NBA Insider Marc Stein lobbed the kind of rhetorical question that usually doubles as a soft “don’t get your hopes up”… and then didn’t pour cold water on it.
“Is VanVleet really out for the season? Not necessarily,” Stein wrote in his weekly newsletter, after speaking with Rockets' personnel in Dallas, during their game against the Mavs. According to the report, the Rockets are not guaranteeing a return in the 2025-26 season, but "they also aren’t completely ruling it out, either.”
"Word is VanVleet is working as hard as possible in his rehab from the injury to at least put a late-season return on the table.