{"id":186369,"date":"2025-07-21T23:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/186369\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T23:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T23:37:18","slug":"rockets-rumors-houston-pursued-dean-wade-cavs-trade-before-dorian-finney-smith-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/186369\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets rumors: Houston pursued Dean Wade, Cavs trade before Dorian Finney-Smith signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post Rockets rumors: Houston pursued Dean Wade, Cavs trade before Dorian Finney-Smith signing<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy offseason for the Houston Rockets<\/a>, headlined by their blockbuster trade for Kevin Durant<\/a> from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for a package centered around Jalen Green. Additionally, the Rockets have made some savvy lower profile signings, including poaching Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a> away from the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Recently, ClutchPoints\u2019 Brett Siegel reported on some of the other<\/a> names the Rockets were rumored to have interest in prior to signing Finney-Smith.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore signing Dorian Finney-Smith in free agency, the Houston Rockets<\/a> pursued a trade with the Cleveland Cavaliers for forward Dean Wade, sources said,\u201d reported Siegel. \u201cHouston was willing to offer Wade a full MLE extension over the next few seasons, the same deal that Finney-Smith ultimately got, if they were able to finalize a trade with Cleveland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Siegel also reported that \u201cwhen the Cavaliers declined this trade involving Wade and the Lakers\u2019 fallout with Finney-Smith made its rounds across the league, the Rockets quickly moved on to the veteran two-way wing and offered him a four-year, $52.7 million contract,\u201d and that these talks had occurred shortly before the NBA Draft.<\/p>\n

Dean Wade, similar to Finney-Smith, is a floor spacer at the wing position who is versatile defensively and can knock down perimeter shots with consistency.<\/p>\n

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Still, Houston has to be happy about what they came away with in this offseason, as the Rockets now look poised to legitimately compete with the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder for supremacy in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long time coming for the Rockets, who were one of the NBA\u2019s worst teams in the wake of 2020\u2019s James Harden trade but have put together a smart and quick rebuild around Alperen Sengun and a host of other young and talented players.<\/p>\n

In any case, the Rockets\u2019 2025 NBA schedule is slated to be released at some point in August.<\/p>\n

Related: Ime Udoka gets real on what Kevin Durant\u2019s addition means for the Rockets<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: NBA rumors: Brian Windhorst confirms Timberwolves\u2019 Kevin Durant trade offer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The post Rockets rumors: Houston pursued Dean Wade, Cavs trade before Dorian Finney-Smith signing appeared first on ClutchPoints.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[1307,7,7485,193,5759,374,292,194,4066,861,33490,938,150,6,179,472,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-186369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-alperen-sengun","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brett-siegel","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-dean-wade","13":"tag-dorian-finney-smith","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-rockets","16":"tag-houstonrockets","17":"tag-jalen-green","18":"tag-james-harden-trade","19":"tag-kevin-durant","20":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","23":"tag-phoenix-suns","24":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114893858151877098","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}