The Rockets will play preseason games against the Dallas Mavericks in Macao, China, on Oct. 9 and 11. “I’ll be very disappointed if I’m not playing in the preseason,” VanVleet said. “What I missed the most was the outlet, the exertion, the escape of whatever our lives are in our worlds. I took for granted a lot of things of what I do because I just have been doing it every day for my whole life. “But the mental escape and the physical exertion of getting that energy out and wanting to bump people and cuss at referees, to have the highs and the lows and the failure and the success, I really just love every aspect of the game. So, to have that taken away from me was very humbling and eye-opening.”
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