Rockets 2025-26 season in review: Amen Thompson

The Houston Rockets have been stress-testing the concept of the point guard for a long time. Astute Dream Shakers will know that I’ve taken this angle before. Let’s speed run it. Mike D’Antoni moved James Harden from the two to the one. Harden left, and Kevin Porter Jr. larked as a point guard for a while. When it was time to be serious, the Rockets brought in Fred VanVleet, who is as undeniably a point guard as epistemologically possible. VanVleet gets hurt for the year. Back to square one. We’