Ime Udoka and the Houston Rockets are preparing for the 2025-26 regular season . Houston has high expectations heading into the new campaign. The Rockets will play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday to begin the season. Competitive teams such as OKC will surely take notice of Udoka's latest comments — as the head coach is clearly not lacking confidence in his squad .

According to reporter Lachard Binkley, Udoka was asked to share his thoughts on teams attempting to copy Houston's double big lineup. The Rockets head coach has noticed other teams implementing the approach, but said opponents cannot completely copy Houston's strategy.

“There are more double lineups than you think in the league,” Udoka told reporters. “Everybody talks about stretch fours, stretch fives. But we didn'

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