The Rockets would like to move Jeremy Lin's contract, and are prioritizing cap relief or acquiring young basketball assets, according to Mark Deeks of ShamSports.com (via Twitter). Deeks adds (via Twitter) that in addition to gaining cap relief, dealing Lin would allow the team to play Patrick Beverley more.
With the Rockets considered a potential destination for Dwight Howard, the team continues to try to clear the space necessary to make a maximum-salary offer to the big man. Thomas Robinson's name has come up more frequently in trade rumors, but Lin's cap hit is more than twice what Robinson's is, so it wouldn't be a surprise if the Rockets were gauging Lin's value as well.