On Tuesday evening, the Houston Rockets dropped to 0-1 on the young 2025 NBA season with a brutal double overtime road loss against the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. This was a wild contest, but ultimately, a foul from Kevin Durant on league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with less than three seconds to go spelled the Rockets' fate.
The Rockets got a huge game out of Alperen Sengun in this one, but one thing that became evident was the team's lack of a floor general to get the offense situated. In fact, during NBA insider Chris Haynes' live watch-along show “The Association,” he revealed a high-profile former NBA player who noted the same issue.
“ John Wall FaceTimed me during the show on his day off to weigh in on Rockets’ point guard situation,” reported Haynes on X, f