The Los Angeles Lakers will not be short on competition for Western Conference supremacy. The blood bath between juggernauts will be made all the more challenging if Alperen Sengun brings back his excellent EuroBasket form to the Houston Rockets in 2025-26.
Houston made their big play of the offseason when they acquired Kevin Durant in a trade with the Phoenix Suns. They even added some key role players in instances like stealing Dorian Finney-Smith directly from the Lakers.
However, the major reason why many would have found those additions so intimidating had to do with the rapidly improving young core which the Rockets possess.