Another guard on the roster, Reed Sheppard, is expected to continue to grow as well. Stone shared a quick challenge during that interview with the media on Sheppard. “Reed (Sheppard) is just going to have to be real good for us, period.”
Source: Clutch Points
Source: Clutch Points
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Salman Ali @SalmanAliNBA
By February, the Rockets will have over $40 million in tradable salary that doesn’t include Fred VanVleet, Kevin Durant, or any of their young pieces.
Incredible work by Rafael Stone. – 2:23 PM
By February, the Rockets will have over $40 million in tradable salary that doesn’t include Fred VanVleet, Kevin Durant, or any of their young pieces.
Incredible work by Rafael Stone. – 2:23 PM
Adam Wexler @AdamJWexler
Official: #Rockets announced the 7-team trade to acquire Kevin Durant & Clint Capela w/ Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, the LA Lakers, Minnesota & Phoenix. Details below plus comments from GM Rafael Stone & HC Ime Udoka on Durant & outgoing Jalen Green & Dillon Brooks. pic.x.com/dtjkbJRk8b – 3:51 PM
Official: #Rockets announced the 7-team trade to acquire Kevin Durant & Clint Capela w/ Atlanta, Brooklyn, Golden State, the LA Lakers, Minnesota & Phoenix. Details below plus comments from GM Rafael Stone & HC Ime Udoka on Durant & outgoing Jalen Green & Dillon Brooks. pic.x.com/dtjkbJRk8b – 3:51 PM
Salman Ali @SalmanAliNBA
So the Rockets have essentially locked in on the young core they want to keep (for now):
Alperen Sengun
Amen Thompson
Jabari Smith
Reed Sheppard
Tari Eason – 4:26 PM
So the Rockets have essentially locked in on the young core they want to keep (for now):
Alperen Sengun
Amen Thompson
Jabari Smith
Reed Sheppard
Tari Eason – 4:26 PM
More on this storyline
Adam Wexler: #Rockets mini-camp roster for Summer league includes Reed Sheppard, Nate Williams & N’Faly Dante, also @UHCougarMBK Mylik Wilson. Rockets asst coach Garrett Jackson is HC for @NBASummerLeague -via Twitter @AdamJWexler / July 7, 2025
Over multiple weeks of discussions with Phoenix, with Rockets general manager Rafael Stone leading the talks, Houston maintained a firm stance in its refusal to include young players like Reed Sheppard, Jabari Smith Jr. and Tari Eason, team sources told The Athletic. The Rockets refused to give up the Suns’ 2027 and 2029 first-round selections as well, no matter how motivated the Suns were to recoup those prized picks (they sent them to Brooklyn in the February 2023 Durant deal, and the Rockets landed them in a June 2024 deal with the Nets). -via New York Times / June 22, 2025
The Suns’ conversations focused on the Rockets and Heat in recent days, but both teams showed an unwillingness to part with young cornerstones such as Jabari Smith Jr. and Reed Sheppard (Houston) and Kel’el Ware (Miami) in a Kevin Durant deal, sources said. -via ESPN / June 22, 2025