John Wall FaceTimes Chris Haines looking for Houston’s point guard trade

On Tuesday evening, The Houston Rockets are down to 0-1 in the young NBA season of 2025 with a brutal double overtime loss against the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder. It was a wild contest, but in the end, Kevin Durant’s foul on league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander with less than three seconds left sealed the Rockets’ fate.

The Rockets got a huge game from Alperen Sengun in this game, but one thing that became evident was the lack of floor generals to locate the offense. In fact, during NBA insider Chris Haynes’ “Association” show, he revealed a high-profile former NBA player who noticed the same question.

“John Wall He FaceTimed me during the show on his day off to assess the Rockets point guard situation,” Haynes reported on X, formerly Twitter.

“Houston better find a point guard now!” You could hear the wall talking.

John Wall focused me on show time on his day off to assess the Rockets’ point guard situation: “Houston better find a point guard now!” Association on @NBATV. pic.twitter.com/1eNdkUmEOi

— Chris Haines (@ChrisBHaines) October 22, 2025

This may or may not have been a less than subtle attempt by Wall to get his name back on the radar of NBA teams. Wall previously had a brief stint with the Rockets after finishing his career with the Washington Wizards.

An obvious problem for the Rockets

The Houston Rockets spent much of this offseason assuming Fred VanVleet would be their starting point guard again, but that all changed when the former NBA champion went down with a torn ACL just weeks before the campaign began.

Last night head coach Ime Udoka decided to start a huge lineup, with Amen Thompson, and got mixed results. The team does have one healthy point guard on its roster in last year’s first-round pick Reid Shepard, but the way Oklahoma City has been able to attack him relentlessly on defense may make Udoka think twice about his minutes moving forward.

It’s unlikely the Rockets will really consider changing their roster after losing to a 68-win team in double overtime on the road, but if poor point guard play starts to become a trend this season, they could look for other options.