely done for season
Sengun has suffered a Grade 3 ankle sprain that will likely keep him sidelined for the rest of the season, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.
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Steven Adams
Symbolic addition for Houston
Houston acquiring Adams "makes it "very, very likely" the Rockets will operate above the salary cap this summer," Ben DuBose of USA Today reports. Adams is out for the year while recovering from knee surgery.
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Jabari Smith
Back-to-back Rising Star
Smith is among 10 second-year players selected to participate in the Rising Stars Game at NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Jermaine Samuels
Among G League's top performers
Samuels headlines the cast of G League stars set to play in the Up Next Game at NBA All-Star Weekend.
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Jalen Green
Cognizant of style choices
Green addressed his efforts to be aggressive strategically as opposed to prioritizing downhill power and speed on all his possessions, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Dillon Brooks
Could continue bounce-back
Brooks is connecting on 41.0 percent of 4.5 threes per game this season after hitting just 32.6 percent of 6.0 threes per game with Memphis last season.
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Jock Landale
On the block
Landale is a top trade candidate for the Rockets before Feb. 8's trade deadline, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Victor Oladipo
Trade candidate
Oladipo's $8.8 salary makes him a prominent trade candidate for the Rockets entering Feb. 8's deadline, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Jalen Green
Won't be moved to bench
Rockets coach Ime Udoka said Tuesday that he won't move Green to the bench despite his struggles, via Coty Davis of SI.com.
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Jae'Sean Tate
Could be dealt
Tate is a candidate to be dealt ahead of the Feb. 8 trade deadline, Sam Vecenie of The Athletic reports.
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Tari Eason
Draws praise from Stone
Rockets general manager Rafael Stone said in an interview with Kelly Iko of The Athletic that Eason is "extraordinarily gifted" on the defensive end.
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Jabari Smith
Making second-year jump
Smith is averaging 12.9 points, 8.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists on 49.3/37.0/72.2 shooting splits across his first 21 appearances in 2023-24.
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Tari Eason
Trending upward
Eason logged a season-high 27 minutes in consecutive games Monday and Wednesday, averaging 21.5 points, 14.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting 56.3 percent from the field.
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Fred VanVleet
Bricking layups
VanVleet is shooting 31.5 percent on layups this season, missing 37 of 55 attempts through his first 20 games.
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Alperen Sengun
Cog of Houston's offense
Sengun ranks second in total possessions spent as a roll man, while the Rockets incorporate rollers on a league-high 8.4 percent of possessions.
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Cam Whitmore
Cooking in the G League
Whitmore leads all G League qualifiers with 26.9 points per game through 10 contests this season.
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Fred VanVleet
Playing heavy minutes for Houston
VanVleet is averaging a league-high 37.9 minutes per game this season, but he told Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle on Monday that he prefers it that way.
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Aaron Holiday
Gaining confidence in shot
Holiday is making 48.5 percent of his shots from the field and 43.4 percent from three over 18 games this season.
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Alperen Sengun
Excelling in Year 3
Sengun averaged 20.2 points, 9.1 rebounds and 5.6 assists while shooting 56.7 percent from the field through Houston's first 15 games.
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Reggie Bullock
Could have other suitors
Bullock has logged just 64 total minutes for the Rockets this season and could be dealt to a better mutual fit, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Jeff Green
Financial trade chip
Green could be a trade chip for the Rockets prior to February's trade deadline, Michael Scotto of USA Today reports.
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Dillon Brooks
Displaying impressive efficiency
Brooks is shooting a career-high 47.7 percent from the field and 45.0 percent on 4.0 three-point attempts per contest across his first 15 appearances this season.
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