Dan is joined by Salman Ali (@SalmanAliNBA) from the Red Nation Hoops podcast to talk about all things Houston Rockets heading into the 2021-22 NBA season. From John Wall and Ben Simmons trades, to Christian Wood and Jalen Green, to Jae'Sean Tate and Usman Garuba, we cover it all. TIMESTAMPS⬇️ 🔘 Overall impressions of the Rockets offseason (3:57) 🔘 How will the John Wall situation end? (5:12) 🔘 Other trade candidates on the Rockets (16:01) 🔘 Can the Rockets get involved in the Ben Simmons sweepstakes? (22:41) 🔘 Christian Wood's value to Houston (24:59) 🔘 Can Kevin Porter Jr. be a full-time floor general? (30:34) 🔘 Jalen Green's role (34:18) 🔘 How will the Rockets use Alperen Sengun? (38:00) 🔘 Rookie-year expectations for Josh Christopher, Usman Garuba (44:06) 🔘 Jae'Sean Tate's ceiling (47:14) 🔘 Is Kenyon Martin Jr. a long-term keeper? (52:18) 🔘 Where will the Rockets defense and offense rank? (54:26) 🔘 Best crunch-time lineup (1:00:04) 🔘 Quirky lineups we want to see (1:01:51) 🔘 Win-total prediction (1:04:59) 🔘 Final thoughts (1:11:54) Host: @danfavale Host: @fromal09 Twitter: @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices