HOUSTON — To the untrained eye, Rockets guard Fred VanVleet’s mild-mannered, almost stoic demeanor could have come across as unenthusiastic. But as the veteran guard sat at the podium fielding reporters’ questions, arms folded and tucked, his gaze piercing through the room, it was clear the fire within — a flame dampened after a lost season — was flickering again.

“I’ve been progressing nicely,” VanVleet said at Rockets media day Tuesday. “These things don’t always go how you plan them to go. But to be where I am right now, with the season opener 30 days out, I feel really good. It’s gonna be a process still, but I’m sure what you guys see…

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