As the Houston Rockets fought to pull away from ... Vernon Maxwell, Hakeem Olajuwon, Eric Riley, Larry Robinson, Kenny Smith and Otis Thorpe. They couldn’t help but chime in.

The expectation is that the Rockets decline VanVleet's team option and re-sign him on a team-friendly deal, per Eric Pincus of Bleacher Report. The veteran point guard has been with Houston for ...