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Between Two Beers Podcast: Steven Adams shares his incredible journaling technique to help quieten self doubt. "I write down exactly how I feel. Raw emotions. Whatever it is, the word, I'm just writing it down." "I imagine that as like a 10-year-old Steven. And then my response is an adult Steven."
Coty M. Davis: #Rockets Amen Thompson at LCA tonight for Ausar. #Pistons
Other than KD, are there any players you take things from? Baba Oladotun: I take a lot from LeBron's game, just his IQ and how he sees the court. And I also take a lot from Bam Adebayo, just like his footwork in the four. My middle name's Adebayo, actually, so like, that's a fun fact. But I take a lot from just how he's poised inside the mid post and stuff. And I also take a lot from Jabari Smith. This is his catch-and-shoot game. Obviously,he's not like a superstar in the NBA, but I like the way his play style. And then Brandon Ingram, like, gets his spots, rising over defenders.
Rivers doubled down by saying Green is a future Hall-of-Famer, but not because of his offense. “You were the luckiest basketball player I think I’ve ever seen,” Rivers said. “You were drafted to a franchise with a Hall of Fame front office, Hall of Fame coach, the greatest shooter of all-time and perhaps a top-five player of all time … not to mention one of the most lethal scorers of all time and arguably a top-10 player of all time, Kevin Durant, the same guy you chased off because you talk too much. “There are clips of you getting a rebound and driving in a straight line and getting a wide-open layup because everyone’s fanning out to guard the actual talent on the team. Steve Kerr made your career. How dare you? Coming at me, ‘Oh, I wish I could give my son $200 million if I was a coach.’ Yeah, the NBA doesn’t give coaching jobs to guys who may or may not sucker punch one of the players and staff.”
Austin Rivers responds to Draymond Green for his, “disrespectful,” comments yesterday: pic.twitter.com/7ZV2fJg2Ts
— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) May 5, 2026
Varun Shankar: Rafael Stone, asked if Reed Sheppard is Houston's starting point guard down the road. "My expectation for him is he should be. I think he should be a really good one. I think that's his expectation for himself as well."
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Ayton averaged 11.8 points and 10.8 rebounds in 31 minutes per game in the Lakers’ first-round series, mostly out-playing Rockets center Alperen Şengün. Nikola Jokić, Karl-Anthony Towns, Jayson Tatum and Şengün were the only other players to average at least 10 points and 10 rebounds in the first round. “DA’s had a great season. He was instrumental in us getting past Houston,” Redick said. “I think his … his, like, baseline of who he is every day for the last two, two and a half months has been awesome. And I know his teammates, certainly the staff, we’ve all embraced him all season long. Again, he’s the person that changes our ceiling the most.”
Serge Ibaka: “Best OKC player of all time: Shai or Kevin Durant?” Chet Holmgren: “I’d say probably Shai.” Serge Ibaka: “Shai or Russell Westbrook?” Chet Holmgren: “Uh, Shai.”
Stone said he doesn’t believe in “going to get a point guard because they’re a point guard.” He explained that rather than acquire a strong ballhandler and passer who is a weak defender and shooter, the Rockets would rather cobble the point guard position together. “No one guards (some point guards) after they make the initial pass and then on the other end, they’re just a sieve,” he said. “And those players do exist in the NBA. There’s quite a few of them and they’re available. But I didn’t think that would make us better on the whole.”
“I don’t see (team governor) Tilman (Fertitta) ever wanting to take a step back that isn’t strategic,” Stone said. “If we weren’t (in the tax), it’s because of some opportunity to do something else that is basketball related.”
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ClutchFans: Ime Udoka on if the offense will be different next year -- he says he expects to play differently offensively next year just based on the personnel that was missing (Fred, Adams, KD at the end). He says he does not see any changes to the coaching staff.
Varun Shankar: Stone: "The offseason plan isn't, '[FVV/Adams are] coming back, it's fine.' "I think it's much more looking at our young guys and saying, 'You guys need to improve.'" Stone noted that the young guys showed improvement throughout the 25-26 season.
James' 139 total points in the series led both teams; the closest player to James in scoring in the series was Houston's Alperen Sengun, who scored 122 total points. This is another longevity record that James has taken from a fellow Laker legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The Lakers legend owned the record since 1985-86 when, in the second round of the playoffs, he scored 176 total points over six games (29.3 points per game).
Michael Scotto: The Sacramento Kings are naming Saagar Sarin as general manager of their G League affiliate, the Stockton Kings, league sources told @hoopshype. Sarin is also Sacramento’s senior director of pro personnel. Previously, he worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets.