Houston Rockets Depth Chart 2026-27

Position Players

POS	Starter	Second	Third+
Point Guard	F. VanVleet Rockets' Fred VanVleet: Could start season on minutes restriction Fred VanVleet Rockets' Fred VanVleet: Could start season on minutes restriction	M. SmartMarcus Smart	A. Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Looking to improve shot ahead of 2026-27 Amen Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Looking to improve shot ahead of 2026-27 B. ThorntonBruce Thornton R. SheppardReed Sheppard B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic Q. CopelandQuadir Copeland S. PedullaSean Pedulla
Shooting Guard	A. Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Looking to improve shot ahead of 2026-27 Amen Thompson Rockets' Amen Thompson: Looking to improve shot ahead of 2026-27	R. SheppardReed Sheppard	M. SmartMarcus Smart B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic T. EasonTari Eason K. Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Downplays talk of reduced minutes Kevin Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Downplays talk of reduced minutes B. ThorntonBruce Thornton Q. CopelandQuadir Copeland S. PedullaSean Pedulla
Small Forward	K. Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Downplays talk of reduced minutes Kevin Durant Rockets' Kevin Durant: Downplays talk of reduced minutes	T. EasonTari Eason	B. BogdanovicBogdan Bogdanovic J. TateJae'Sean Tate J. SmithJabari Smith I. CrawfordIsaiah Crawford
Power Forward	J. SmithJabari Smith	T. EasonTari Eason	J. TateJae'Sean Tate A. Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Working on shot ahead of 2026-27 season Alperen Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Working on shot ahead of 2026-27 season I. CrawfordIsaiah Crawford
Center	A. Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Working on shot ahead of 2026-27 season Alperen Sengun Rockets' Alperen Sengun: Working on shot ahead of 2026-27 season	S. Adams Rockets' Steven Adams: Fully cleared for Houston Steven Adams Rockets' Steven Adams: Fully cleared for Houston	J. SmithJabari Smith C. Capela Rockets' Clint Capela: Trims down this offseason Clint Capela Rockets' Clint Capela: Trims down this offseason O. TshiebweOscar Tshiebwe R. CastroRafael Castro