Summit State Of Mind (A Houston Rockets Podcast)

On the 27th anniversary to the day of back to back championships, we reintroduce our fan favorite concept, The Run It Back! We replay the entire 4th quarter of game of the 1995 NBA Finals between our Houston Rockets vs The Orlando Magic. Catch our real time reactions as well as commentary on why it is important for Rockets fans to always remember our Clutch City Past so we can better understand ou...

It's a Rockets Podcast Collab! ClutchFans Rocket Fuel Podcast hosts Lachard Binkley & Anthony Duckett come through The Summit to discuss all things Houston Rockets. They discuss the NBA Finals, their history as Rockets fans and how it shaped their passions for basketball. As well as more Draft talk, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, and then go home on an All Time Rockets Draft!

Big time episode as Salary Cap Guru & Clutchfans blogger/podcaster David Weiner aka BimaThug meet hosts JP & Ken at The Summit! They discuss David’s roots as a Rockets fan and what led him to becoming a salary Cap extraordinaire. As well as his legendary team up with Clutchfans Dave Hardisty. They also discuss the 3rd and 17th pick for our Rockets this upcoming draft. As well as a salary cap updat...

It is a double whammy of an episode as we welcome special guest and Houston Sports Media Legend Randy Mcllvoy to The Summit. As well as discuss our career shift to Apollo Media! Randy tells hosts Kenny and Justin his opinions on the rebuilding Houston Rockets as well as his personal favorite from this upcoming NBA Draft. Our hosts also discuss the move to Apollo and why it was the best step.

Champion of Houston’s OBL Tournament, 2016 D-League Slam Dunk Champion,and Native Houstonian John Jordan meets hosts Kenny & Justin at The Summit to discuss his basketball career and OBL experience! He talks about his career in the D-League and finding success with the Raptors Organization. As well as his experience playing Pro Ball overseas. He also talks about the Rockets and how good they can b...

It's official! Our Houston Rockets are drafting with the 3rd overall pick ensuring that one of Chet Holmgren, Jabari Smith Jr, or Paolo Banchero will be a Rocket by June 23rd! Hosts Kenny & Justin discuss the fallout of this draft lottery and why it is a huge win for the Rockets to be selecting 3rd, while pushing their own agendas as to why Paolo or Jabari are the most likely picks. Then they disc...

The day is finally here and we will officially know whether our Rockets will pick from either 1-5.  Hosts Justin & Kenny discuss the big day and give insight on how the lottery works especially from the Rockets perspective. They also play a game through NBA tankathon to see how many simulations it’ll take for the Rockets to get the number 1 pick. Then we go home on nba playoff discussion.  See omn...

It’s time to hop in the DeLorean once again as we are traveling back to 2007-2008 for our first Rocketspective of the off-season! Special guest Jackson Gatlin meets us at The Summit to discuss everything from transition from Jeff Van Gundy to Rick Adelman, to the rookie class of Aaron Brooks, Carl Landry, & Luis Scola. We also highlight the high of opening night to the struggles early on in the se...

Let's Catch up on everything that has been going on with our Rockets and around the NBA! Hosts Justin & Kenny Mirabueno discuss Tillman Fertitta's comments about the team's plan during the rebuild and when he thinks a big move should go down.  Then we discuss the current site of the draft and if its possible to move up or even down with the 17th pick. Then we go home on ex Rockets players performi...

The Summit goes Media and covers the OBL (Ones Basketball League) taking place in Houston Texas on the first of a seven city tour to find the ruler of the court. Hosts Justin and Kenny discuss their experience covering the first day and interview OBL founder and Houston Rocket legend Tracy Mcgrady. He discusses how the OBL came to life, as well as his legacy in Houston and voices his opinions on t...

Legendary episode as former PA Announcer for our Houston Rockets during the Championship era to the Harden CP3 era, and now current play by play radio announcer on SportsTalk 790, Matt Thomas meets us at The Summit! Matt tells us his history in becoming the PA Announcer for the Rockets in 1993 and provides incredible and unbelievable insight and stories regarding the championship run. Including 2...

Big time episode as The PA Announcer for our Houston Rockets Jonathan Sanford meets us at The Summit to discuss his career. He talks about his journey as a PA announcer doing high school games to working for the San Antonio Spurs. He also discusses his journey to becoming the Rockets PA announcer and his experience during his rookie season here. We also talk about Jalen Green, Josh Christopher, KJ...

