About

Welcome to Space City Scoop, the Houston Rockets news and opinion site brought to you by the FanSided Network. Space City Scoop is dedicated to providing top-notch Rockets news and original content. This site also serves as a community for like-minded fans to come together to catch up on the latest happenings and discuss their passion for all things Houston Rockets. Space City Scoop consists of an editorial team that creates content as they closely follow the Houston Rockets. The site covers opinions, news, rumors, trades, and analysis using reputable sources such as Basketball-Reference, Cleaning the Glass, NBA.com, and more. Any article updates or corrections after publication are communicated via an editor's note. With over 8,000 followers on Facebook, Space City Scoop has built a social community for fans in addition to posting daily articles year-round. FanSided is owned and operated by Minute Media, whose other brands also include Sports Illustrated, The Players' Tribune, 90min, and Mental Floss.

Meet The Team

Dan Favale

Dan Favale joined FanSided in April 2025 as a Senior NBA contributor, with a special focus on the Knicks and Heat. He is also the co-host of the moderately popular, lovably snarky 'Hardwood Knocks' NBA podcast and a national NBA writer for Bleacher Report. He has covered The Association since 2011, during which time he's endlessly lobbied for small-ball lineups, touch passes, and top-55-protected draft picks. His specialties include big-picture breakdowns, salary-cap minutiae, Frank Ntilikina trivia, bad jokes, and run-on sentences, not unlike this one, which will close out by mentioning he was dapped up by Shawn Kemp not just once, but TWICE. During his free time, he pretends to be a fitness junkie, spoils his three dogs, and occasionally binges on custom-made cheesecakes.

@danfavale

G.C. Bellchamber

G.C. Bellchamber is the Senior Contributor at Blue Man Hoop and Space City Scoop and covers the Golden State Warriors and the Houston Rockets. He is a recent graduate of St. Louis University with a degree in English, Classical Languages, and Philosophy and has four years of experience in online journalism. He also is the chief editor of MELT FM, an online music magazine, and has written personal essays on film and other subjects for various outlets. In college, he spent his Junior year at the University of Oxford, where he was the temporary scoreboard operator for the men's basketball team. His other interests include literature, language, and making music with his band: Hugh & the Hilltoppers.

@GCBellchamber

Ibrahim Baig

Ibrahim Baig is an editor at Space City Scoop. As a current college student, writing articles has become one of his favorite creative outlets. A lifelong Rockets fan, Ibrahim has always been very invested in their success and hasn't missed a moment: from glorious victories to their most heartbreaking defeats. Ibrahim has witnessed numerous echelons of Rockets basketball, namely the back end of the Yao Ming era, the Harden era, and their darkest days lingering at the bottom of the Western Conference. With the emergence of a solid young core consisting of Amen Thompson and Alperen Sengun and their addition of all-time great Kevin Durant, Ibrahim is more eager than ever to watch Rockets basketball.

Jay Ernani

Jay Ernani is a contributor at Space City Scoop, FanSided’s Houston Rockets site, specializing in player development deep dives, film study, and analytics-driven storytelling through a global, culturally rooted lens. While covering the Rockets, he also writes broadly on league trends and historical comps. Writing about the NBA since 2021, Jay brings on-court credibility as a former player in the U.S. high-school circuit who later played and coached at the college-level in Brazil, pairing an athlete’s eye with a fan’s voice. His bylines include AfroBallers and Overtime Heroics, with notable features such as “Evan Mobley: The 2020s Kevin Garnett” (Nov. 2022). A true historian of the game of basketball, he fell in love at first sight during the Bulls’ second three-peat and has since studied NBA history passionately — rewatching full games from every decade back to the 1960s while cross-checking era-to-era insights with metrics like WS/48, PER, and BPM. Based in São Paulo and trilingual (PT/EN/ES), off the basketball court, he leads a Talent Acquisition team for a global pharmaceutical giant and is a proud dog and cat dad to a full starting five of furry friends.

@JayErnani

Jordanna Clark

Jordanna Clark is a full-time editor in the NBA Division of FanSided. She started as a fellow and earned a full-time position in November 2021, running Daily Knicks for three years before moving on to cover the entire league. She graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2018. Her past stops include Georgetown University and the Washington Commanders. In her spare time, Jordanna enjoys watching the Steelers (depending on the day), reading, and running.

@jordymae012

James Piercey

James Piercey is the site expert for Space City Scoop, covering the Houston Rockets. He has a Master of Arts in Political Science as well as a Journalism diploma from the College of the North Atlantic. His work has been featured on TheDreamShake and various FanSided pages. He's also appeared on Sports 56's Real Sports Talk radio show and The Lager Line podcast. James has been watching the Rockets since Hakeem Olajuwon's prime was over. In his spare time, he makes music and watches wrestling with a slight sense of shame. A Rockets fan since 1997, James has seen everything - besides a Rockets championship. James is also a 3x East Coast Music Awards-nominated rapper, but music has taken a backseat to video games and wrestling as he navigates a midlife crisis.

@JamesPiercey11

Jack Simone

Jack Simone is the Site Expert and Editor at Hardwood Houdini. He is a credentialed member of the media and has been on the Boston Celtics beat for three full seasons. Following a Bachelor's degree at Worcester State, he earned a Master's in Sports Communication at Regis College, graduating in 2022. He's worked at CelticsBlog, Heavy.com, and other FanSided sites, all starting in 2020. In his free time, he enjoys watching YouTube, playing basketball, and golfing, though he is still on a quest to break 90.

@JackSimoneNBA

Mark Nilon

Mark Nilon is the Site Expert for Thunderous Intentions. He also writes across multiple NBA network sites for FanSided. He previously served as an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints and a beat writer for Heavy.com. Outside of FanSided, Mark is an actor, screenwriter, and model. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with friends and family.

Quinn Everts

Quinn Everts is a full-time editor in the NBA division of FanSided. He previously wrote for FanSided.com, where he mostly covered the NFL, MLB, and NBA. He has been covering the NBA for nearly a decade, and his work can be found at NBA.com, Enjoy Basketball, Basketball News, and Heavy Sports, among other outlets. He grew up in Portland, Oregon, and now resides in Philadelphia. Though his favorite teams keep trying to make him as miserable as possible, he refuses to give up hope.

Tyler Watts

Tyler is an NBA Lead Editor at FanSided. He has been covering the league since 2016. He regularly writes about all 30 NBA franchises and the WNBA. He has seen every game of Luka Doncic's NBA career, and his work has been featured on Bleacher Report and Fantasy Pros. In his spare time, he enjoys going for walks, heading to games, or watching movies with his wife.

@tylerpwatts

Will Eudy

Will Eudy is an NBA staff writer and has been covering the league since 2017. Will has written for FanSided since 2021 and currently specializes in coverage of his local team, the Charlotte Hornets, while also covering a host of other relevant stories from around the NBA. The Durham, North Carolina native has written for publications including Sports Illustrated, SB Nation, and 247Sports. When Will is not writing, he enjoys weightlifting, traveling, and spending time with friends.

@WillCEudy

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