Inside the NBA’s 2025-26 Gamble: Which Teams Will Rise to Glory or Crash and Burn?
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Houston Rockets
Best-case scenario: Alperen Şengün takes “The Leap.” The Turkish big man has worked tirelessly this summer, working on becoming more comfortable around the perimeter, and gives the Rockets an additional weapon in the half-court. Houston’s next-man-up point guard approach isn’t Amen Thompson, Reed Sheppard or even Kevin Durant with all due respect. It’s Şengün as a half-court hub. The Nikola Jokić comparisons become less of a faint possibility and more of a reality. The tandem with Durant — along with improvement from Thompson, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and Sheppard — carries the Rockets all the way to the NBA Finals in June.


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