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Preview: Hawks set for season finale vs. Rockets Share this story POOL PHOTOS-USA TODAY Sports The Atlanta Hawks (40-31) will take on the Houston Rockets (16-55) Sunday evening as the 2021 Southeast Division Champions, with the Miami Heat’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday evening clinching the accomplishment. It is the Hawks’ first division championship since 2015. The Hawks still have a great deal to play for Sunday evening, potentially, as a win combined with a loss by the New York Knicks would seal the No. 4 seed and homecourt advantage in the first round for Atlanta. However, if ...

Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images The Washington Wizards are currently one of the hottest NBA teams right now. They have won nine of their last ten games. Bradley Beal is the NBA’s leading per game scorer. Daniel Gafford’s trade deadline deal is nothing less than a grand slam home run for General Manager Tommy Sheppard. And Russell Westbrook, another first-year Wizard, is probably going to average a triple-double this season. Because of the Wizards’ rise in the standings and power rankings in April, we’re openly wondering if the Wizards can make the playoffs at this point.

Woj: Nets among teams talking to Rockets about P.J. Tucker in ‘recent weeks’ Share this story Photo by Troy Fields/NBAE via Getty Images Another veteran player has been sent home while their team searches for a trade partner ... and once again, the Nets are seen as a possible landing spot the result of a trade deadline deal or a buyout. The Rockets, losers of 14 straight, have agreed to let P.J. Tucker, their 35-year-old defensive specialist, leave the team after he balked at playing Thursday night, irked that he still hasn’t been traded. Like Blake Griffin, who joined the Nets after a...

A report says the Houston Rockets are not interested in future picks and instead want proven young players in exchange for P. J. Tucker or Victor Oladipo.

Originally posted on Hoops Rumors  |  By Alex Kirschenbaum  |  Last updated 3/3/21 Nets guard James Harden will have his No. 13 jersey retired by his former team, the Rockets, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. In a 132-114 victory tonight, Harden recorded a triple-double in his first game against his Houston since being traded earlier this season. The loss marks Houston’s 13th straight. “James Harden will always be a Rocket,” team owner Tilman Fertita said over text. “Of course, we will retire his jersey. He made my firs...