Thursday’s new episodes of The Lager Line (sponsored by Clutch City Lager of Karbach Brewing) and Locked on Rockets have insight and analysis on Houston’s newly released 2024-25 season schedule.
With commentary by Ben DuBose, Jackson Gatlin, and Paulo Alves, both podcasts explore key takeaways from the schedule release.
From a Houston perspective, discussion topics include:
- A manageable start to the 2024-25 schedule, with 11 home games out of Houston’s first 18 contests and only three contending opponents in its first 11 games;
- What appears to be a more challenging second half of the season, with a stretch of 13 of 17 road games in early 2025 and a difficult closing stretch in March and April;
- Potential February 2025 trade deadline considerations, in the event of a slower-than-expected start to the season;
- Expectations for the Rockets at the Emirates NBA Cup 2024, i.e. the second year of the NBA’s new in-season tournament;
- Initial predictions for the Houston’s 2024-25 season record, which comes in the aftermath of a 41-41 campaign with the largest annual wins increase (19) of all NBA teams.
Both episodes can be listened to below, or through all major podcast distributors under The Lager Line and Locked on Rockets.
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