Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is wise not to meddle with team

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• Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is wise not to meddle with team

  You don’t need to understand basketball to own an NBA team. You need to understand money. How it talks and walks. The mechanisms it uses to make the world go around. Basketball is merely a conduit. For a while, it was unclear whether Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta understood his function. It’s somewhat understandable. When you own something, there’s an understandable instinct to take ownership. (I assume). But Fertitta does not know basketball. He said Chris Paul had the worst contract...

  Publisher:The Dream ShakeArticle published: 2026-07-31 19:45:23 UTC

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• Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta is wise not to meddle with team

  The Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta has had a heavy hand before. Not anymore, it seems.

  Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAArticle published: 2026-07-31 19:45:23 UTC