Locked On Rockets - Daily Podcast On The Houston Rockets

After 14 months of waiting, veteran forward Carmelo Anthony finally has the opportunity to become a Houston Rocket after clearing waivers Wednesday afternoon and becoming an unrestricted free agent.

So what should Houston fans expect from the former NBA scoring champion, who also boasts 10 All-Star appearances and three Olympic gold medals on his résumé? Former basketball scout and occasional league insider Jesus Rodriguez, who reported extensively in 2017 on Anthony's laser focus on Houston, joins the show to explain the factors luring Anthony to the Rockets and what he may have left in the tank at 34 years old. Tune in!

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Tuesday's show explores the potential pathways to a future Ryan Anderson trade and the financial ramifications of each, including why a trade for a contract also expiring in 2020 is the likely play.

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Friday's show features immediate reaction to the news of 24-year-old center Clint Capela re-signing with the Rockets on a 5-year, $90M deal, with insight from Rockets radio network host Adam Clanton.

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Thursday's show examines new comments from Carmelo Anthony about his priorities; news that prospect big man Isaiah Hartensteinsignedfor a portion of Houston's MLE; and the role of the "Mbah a Moute test" in determining the success of Daryl Morey's plan to hold most of the MLE for in-season buyouts.

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Monday's show explores the report from the NYT’s Marc Stein that Carmelo Anthony is planning to sign with Houston for the veteran minimum’s salary ($2.4M) instead of the Taxpayer MLE — and the ramifications that it has for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons.

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Bleacher Report's Kelly Scaletta joins the show to explain why he believes Carmelo Anthony would be a better fit with the Rockets than the Thunder, including how Chris Paul and James Harden could be better teammates for Melo than Russell Westbrook. Other topics discussed with Kelly include early reaction to Wednesday's blockbuster trade sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto and Demar DeRozan to San Antonio.

The closing segment of the episode examines GM Daryl Morey's decision to spurn advances from the Philadelphia 76ers to stay in Houston and why it could speak well to the financial commitment of new owner Tilman J. Fertitta.

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In our Summer League recap show, Ben explores the highs and lows from a 4-1 week for the young Rockets in Las Vegas — including brilliance from guard De'Anthony Melton, the contrast between bigs Isaiah Hartenstein and Zhou Qi, and the plethora of young wings (Danuel House, R.J. Hunter, Vincent Edwards, and Deng Adel).

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Wednesday's show features reaction to Houston's signing of 28-year-old swingman James Ennis to a minimum contract, along with news of the Rockets remaining in strong position to add Carmelo Anthony. Our Ben DuBose is joined by Karthik Prasad for analysis.

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Monday’s show explores the departure of forward Luc Mbah a Moute and the sudden need for more perimeter defense; the seemingly imminent addition of Carmelo Anthony; and early Summer League standouts, such as Isaiah Hartenstein and De'Anthony Melton.

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Friday's show explores reports of the Rockets' interest in pending free agent Carmelo Anthony, including analysis from Sirius XM and NBA TV's Brian Geltzeiler (@hoopscritic) about why many of Anthony's problems in Oklahoma City might not be the case in Houston.

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