Michael Shapiro is a sports reporter for Chron, covering the Astros, Rockets, Texans and every team in town. Michael is a ...

The addition of Kevin Durant has fans of the Houston Rockets salivating over the team's potential next season. Fans and pundits alike are expecting deep postsea ...

The Houston Astros limped through much of July with a bruised and battered lineup, filled with rookies and replacement players. August will start with two welcomes for manager Joe Espada's nightly ...

Law enforcement arrested Marcus Morris at a Florida airport after he wrote bad checks totaling $265,000 to two Las Vegas ...

The Los Angeles Clippers have reunited with veteran NBA star Chris Paul this offseason. Paul signed a one-year, $3.6 million ...

James Harden has landed in China. Staff quickly redirected Harden after the larger crowd created an overwhelming scene at the car park exit.

Like many tall basketball players with above-average shooting ability, Jabari Smith Jr. often tried to emulate Kevin Durant. For the 22-year-old forward, Durant’s archetype was something of a ...

If you look at athleticism as a whole, with speed, strength, jumping... I don’t think anybody is as fast as him and jumps as ...

He’s just gotten so much better at reading the gane and making the simple play,” Jabari Smith Jr. says of Rockets star ...

ESPN put out free agency power rankings on July 30, ranking each NBA team’s offseason. The Houston Rockets came in second ...

Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins did not hold back in criticizing the Philadelphia 76ers president, Daryl Morey. The ...