Even as the Houston Rockets were playing their way to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference last season, it wasn't difficult to see them as a young team that was maybe a year or two away from serious championship contention.

Rockets general manager Rafael Stone says Kevin Durant, even at age 37, brings championship qualities to Houston and worth losing Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks

In Monday’s press conference at the team’s new practice facility, general manager Rafael Stone took questions regarding the Rockets’ active 2025 offseason. The media availability was the first by Stone and the Rockets since a slew of transactions were agreed to in recent weeks.