It's a game episode for our hosts as they use Tankathon to simulate the NBA Draft lottery and take turns calling in their draft picks from number 1-14. With the exception of the Houston Rockets pick where they argue who deserves to be selected at their draft slot. KPJ and Jae'sean Tate's contract also gets discussed from Kelly Iko's article on the Athletic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Our Resident Rocket Von Wafer returns to The Summit to catch up on what he's been doing and reviewing the Houston Rockets. Von gives his opinion on the Rockets season as well as insight on the rebuild and why he ultimately considered this season a success. He also gives his two cents on Jalen Green and why he believes he can be a superstar in this league. We also discuss Bill Simmons quote on Jale...

The season has officially concluded for our 2021-2022 Houston Rockets so it is time to hand out some awards. We discuss The Rockets Watch Party as well as the last game of the season with guest of honor Paulo Alves in town and it definitely ended in a bang with Jalen Green's 41 piece. Then we give our Rockets awards to our mvp, sixth man, defensive player of the year, most improved, and Disappoint...

Five straight 30 point games for Jalen Green who continues to break records as he stands alone as the only player in Rockets history with 5 straight 30 point games.  We discuss our watch party coming up this Friday at Urban South Brewery as well as a post game chat on the Rockets loss to the Brooklyn Nets. Then we discuss Jalen's 30 point history as well as KPJ having a strong finish to his season...

For the first time ever, we welcome Sergen Kumas to The Summit!  Sergen talks about his history with his family from Turkey moving all the way to New Jersey and him becoming an NBA fan through the Philadelphia 76ers. As well as how he became a reporter who works for both US and Turkish market. We then talk about Alperen Sengun's rookie season on the Rockets, as well as his pal in the Turkish leagu...

Our Houston Rockets went 3-1 last week and improved their record to 20-55. With 7 games remaining, should the Rockets try to win or go into tank mode and lose? We answer and explain the process in tanking and how it helps us in the long run despite how some Rockets fans may feel. We also discuss last weeks games and break down Jalen and Sengun's continued progression, as well as Christian Wood ear...

First time guest all the way from Portugal, Paulo Alves aka ProdiG from the Apollo Launch Pad Podcast meets us at The Summit for the first time ever to discuss Rockets Basketball. We talk about how he became a fan of basketball and how he ultimately became a fan of our Houston Rockets. Then we discuss last nights game against the Grizzlies and the Kevin Porter Jr incident and what the repercussion...

It was Rockets Social Media Night in Toyota Center and The Summit Bros were live in person to enjoy the in game and post game festivities. We talk about the Rockets losing to the Suns 129-112 and why it is good to lose while still remaining competitive. Then we talk about the post game Q&A with Modern Family star Rico Rodriguez, Alperen Sengun, Josh Christopher, and of course hosted by Craig Acker...

The vibes are immaculate because for the first time we welcome Will aka biased Houston at the Summit with resident on location guest Don Knock! Will gives us his story on how he became a Rockets fan and what led his way into Rockets Twitter and ultimately be crowned the King of Rockets Twitter as voted by the Twitter fan base. Then we discuss the last few wins for our Rockets against the Grizzlies...

Our Houston Rockets laid the smackdown on the Los Angeles Lakers 139-130. The Summit Bros were at the game and discuss their personal experiences firsthand. As well as the environment and how the atmosphere was like. They also talk about Jalen Green's strides which culminated in the biggest game of his career as well as Alperen Sengun, Josh Christopher, and KJ Martin doing work. See omnystudio.com...

Our Houston Rockets finally break the losing streak in big time fashion by defeating the 2 seed in the West the Memphis Grizzlies. We review that game as well as the loss against the Miami Heat. Then we preview and predict the Rockets vs Lakers game as well as who will be the high scorer and who will win.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our Houston Rockets have lost the last 11 in a row including the last 3 games against the Clippers and the Suns. But they fought hard in 2 out of the 3 and we review the last three games the rockets have played during the week. From Jalen's consistent effort from both ends to KJ Martin shooting the lights out from 3 since all star break. Then we preview the game tonight against the Nuggets, as wel...

Our first Houston Rockets NBA Champion has met us at The Summit! 1995 champion Chucky Brown discusses his NBA career leading all the way to The Rockets and talks about being teammates with Drazen Petrovic on the Nets.  Chucky gives the Summit Bros never before heard stories about being on the 1995 Rockets including how he learned how to guard hall of Famer Charles Barkley, as well as a hilarious s...