As the Houston Rockets enter the 2025-26 NBA season, almost everyone on the team will need to conform to a new set of responsibilities given the team's acquisition of superstar scorer Kevin Durant and their loss of starting point guard Fred VanVleet.
Yet, early in training camp, Durant has already been impressed by the team's ability to communicate with one another, and, if Durant's comments prove true, the team could quickly reassemble itself into contenders once the season begins.
Whenever any team acquires a player of Durant's caliber, there will always be questions surrounding their ability to alter their scheme and their play-style around that player's gravity, but the Rockets, insofar as they are versatile within their rotations, are also well-poised to make this change quickly.