The Houston Rockets concluded the preseason on Thursday evening when they beat the San Antonio Spurs by a score of 129-107 (at home).

They finished the preseason with a 3-1 record in four games.

On Saturday, the Rockets waived three players to finalize their roster for the 2024-25 NBA regular season.

Via Adam Spolane of SportsRadio 610: “The Rockets waived Matt Bradley, Nate Hinton and Jermaine Samuels Jr. They currently have 14 players on their roster plus three guys on two-way contracts”

Hinton is coming off a season where he appeared in 15 games with the Rockets.

He averaged 2.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per contest while shooting 42.3% from the field in 15 games.

The 25-year-old has spent part of three seasons in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers, Dallas Mavericks (and Rockets).

Samuels is coming off his rookie season in the NBA with the Rockets.

He averaged 1.4 points per contest while shooting 64.3% from the field in 14 games.

Bradley played five seasons of college basketball for Cal and San Diego State.

He spent last year overseas.

The Rockets will open up the regular season on October 23 when they host LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets in Texas.

Last season, they were the 11th seed in the Western Conference with a 41-41 record.

While the Rockets did not make the NBA playoffs, they showed significant improvement from the prior season and were 5.0 games back of the Golden State Warriors for the final play-in tournament spot.