{"podcast":{"title":"Hardwood Knocks: An NBA Podcast","slug":"hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","podcast_index_feed_id":47033,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/2916956/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://nbamath.com/hardwood-knocks/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/0e35e4bb65b157c6a017ae3c940d3204.jpg","author":"HardwoodKnocks: An NBA Podcast","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Hardwood Knocks is a totally, completely, thoroughly fun AF NBA podcast in which Bleacher Report's Dan Favale and Grant Hughes analyze the ins, outs, ups, downs and, heck, even diagonals of The Association. FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE⬇️ Apple: http://apple.co/2iIw0IJ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Xnq1yKgX8uJCllz1fOQfP YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HardwoodKnocksNBA TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hardwoodknocks Twitter: https://twitter.com/HardwoodKnocks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hardwood_knocks/ SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH⬇️ https://hardwood-knocks-shop.fourthwall.com/?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:13.268667+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033"},"episode":{"title":"Houston Rockets 2026-27 NBA Season Lookahead","slug":"houston-rockets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","published_at":"2026-09-15T09:01:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/houston-rockets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/houston-rockets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead--75134087","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75134087/houston_rockets.mp3","summary":"Dan is joined by Salman Ali ( @SalmanAliNBA ) and Forrest Walker ( @dunots ) from the Red Nation Hoops hoops podcast to break down the 2026-27 Houston Rockets. Subscribe to Red Nation Hoops HERE . Follow Forrest on Twitch HERE . TIMESTAMPS⤵️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:57 - Rockets’ offseason approach 12:58 - Amen Thompson’s extension and development 17:43 - The Amen Thompson-Alperen Sengun fit 26:25 - Marcus Smart’s fit 31:49 - Reed Sheppard’s development 36:20 - Jabari Smith at the 5?!? 44:49 - The Kevin Durant experience 50:21 - Will the Rockets play more in transition? 51:40 - Biggest needs 52:39 - Is Houston’s defense underrated? 57:11 - Top-10 rotation 58:21 - Go-to closing lineup 59:26 - Weirdo lineups we want to see 1:00:34 - PREDICTIONS SUPPORT US ON PATREON 🫶 SUPPORT THE SHOW BY PURCHASING HARDWOOD KNOCKS MERCH SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL⬇️ TikTok: @hardwoodknocks Twitter @HardwoodKnocks Instagram: @hardwood_knocks Dan's Bluesky: @danfavale Dan's Twitter: @danfavale Dan's IG: @danfavale Grant's Bluesky: @granthughes BUSINESS INQUIRES⬇️ hardwoodknocks@gmail.com","meta_description":"Dan is joined by Salman Ali ( @SalmanAliNBA ) and Forrest Walker ( @dunots ) from the Red Nation Hoops hoops podcast to break down the 2026-27 Houston Roc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/episodes/houston-rockets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hardwood-knocks-an-nba-podcast-47033/houston-rockets-2026-27-nba-season-lookahead.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}