The Rockets are more inclined to deal Eric Gordon than at any point over the past two seasons, Kelly Iko of The Athletic reports.
The Rockets, who have had preliminary talks regarding Gordon with numerous teams, have more interest in acquiring a young player or a future first-round pick for Gordon than a late first in next year’s draft, according to Iko, since they already two first-rounders in the next draft — their own and Milwaukee’s pick.
We have more from the Western Conference:
- Josh Green won’t return until next month from his elbow injury, he told Callie Caplan of the Dallas Morning News. “Doing as much treatment and working on it as much as I can, but we’re going to revisit it in another couple weeks with the training staff,” the Mavericks guard said. The 2020 first-rounder hasn’t played since Dec. 9. The Mavericks would be very hesitant to trade Green, according to Tim Cato of The Athletic, with a front office source telling him that he’s considered the team’s third-most important player after Luka Dončić and Spencer Dinwiddie.
- Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr., who has missed a dozen games due to a heel injury, has been upgraded to doubtful for Tuesday’s game against Memphis, Mike Singer of the Denver Post tweets. Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Jeff Green are all listed as questionable.
- Anthony Davis‘ foot injury is a grim development for the Lakers, who are already floundering under the .500 mark. First-year coach Darvin Ham is trying to take a positive approach, hoping Davis’ absence will benefit the team in the long run, according to Kyle Goon of The Southern California News Group. “I’m looking forward to the challenge of the period of discovery,” Ham said. “When you’re missing a huge piece like A.D., it allows you to mix and match and I think people are getting caught up in him not being there but I’m looking at another opportunity to see what we have and what combinations we can throw out there so upon his return, we can have several, several different bullets in the chamber that we can use.”
“I’m looking at another opportunity to see what we have and what combinations we can throw out there so upon his return, we can have several, several different bullets in the chamber that we can use.”
If they trade their last two first round picks of this decade, they’re going to need those bullets… to put this franchise out to pasture.
Yeah at this point if you are the lakers and you are taking a realistic approach to this team, you have to assume that Anthony Davis is going to miss a large chunk of every season and possibly playoff games too, and LeBron only has one more really good year left in him before he starts to slow down. I know Westbrook will be off the books next season but they are over the cap so it’s not like that becomes available for them to go sign a big name guy or guys. Depending on when Davis is expected back, especially after he played so well, im doing everything I can do get the most I can for him.
I think Rockets need to find somewhere for Eric to go. He is seeing minutes but just does not fit. Think could help a contending team or something. Some place where he looks more comfortable
Memphis is the team. Eric can shrink a game down by himself. It’s the one thing the Grizzles are missing. He would free up a number of options for all.
His impact on that team would be the sane as C.J’s for the Pelicans last year.
When the Rockets trade Eric Gordon they will instantly become the worst 3 point shooting team in the league.