Kevin Durant's Houston Rockets Plan & Did the Nuggets Enough to Get Back to the Finals?

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Kevin Durant says he wants to retire with the Houston Rockets — but is this really his best situation since Golden State? In this episode of Locked On NBA, hosts Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore, and Haize break down Durant’s comments, debate Cooper Flagg’s potential as the Mavericks’ point guard, and analyze whether the Denver Nuggets have done enough this offseason to return to the NBA Finals. The trio also dive into Keegan Murray’s new contract, the Wizards’ rebuild, and what fans can expect from breakout rookie Tre Johnson. Tune in for expert insight, fiery debates, and all the latest around the NBA!

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0:00.0	Good afternoon and welcome to Locked on NBA on today's show.
0:03.0	Kevin Durant says he wants to retire with the Rockets, but hasn't he said the same thing before?
0:07.6	Meanwhile, the Mavericks could be forced to start Cooper Flagg at point guard, and did the Nuggets do enough to get back to the finals?
0:19.0	You are Locked on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.
0:23.7	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:30.4	All right, welcome back to Locked-on NBA.
0:33.0	However you're tuning in on YouTube or on your favorite podcast app,
0:35.2	thanks for making us your first listen every day.
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0:40.9	Use the code Lockdown NBA for $20 off your first purchase. I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about how the Nuggets can get back to the finals, and we're doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me is always from the Locked On Nuggets podcast.
0:53.7	He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network.
0:56.2	It's Matt more, Matt.
0:57.5	You know, most days west hayes is my tag
1:00.3	team partner in petty we tend to agree we have same sensibilities on a lot of things but today
1:05.2	today we're gonna fight that's right locked on bulls podcast hosts. Also, Bears and Bulls created for Bleacher
1:12.1	Report. Hey, did you bring your boxing gloves? Yeah, for all those in the comments section that
1:15.8	have been waiting to see Matt Moore bleed today's that day. Today is the day. And that's because
1:23.0	we are debuting a new segment. We're calling it make it take it. One headline, two takes, and then I
1:29.8	decide who is the winner. And the winner gets first shot at the next headline, but to decide
1:33.8	for a shot at the first headline, we flipped the coin before we started recording. Hayes, you called
1:37.8	heads. It indeed was heads. But you decided to defer, which I think is a very interesting strategy
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