TheHouston Rockets have waived Ryan Anderson.

Anderson appeared in two games for the Rockets this season. He also spent two seasons with Houston from 2016-17 through 2017-18. All totaled, Anderson has played in 140 games with 122 starts as a Rocket, averaging 11.4 points and 4.8 rebounds.

Russell Westbrook criticized the defense of Patrick Beverley after James Harden scored 47 points in the Houston Rockets' 102-93 win over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Westbrook and Beverley have been rivals dating back to the 2013 playoffs when the former suffered a torn meniscus when the latter collided with him after calling a timeout.

"Pat Bev trick y'all, man, like he playing defense," Westbrook said. "He don't guard nobody, man. It's just running around, doing nothing. ... All that commotion to get 47."

Westbrook celebrated Beverley's sixth foul with a mocking wave.

"Don't start that, don't start that," Beverley told ESPN as he exited the Clippers' locker room. "I don't care about that."

Eric Gordon will miss approximately six weeks after undergoing right knee arthroscopy. 

The procedure was performed by Dr. Walter Lowe of Memorial Hermann.

Gordon had a difficult start to the 19-20 season after signing a four-year, $76 million extension with the Houston Rockets. 

Chris Paul denied asking for a trade from the Houston Rockets after the 18-19 season amid reported tension with James Harden. The Rockets eventually traded Paul to the Oklahoma City Thunder for Russell Westbrook.

"Do you feel like there’s been times where, 'Damn, that’s a little eye-opening. I got stabbed in the back,'" asked Kevin Hart.

"Absolutely," said Paul. "This last situation was one of them. The GM there in Houston, he don’t owe me nothing. You know what I mean? He may tell me one thing but do another thing. But you just understand that that’s what it is."

Paul orchestrated a trade from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Rockets in 2017.

Eric Gordon is expected to undergo surgery on his knee and miss up to six weeks.

Gordon has had a disappointing start to the 19-20 season.

Gordon and the Houston Rockets agreed to a four-year, $76 million contract extension this past offseason.

When Tilman Fertitta bought the Houston Rockets, he inherited the front office of Daryl Morey.

Sources tell Kevin Arnovitz of ESPN that it was "a shotgun marriage...considered a tenuous fit since Fertitta bought the team in 2017."

Morey signed a five-year contract extension in 2019. Shortly before the Rockets were sold to Fertitta by Les Alexander, they signed Morey to a four-year extension.

Morey's Tweet supporting Hong Kong led to a quick rebuke from Fertitta. 

The NBA rejected a contract with Nene submitted by the Houston Rockets that it deemed a circumvention of the salary cap.

Nene's deal had bonuses worth more than $7 million that were considered likely for cap purposes, but would have been unlikely to actually convey. Houston structured the deal in order to turn Nene's contract into a trade chip.

Bobby Marks discussed the contract recently and indicated how it is routine for front offices to send the draft of a contract to the NBA before it is finalized and signed in order to make sure it will be approved. The Rockets did not do that in the case of Nene.

"Houston never sent the Nene contract for approval (in advance)," said Marks on The Hoop Collective podcast. "They basically did it, had the guy signed it and then sent it to the league for approval. That's when it went into a holding pattern for about two weeks."

Pascal Siakam and James Harden have been named the NBA's Players of the Week.

Siakam averaged 30.3 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists as the Toronto Raptors went 3-0.

Harden averaged 40.7 points, 9.3 assists and 8.0 rebounds as the Houston Rockets went 3-0.

Clint Capela has been dealing with a sore right shoulder to start the 19-20 season.

Capela injured his shoulder when playing for the Swiss national team in the summer.

"Getting there slowing," Capela told Tim MacMahon of ESPN.

Capela said his shoulder particularly bothers him when trying to dunk with one hand and reaching for rebounds.

Kenneth Faried has agreed to a $4.4 million deal with the Zhejiang Lions of China.

Faried finished last season with the Houston Rockets.