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Season snapshot
Strong regular season results · competitive results younger coreHOU finished 52-30 (0.634) with 6 playoff game(s). Its governed core had 11 players and a rotation-weighted age of 26.6. The team had 0 critical/structural basketball problem(s), 3 future pick-control row(s), and 18.2% future core salary schedule coverage. This describes the planning position; it does not recommend a direction.
Record
52-30
Playoff games
6
Playoff wins
2
Core age
26.6
Primary creator
Kevin Durant
Current decision lanes
Transactions, injuries, rumors and staff changes are separate evidence lanes — never merged.14transactions0injuries0rumors0staff changes
TransactionSean Pedullatwo way signingAug 17, 2026Completed
Signed after an earlier Clippers waiver. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
TransactionJD Davisonwaiver exitAug 5, 2026Completed
Roster exit. Reconciled from a dated index row carrying a cited transaction source. | Exact event and roster-action lineage promoted by nba_live_gap_closure_program_v1_20260825.
Transaction
Injuries & availability
Governed medical episodes — evidence about players, separate from team decisions.| Player | Injury | Body part | Out | Returned | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tari Eason | right oblique strain | oblique | Nov 15, 2025 → Dec 20, 2025 | not recorded | — |
| Steven Adams | right ankle tendinopathy | ankle | Nov 7, 2025 → Dec 6, 2025 | Dec 3, 2025 | — |
| Jabari Smith Jr. | right knee tendinopathy | knee | Nov 5, 2025 → Nov 21, 2025 |
Last observed season rotation
Players with actual NBA minutes for the latest eligible season; not a complete current registration ledger.| Player | Role | Strongest functions | Minutes | On/Off | Stab. RAPM | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Amen Thompson | — | — | 3,145 | — | — | metrics unavailable |
 Jabari Smith Jr. | — | — | 2,886 | — | — |
On/Off and stabilized RAPM are separate impact lanes on a per-100 scale — never combined into one grade. A dash means evidence is unavailable, not zero.
16 of 16 — complete
Basketball functions
Eleven separate function readings — need, coverage and redundancy stay apart; no team score.CreationNo immediate need
Functional Strength · led by Alperen Sengun, then Alperen Sengun
Full reading
HOU 2025-26 Creation: production percentile 83.3; largest contributor Amen Thompson (29.7% of above-replacement production); no_immediate_function_need.
Defensive event creationNo immediate need
Functional Strength · led by Reed Sheppard, then Amen Thompson
Full reading
HOU 2025-26 Defensive event creation: production percentile 83.3; largest contributor Reed Sheppard (25.6% of above-replacement production); no_immediate_function_need.
Shot creation
Team performance and shot-creation architecture.HOU ranked 13 of 30 in self-created shot share (47.6%), 12 of 30 in self-created eFG, and 21 of 30 in assisted eFG. Primary creator: Kevin Durant. Team-level creator attribution: 100.0%. Creation profile: balanced creation mix; dependency: distributed creation; shotmaking: mixed shotmaking.
Self-created FGA share
47.6%
Self-created eFG
50.2%
Assisted eFG
57.8%
Kevin Durant share
25.3%
Contracts & cap
Selected player charges under the serving definition — not full cap legality.SupportedFirst Apron Restricted Threshold State
Selected player charges
$198.2M
Share of cap
128%
Tax line
$10.3M over
First apron
$2.25M over
Second apron
$9.62M under
HOU 2025-26 carried $198,199,795 of selected player charges (128.2% of the cap), placing it in first to second apron on selected player charges. Its highest contracted function cost was interior_finish at 20.9% of the cap; highest measured need was creation. Exact exception and transaction legality is withheld without team cap-hold and exception-use ledgers.
Future core salary schedule
Upcoming decisions
Governed contract events ahead — dates carry their honest quality.Amen Thompsoncontract control horizonJun 30, 2027
Amen Thompson has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2027 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Clint Capelacontract control horizonJun 30, 2028
Clint Capela has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Steven Adamscontract control horizonJun 30, 2028
Steven Adams has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Reed Sheppardcontract control horizonJun 30, 2028
Reed Sheppard has a reported contract-control horizon through the 2028 season. The June 30 date is a season-boundary planning proxy, not proof of exact free-agency status. The player is inside the two-season extension-review horizon, but exact eligibility and value are not certified.
Future assets
Draft-control coverage: provisional future pick control tradability unresolved. Partial coverage renders as partial — never as a zero-asset team.2027 round 2Tradability not confirmed
HOU has a provisional-control row for the 2027 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
2027 round 2Tradability not confirmed
HOU has a provisional-control row for the 2027 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
2028 round 2Tradability not confirmed
HOU has a provisional-control row for the 2028 2-round pick as of 2026-06-30. Tradability is not confirmed.
3 of 3 — complete
Organization
Basketball authority and staff context — descriptive, never a grade.No governed authority-regime rows are knowable for this team at this as-of moment.
CoverageResolved
withheld: falseresolved team: true
Supporting relations (7)
- gb_state.frontend_team_season_overview_v
- gb_state.team_functional_coverage_v
- gb_state.frontend_team_roster_card_v
- gb_state.team_asset_control_timeline_v
- gb_state.team_roster_decision_calendar_event_v
- gb_organization.role_tenure_assertion
- gb_state.nba_team_decision_feed_at
