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[The Athletic] The Rockets, league sources said, are also exploring the center market, looking to bolster their rim protection… Houston is keeping tabs on Utah’s Kelly Olynyk, Atlanta’s Clint Capela, Chicago’s Andre Drummond and Portland’s Robert Williams III…among others



Source: https://theathletic.com/5240648/2024/01/31/houston-rockets-star-hunting-nba-trade-deadline/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twhq&source=twitterhq

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> Names that have been linked with them as the trade market has developed — Atlanta’s Dejounte Murray and Chicago’s Zach Lavine — don’t appear to be enticing to the Rockets. The Rockets have joined the long line of teams showing extremely high interest in Nets forward Mikal Bridges, league sources say. Houston made an offer including multiple first-round draft picks for Bridges in recent weeks, but the Nets have zero interest in any deal involving Bridges, who is part of Brooklyn’s core moving forward.

> At its core, rival executives believe it’s evident the Rockets want to bolster their firepower and will do their due diligence to take swings for a star — even if it costs them a blue-chip prospect part of their core six in Şengün, Jalen Green, Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, Amen Thompson and Cam Whitmore. In 2021, when Green was drafted, or even as recent as last season, he might have been deemed nearly untouchable. But Şengün’s emergence as a potential building block under Udoka has made him a new, heightened priority within the Rockets’ schemes.

> The Rockets, league sources said, are also exploring the center market, looking to bolster their rim protection. According to those sources, Houston is keeping tabs on Utah’s Kelly Olynyk, Atlanta’s Clint Capela, Chicago’s Andre Drummond and Portland’s Robert Williams III (who has fans throughout the current coaching staff) among others.

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8 Comments

  1. UncleColli

    Is Robert Williams III not out for the season?

  2. Foreign_Tangelo

    I say sell Drum for a pick hopefully. Either Houston or OKC could use a decent center and we want their FRP

  3. GranddaddySandwich

    Moving Drummond will not help us in any way. They need to either move Demar or Zach. Or both.

  4. Get_Dunked_On_

    > Chicago’s Zach Lavine — don’t appear to be enticing to the Rockets.

    As expected.

  6. jslakov

    looking to bolster their rim protection with Kelly Olynyk?

  7. AxCel91

    Jalen, Jabari, salary filler for Zach, Caruso, and Drum? I make that trade today.

    I think Jabari will be a beast in another year or so.

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