Prior to the start of the 2013-2014 season, the Houston Rockets unveiled their then-new campaign slogan, A New Age. At the time, the expression was the perfect fitting as the team prepared to usher in a new era of Rockets basketball. Seven years later, the slogan previously used to highlight the arrival of Dwight Howard to Houston could hold even more value in 2020.
Thursday afternoon, three men sat six-feet apart on the Rockets’ practice court to participate in a virtual press conference held inside the Toyota Center. CEO Tad Brown — the lone common denominator in the Rockets’ management department from 2013 — spoke on behalf of owner Tilman Fertitta to welcome Stephen Silas to the organization.