Rockets ownership, Tilman and Patrick Fertitta, and general manager Rafael Stone hired Udoka in 2023, and the sides have built a partnership on year-by-year progress and sustainability.

“You think about Tillman and Patrick Fertitta, rockets ownership, [and] their general manager Rafael Stone. They went out and hired Ime Udoka in 2023 when we know he got suspended from the Celtics.

Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka has agreed to a long-term contract extension with the franchise that makes him one of the highest paid NBA coaches, after a 52-win season and top-2 seed for ...