Report: Rockets part ways with three Basketball Operations members

Just hours after news broke that the Houston Rockets and assistant coach Roy Rogers had parted ways, a few changes were reportedly made with Houston’s Basketball Operations.

Special assistant Mitch Vanya and video coordinator John Cho are not returning for the Rockets, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.

Other Rockets changes have also come down. Assistant Mitch Vanya and video coordinator John Cho also won't be back, source said. https://t.co/fhbXHf3vVE

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) May 24, 2019

Soon after the news broke about Vanya and Cho, Feigen also reported player development coach Irv Roland will not return to the team next season.

Rockets player development coach Irv Roland said he also will not be back. https://t.co/HjoyToyfBY

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) May 24, 2019

Roland has worked extensively with James Harden for years, even before joining the Rockets development staff under John Lucas when Mike D'Antoni was hired in 2016. Cho has been with the Rockets for more than a decade.

— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) May 25, 2019

Vanya, Cho, Roland, and Rogers depart from the Rockets only a week after Houston and associate head coach Jeff Bzdelik surprisingly parted ways, as well.

Mike D’Antoni and the Rockets have reportedly had talks of an extension, with Houston’s head coach entering the last year of his contract. These moves could mean a litany of things. The primary question budding from the flurry of changes: what does this have to do with D’Antoni and his future with the franchise?