Jeenathan "Nate" Williams is facing a crucial week-and-a-half in the desert. For the Houston Rockets forward, Las Vegas Summer League is serving as a bit of an audition. It's his fourth Summer League, for starters, and his $2.27 million contract becomes guaranteed money on the opening night of the NBA season.

Here we will look at and discuss the biggest mistake that the Houston Rockets may have made during the 2025 NBA free agency.

Nate Williams and Reed Sheppard are the only players on the Rockets' roster playing in summer league. Williams isn't sweating his non-guaranteed contract.

Hearing that stuff is pretty cool,” Reed Sheppard says of Houston making him off-limits during recent trade talks. “It gives me a lot of confidence.”

NBA veteran Gilbert Arenas debates whether or not the Houston Rockets should feel pressure to win a championship after adding Kevin Durant this summer.

R afer Alston became a fan favorite in Houston during the 2000s with his energetic demeanor and flashy play as a point guard for the Houston Rockets. Alston now has a new role in the Bayou City after being announced Wednesday as the new head coach at the Lutheran South Academy.

To celebrate July 13 — otherwise known as 7/13, i.e. the digits of Houston’s original area code — the Rockets are hosting a weekend-long celebration.

Starting lineups have yet to be released by either team, but the consensus around the Houston Rockets is that they will be led by second-year guard Reed Sheppard, who is preparing to take on an increased role next season. He will use the Summer League as a building block for the upcoming regular season this year.

Vera Clinic, Europe’s leading center for hair transplantation and regenerative medicine, is now the official hair transplant partner of the Houston Rockets, one of the most iconic members of the National Basketball Association (NBA).