Friday’s The Lager Line podcast explores the options Houston has to potentially optimize its rotation to begin the 2025-26 season. The hosts also break down Alperen Sengun’s elite EuroBasket play.
Friday’s fresh podcast episode of The Lager Line features reaction to an apparent starting lineup competition once the Houston Rockets open their 2025-26 training camp on Tuesday, September 30.
As part of an extended conversation, Rockets podcasters Ben DuBose and Paulo Alves evaluate the pros and cons of Jabari Smith Jr., Dorian Finney-Smith, Steven Adams, and Tari Eason as the team’s fifth starter alongside Fred VanVleet, Amen Thompson, Kevin Durant, and Alperen Sengun.
The show also explores potential strategies for head coach Ime Udoka to optimize his rotation groupings — including when to utilize “double big” lineups — as well as key takeaways from Alperen Sengun’s elite performance for Turkey at the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 tournament.
Friday’s podcast, which is sponsored by Clutch City Lager of Karbach Brewing, can be listened to below in its entirety. Each episode of the show is also made available via flagship radio station SportsTalk 790 and all major podcast distributors under “The Lager Line.”