Jeenathan "Nate" Williams is facing a crucial week-and-a-half in the desert. For the Houston Rockets forward, Las Vegas Summer League is serving as a bit of an audition. It's his fourth Summer League, for starters, and his $2.27 million contract becomes guaranteed money on the opening night of the NBA season.

Williams' fourth summer league in a row will commence when the Rockets play their first game against the Clippers on Friday night. Other than former No. 3 draft pick Reed Sheppard, Williams is the only player on Houston's summer league team who is currently on a standard NBA contract.

Newly acquired Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks commented Saturday on the trade that sent him from the Houston Rockets to the Suns last month.

Dillon Brooks, one of Houston's first big acquisitions in rebuild, didn't expect to be traded and will miss relationships with Rockets coaches, players.

Whereas Jalen Green said he was unsurprised by the trade, Dillon Brooks told the Chronicle he didn’t expect “at all” to leave Houston until he started hearing his name in trade rumors about a week