With Alperen Sengun spending more time than usual in Turkey in the 2025 offseason, the Rockets sent even more big names there ...

The Houston Rockets are entering a new era of contending led by Head Coach Ime Udoka, who has drastically turned the franchise around. He led Houston back to th ...

Before Garrett Jackson and Mike Moser became NBA assistant coaches under Ime Udoka, they played AAU basketball for Udoka's ...

Over the weekend Udoka was asked about this on ESPN during the broadcast of the Summer League game between the Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets. Ime Udoka: "I've never locked up Kevin Durant.

Rockets head coach Ime Udoka talks about adding Kevin Durant to his team and the significance of his arrival.

What did you take away from your time with Ime Udoka and his emphasis on defense in Houston? Cam Whitmore: I mean you said it yourself on the defensive end. You can’t get on the floor without defense.

Kyrie Irving: Ime Udoka literally went to the Boston Celtics after coaching with us in Brooklyn. That was crazy, bro. You know, that was crazy. We had Ime Udoka literally go to Boston the next year.

Udoka, a former NBA player who played for seven seasons in the NBA, was precisely the type of coach the Rockets needed to guide their young team.

Kyrie Irving said that Udoka's intimate knowledge of Brooklyn's strengths and weaknesses was a key factor in Boston's first round playoff sweep.

Rockets head coach Ime Udoka was honest about how his defensive history with Kevin Durant when he was a player in the NBA.

Apr 26, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka (right) talks with forward Amen Thompson (1) during the second quarter of game three of first round for the 2024 ...