Overview
- Reporters observed VanVleet on the court at Thursday’s practice without a visible knee brace and moving without assistance.
- A team source said he might try to travel for next week’s road games in Toronto on Oct. 29 and Boston on Nov. 1.
- Amen Thompson has taken over as starting point guard, logging 18 points in the double-overtime opening loss to the Thunder, with Reed Sheppard working as his backup.
- The Rockets have not provided a return timeline or labeled the injury season-ending, while studies place average ACL recovery at about 9.8 months.
- Rival evaluators are split on whether Houston should seek a veteran point guard or ride with Thompson and Sheppard, according to reporting cited from ESPN and the Houston Chronicle.