# @duranthighlights on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dduyl4bjCxV
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70952616-duranthighlights-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-26T00:52:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kevin Durant | KD (@duranthighlights) — https://gondola.cc/duranthighlights

## Caption

THE HOUSTON ROCKETS PROJECTED ROSTER 🚀

Houston finished 52–30 last season and now enters the new season with a healthy Fred VanVleet and the addition of Marcus Smart, giving them more playmaking and veteran guard depth.

With Kevin Durant joining an already talented young core, Houston will look to build on last season and make a deeper playoff run.

PROJECTED STARTING 5:
🔸 PG: Fred VanVleet
🔸 SG: Amen Thompson
🔸 SF: Kevin Durant
🔸 PF: Jabari Smith Jr.
🔸 C: Alperen Şengün

KEY BENCH:
🔹 Marcus Smart
🔹 Reed Sheppard
🔹 Tari Eason
🔹 Steven Adams
🔹 Bogdan Bogdanović
🔹 Jae’Sean Tate
🔹 Bruce Thornton
🔹 Clint Capela

Can the Rockets make a deeper playoff run this season? 👀

#houstonrockets #nbateam #basketballteam #nbatalk #nbanews 

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