In moving Eric Gordon, the primary goal was to improve Houston's draft position next...
Rockets general manager Rafael Stone said he is confident on where team is in rebuilding after trade deadline.MIAMI — In a telling reaction to the trade deadline moves he made, when asked if the Rockets improved on Thursday, Rockets general manager Rafael Stone quickly pivoted to the improvements planned — and the positioning he considered strengthened — with the two deals he completed.
But the deals were done to improve the first-round draft pick the Rockets had from Milwaukee, allowing them to swap it for the Clippers or Thunder pick and for cap room next summer.“We're trying to build something, and I do think we improved the team, at least from the perspective of what we're trying to do,” Stone said. “Eric Gordon is a really good basketball player, and he plays basketball, to me, the way it's supposed to be played.
That might not help a team that goes into Friday’s game with the worst record, 13-42, in the NBA. But the Rockets had been rebuilding in a three-year plan with the goal of get what they did not have when the process of collecting what they did not have at the time; first-round draft picks, young talent and cap room.
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