In a move that surprised no one Deshaun Watson formally asked for a trade. Gets his cake and can eat it too I suppose with the no-trade clause he has. No teams were released that he’d be so gracious to allow the Texans to trade him to, but the writing is obviously on the wall. No professional sportscast style sounder but I did hear Peter King on The Ticket in Dallas Thursday said he thinks Watson will be in Houston when the season starts. Big Pete siding with the Big Man! Check out our latest full pod. I outlined four or five reasons he won’t be traded.

Rockets d up and beat the Trailblazers 104-101. Break ‘em up. It’s their fourth straight win. Christian Wood 22p-13r… They were down TWENTY in the first. Small sample size, but it’s the first time they’ve won when being down double digits. Twitter tells us (Tim McMahon specifically courtesy of podcast Josh) that Houston is 5-3 since the trade. Not hard to do that math. BUT in that time they have THE BEST defensive rating in the NBA. It’s not for nothing. Rox look for win number five in a row Saturday in the Big Easy….  Spurs host the Nuggets tonight… Mavs are in Utah for the second straight game.

#5 Houston wins at Tulane 83-60. They get the w without Quentin Grimes. Cougars Cameron Tyson had 31 and NINE threes. UH has won seven straight…. SMU 67-65 win over visiting Memphis. Ponies would not trail after two Yor Anei FTs w/ 1:27 left. … Dr. James Naismith would’ve been proud (Maybe?) of TCU and Kansas last night. Remember he coached at Kansas.  It was 19-18 Horned Frogs at the half. They were playing for the first time in two weeks and it showed. No peach baskets in this one. Kansas won the pillow fight 59-51. …  CUSA basketball last night:  UTSA beats visiting UTEP 86-79. Jhivan Jackson 32 in the win. Guy can play. Today! They run it back. Rice and North Texas were postponed yesterday to today at 2pm.

Break up the Dallas Stars! 4-0-0. Jake Oettinger 20 saves in his first career win between the pipes. Stars beat up the Red Wings again 7-3. 7 guys with the goals and 12 different players have scored goals through the first 4 games. 

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