The Sean Salisbury Show

On a bit of a hot streak in the NBA with four straight wins looking to make it five tonight against the Mavericks, the Houston Rockets have sprung themselves into the playoff conversation as we dwindle down to the last few games of the season. With roughly 15 games left, the Rockets who once were the 2nd seed in the Western Conference are now the 5th seed one game exactly behind the Los Angeles Lakers. Hearing a very familiar voice on the Rockets play-by-play games in the evenings, none other than Craig Ackerman joins the show this morning and references the Rockets phenomenal turnaround season. Relaying to what he's seen this season as we approach playoffs, Craig shares a bit of his take on the Rockets as we get ready to roll into the postseason along with what the young core must do to stay a contender for the playoffs with teams around them beginning to hit their stride now as we approach the end of the season.

With spring training coursing on as we get closer and closer to Opening Day for the Astros and the league, lots of talk has risen in regards to rather or not the Astros are ready to contend for the division. Still testing players and prospects to decide and figure who fits where, the Astros seem to have the ball rolling a bit better than expected. Covering all the spring training updates and providing constant insight as the Astros enter a new era rolling into the 2025 MLB season reporter from the Chron Dot Com, Leah Vann joins the guys discussing what to look forward to as spring training rolls on and what to expect as the season closely approaches.

With the NFL's free agency madness continuing on and possibly carrying on into today, the Texans seem to have ushered into a new era in their organization following their offseason moves since the end of the season with the Super Bowl. Following the madness in this years free agency and with the shocking release of former Texans OT Laremy Tunsil yesterday, chatter has begun circling around the actual reason of why Tunsil was released. Acquiring Laken Tomlinson in replace of Laremy's departure now with the trade final, lots of talk has raised in regards to what may have been the underlying issue in Tunsil's departure. Assessing the Texans shocking moves in this years free agency, Sean and Brian take a moment discussing a few things that were stated officially to have went on throughout the entirety of the 2024 season that may've lead to Laremy Tunsil's departure to Washington.

With the NFL Free Agency period kicking off yesterday afternoon, teams across the league waste no time in the legal tampering followed with a few shocking trades announced throughout the day. With the Jets moving on from Aaron Rodgers and handing the realm over to Justin Fields, to D.K. Metcalf being traded to the Steelers is just the tip of the ice in this years free agency madness. Noting the Raiders quarterback situation the organization forwardly announces their new starting quarterback now to be Geno Smith followed by Seattle inquiring and signing Minnesota's quarterback, Sam Darnold as his replacement. Noting the Texans a bit active early-on in this free agency in comparison to last years, yesterday the Texans traded OT Laremy Tunsil to the Washington Commanders in exchange for two 2025 third and seventh round picks followed by two 2026 second and fourth round picks tossed in with a 2025 fourth-round pick for Washington. Sean and Brian pose with the Texans not bringing back Stefon Diggs followed by trading for Lermey Tunsil and acquiring new players like Christian Kirk aiming to fix a few issues around the team, are the Texans ushering into a new culture shift rolling into the 2025 season?

Over the course of the weekend tremendous news broke around the NFL regarding trade deals, extension signings, and more. With legal tampering taking in full effect today, organizations across the NFL waste no time in scooping and signing players to their roster for the 2025 season over the weekend. With huge trades breaking like Devante Adams to the Rams followed by Geno Smith sent to Las Vegas, no one seems to be completely off the table in regards to the tampering around the league. Also highlighting a couple of huge extensions, Josh Allen reaches a 6-year $330M with $250M guaranteed which happens to be the largest guarantee given to an NFL player followed with Myles Garrett signing a 4-year extension averaging $40M a year with $123.5 guaranteed. Noting all the signings and extensions leaves many questioning what may the city of Houston tend to do next? As contracts and rookie deals begin to expire Sean and Brian pose to listeners, what could Will Anderson Jr's. contract extension tend to look like, if the Texans do decide to resign him?