More from Jabari Smith Jr. today on Rockets’ edge after last year’s Round 1 exit.
“If you don’t have that chip on your shoulder and you were on that team last year, you got a problem.”
Jabari Smith Jr. on the Rockets’ sense of urgency in 2026-27: “We haven’t done anything. We have nothing to look back and be proud of.”
“Everybody around the organization knows we’re better than what we put out in the playoffs. We’re just going to put our heads down and work.”