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The Rockets are reportedly looking to shell out some serious money to sign top free-agents guards like Chris Paul or Brandon Jennings - a move that puts Jeremy Lin in odd position to continue playing in Houston.
James Harden in Hong Kong, Taiwan.
The Houston Rockets are really planning to make a big offseason splash as they try to pursue Chris Paul and Dwight Howard when these two high-profile free-agents hits the market, a source close to situation reported on Monday.
The second version of the Dwight Howard saga is about a month away from officially starting with the July 1 NBA free agency kickoff looming, but the buzz is already beginning to spread that maybe-just maybe-the Los Angeles Lakers' dominant center might take his talents to Houston.
If there was any team to look forward to in the coming years-aside from the Miami Heat-it would be the Houston Rockets.
All in all, Jeremy Lin's 2012-13 NBA season as a Houston Rocket was pretty much a rollercoaster.
In sports, opportunity created by injury is a two-way street; it can work for you and it can work against you sometimes.
This probably wasn't the playoff debut that Jeremy Lin or his fans had in mind.
So far, Jeremy Lin's first foray into the grueling world of the NBA Playoffs hasn't been great.
An MRI done on Houston Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin revealed that the fan favorite NBA player suffered a bruised chest muscle, but X-rays are negative as he is listed day-to-day.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook each scored 29 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder eked out a 105-102 victory over the Houston Rockets in Game 2 of their Western Conference first-round playoff series at Chesapeake Energy Arena on Wednesday.
Jeremy Lin went down with an injury as the Houston Rockets came up just short, dropping Game 2 to the Oklahoma City Thunder 105-102, letting the Thunder take a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series.
Sunday night was Jeremy Lin's first ever NBA playoff game in his four-year career, a monumental moment in any basketball career. The stakes were never higher, the pressure was never greater and the spotlight had rarely ever been brighter, except after the first two weeks of "Linsanity" that swept the world last year.
What will it take for the Houston Rockets to win the Championship? A lot, says sophomore guard Jeremy Lin; but it won't stop them from achieving it.
Two of the most exciting teams in the NBA meet one last time this season in a match-up with huge playoff implications as James Harden, Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets (45-36) take on Dwight Howard, Steve Nash and the L.A. Lakers (44-37) Wednesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Calif.
