Ben DuBose

Ken Paxton, secret woke god?

This John Cornyn ad calling himself the “Texas Workhorse” and trying to tie Ken Paxton to drag shows and LGBTQ causes is pure comedy 😂

Just close the roof

Target for Jabari’s return is back in Houston on 3/5 vs. GSW.

Reed Sheppard starts in his place

The personal exemptions never cease to amaze

(Andrew Brandt's original tweet from April 2021 was spot on.)

Thinking this may not be the year for Mississippi State basketball

If FIFA did, for some reason, regularly give out a Peace Prize, you’d think #1 on the list of criteria for potential winners would be “do not start a war with another nation in the World Cup, directly before the start of the World Cup”

Reed Sheppard: "Watch this"

I don't know what else to say about tonight's #Rockets game other than Kevin Durant, at 37 years old — dropping 40/8 on night two of a split back-to-back versus a rested playoff team, at home — is just absurd.

Feel however you want to feel about the alleged burner stuff, but what an insane player

It's okay. The Yankees haven't opened a bottle since 2009.

Posted it last night, but they are 10-0 when holding opponents below 100, 19-1 below 105 (would be 20-0 if Tari's tip-in was a split-second earlier). Defense matters.

They are not going to bench Tari or Bari for Reed until the offensive floor is significantly higher, as you said

Not that my opinion matters, but I'm nowhere close on that, and I don't think the team is either

#Rockets are now 10-0 when they hold opponents below 100 points; 19-1 when holding opponents below 105, and it would be 20-0 if not for Tari Eason's tip in Portland being a TENTH of a second late.

This is why Ime Udoka is such a stickler for defense, it is highly correlated with their success

Sounds like the #Rockets aren’t too concerned about Amen Thompson’s quad issue, and tonight’s absence is largely precautionary on night one of a back-to-back.

The hope internally is that he’ll be back tomorrow in Orlando, but if not that, then Saturday in Miami. He will travel on the road trip.

If you count all the points the Rockets score, and you don’t for the opponent, the franchise has an all-time winning percentage of 1.000. Pretty great.

Mizzou won tonight because Dennis Gates dressed with #class like a leader of men, whereas Rick Barnes showed up in pajamas

There are folks asking for a fine/suspension when the league’s administrator didn’t even deem it a common foul, let alone anything more

It’s so weird seeing folks upset at Tari Eason when the play in question literally wasn’t even called a foul by an official a few feet away, staring right at it.

Granted, of course you can disagree with that, but maybe start the dialogue there

#Astros first-half promo schedule just dropped. Get ready for a bunch of grown adults on Elon’s app to lose their minds over a fan

Nice

‘Mr. Reliable’: Jabari Smith Jr. takes flight as Rockets rise to No. 3 in West In the first two weeks of January, fourth-year forward Jabari Smith Jr. went through a brutal eight-game shooting slump, and the Rockets were 3-5 over that span. But since mid-January, Smith’s fortune...

#Rockets team source on Jabari Smith Jr.: “He’s Mr. Reliable.”

At 22 years old, more people should be talking about the year he’s having, and especially the last 17 games (51.0% shooting, 42.6% on 3s, 64.8% TS).

For 2025-26, he’s now at career-highs in scoring, 3-pointers, and true shooting.

The people who act like he’s not a good defender because he can get beaten by a quick guard on a switch are remarkably disingenuous and bad faith.

Lowkey great

Kevin Pittsnogle

JD Davison not being active (again) seems to signal that a buyout signing is likely, IMO

nice

What if Amen Thompson with an undershirt is the best player of all-time

Jabari Smith Jr. has been lowkey awesome for a while

Jae’Sean Tate has a Grade 2 MCL sprain in his knee, per Ime Udoka. #Rockets say that’s typically a 4-6 week recovery, but they’ll have a better idea when he’s re-evaluated in two weeks.

The Toyota Center seat-renovation project is now progressing through the lower level. Upper is entirely complete.

So, if the #Rockets backdrop looks different tonight, this is probably why. (The new seats are black, old red.)