LeBron James laughs while Kevin Durant does not waste time dissolving the new Rockets teammate

Star striker Kevin Durant begins to make himself comfortable with his new Houston Rockets teammates. For the 2025-26 season, the Rockets have actively tried to keep their nucleus intact while adding the necessary role of players and veterans to the mixture. At the start of the NBA free agency, the Rockets agreed to sign Dorian Finney-Smith on a $ 33 million contract over four years.

The addition of Finney-Smith gives Rockets more depth at both ends, especially after exchanging Dillon Brooks to the Phoenix Suns for during. This gives Houston a three and D productive player on the bench.

The striker appeared in 63 games in total (20 for the Brooklyn Nets and 43 with the Lakers) in 2024, with an average of 8.7 points and 3.9 rebounds on 41.1% three -point fire.

On Tuesday, an overview of the last episode of the Podcast “Mind The Game” by LeBron James and Steve Nash – with Durant – was shared on X (formerly Twitter). In this document, KD discussed what the team should do when the clock ends.

He explained the options that the rockets have in certain situations.

“Bring the ball to the best player, and if he shoots a mid-range at that time, then he pulls a mid-range,” said during.

The All-Star 15 times has taken a slight search at Finney-Smith, saying that the Rockets will not look for players like DFS to shoot the 3 points during this kind of situations.

“But we do not waste the stopwatch by trying to look for three, two seconds in the chronometer, and we give it – without lack of respect, Dorian Finney -Smith, with two seconds on the clock and make three.”

King James, who listened to Kevin Durant, could not help laughing at what he said, although he knows that Finney-Smith can bring a lot to the table.

Kevin During a Truth Bomb falling on the Cleveland riders

During the episode, LeBron James, Steve Nash and Kevin Durant spoke of the value that the Cleveland star Darius Garland brings to the team. Nash said that although the Garland offensive is formidable, his defensive faults make him a weak link, a statement with which during the accepted.

“If you want to beat the Cleveland cavs, you will [Darius] Garland, most of the time, “said the double champion (45:17).

Kevin Durant stressed that Garland’s size is what limits him to become a big defender on the ball. He stressed that the teams generally give the ball to their best players, who are generally larger and stronger than the Cavs star.