The Houston Rockets are in the infancy stages of a rebuild. The future of this organization is filled with question marks. Some of those questions were answered through the NBA Draft.
The Rockets selected Jabari Smith Jr., Tari Eason, and TyTy Washington. For the team with the NBA’s second-worst Defensive Rating last season, that has to be viewed as a good haul.
With such an injection of young talent, the Rockets will probably need to move some veterans. Eric Gordon feels like a prime candidate. He’s this team’s only remaining holdover from the James Harden era.
Gordon is a consummate professional and a great mentor for the Rockets’ youth movement, but in all likelihood, he’d prefer to play for a contender.
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