The Houston Rockets are hitting the ground running in Las Vegas as the franchise prepares to enter Phase 2 of its extended rebuild.
Fred VanVleet and Jalen Green are nowhere to be found on the floor at NBA Summer League, but the Rockets' collection of youngsters and journeymen have already made quite the statement in the desert. Houston enters Monday night's game sporting a 5-0 mark in Summer League, with a championship chance now awaiting in a contest against the Cavaliers. For an organization that's experienced little but extended bouts of losing across the last three years, a Summer League crown could serve a symbolic stepping stone.