Houston Rockets Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Point Guard	F. VanVleet Rockets' Fred VanVleet: Strikes for 24 points in victory Fred VanVleet Rockets' Fred VanVleet: Strikes for 24 points in victory	M. Smart Rockets' Marcus Smart: Iffy for Friday Forearm: Game Time Decision Marcus Smart Rockets' Marcus Smart: Iffy for Friday Forearm: Game Time Decision	A. Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Drops 23 points in win Amen Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Drops 23 points in win B. ThorntonBruce Thornton R. Sheppard Rockets' Reed Sheppard: Ruled out for Friday Back: Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Reed Sheppard Rockets' Reed Sheppard: Ruled out for Friday Back: Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic Q. CopelandQuadir Copeland
Shooting Guard	A. Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Drops 23 points in win Amen Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Drops 23 points in win	R. Sheppard Rockets' Reed Sheppard: Ruled out for Friday Back: Expected to be out until at least Oct 31 Reed Sheppard Rockets' Reed Sheppard: Ruled out for Friday Back: Expected to be out until at least Oct 31	M. Smart Rockets' Marcus Smart: Iffy for Friday Forearm: Game Time Decision Marcus Smart Rockets' Marcus Smart: Iffy for Friday Forearm: Game Time Decision B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic T. Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun Tari Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun K. Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Tallies efficient 18 points Kevin Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Tallies efficient 18 points B. ThorntonBruce Thornton Q. CopelandQuadir Copeland
Small Forward	K. Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Tallies efficient 18 points Kevin Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Tallies efficient 18 points	B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic	T. Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun Tari Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun J. TateJae'Sean Tate J. SmithJabari Smith I. CrawfordIsaiah Crawford J. PhillipsJulian Phillips
Power Forward	J. SmithJabari Smith	T. Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun Tari Eason Rockets' Tari Eason: Starting sans Sengun	J. TateJae'Sean Tate A. Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Questionable for Friday Back: Game Time Decision Alperen Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Questionable for Friday Back: Game Time Decision I. CrawfordIsaiah Crawford J. PhillipsJulian Phillips
Center	A. Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Questionable for Friday Back: Game Time Decision Alperen Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Questionable for Friday Back: Game Time Decision	S. Adams Calf: Expected to be out until at least Nov 2 Steven Adams Calf: Expected to be out until at least Nov 2	J. SmithJabari Smith C. Capela Rockets' Clint Capela: Well-rounded showing in win Clint Capela Rockets' Clint Capela: Well-rounded showing in win O. Tshiebwe Rockets' Oscar Tshiebwe: Steps up off bench Oscar Tshiebwe Rockets' Oscar Tshiebwe: Steps up off bench