After losing to the Golden State Warriors yet again in the postseason, the Houston Rockets are looking to do a complete overhaul of the current roster in order to get things right.
On Wednesday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is showing an “aggressive desire” to improve the team’s roster this summer and has informed rival executives that all players are available in trade talks.
From that statement, it seems that even Chris Paul and James Harden are also on the trading block as well. It was just last offseason when Paul signed a massive four-year, $160 million max contract.
Clint Capela made himself a trade candidate after an extremely poor showing against the Golden State Warriors.
The biggest storyline from Houston was an apparent fallout between Harden and Paul on how the offense was being handled.
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“But Harden and Paul had tense moments with one another throughout Game 6, culminating in a verbal back-and-forth postgame that went into the locker room, sources with knowledge of the situation told The Athletic. Sources said the verbal exchange between Harden and Paul was regarding the ball distribution throughout Game 6. By the time the remainder of the locker room was ready to talk, Paul and Harden had gone their separate ways, with Paul swiftly making his way to the postgame podium.”
