{"id":509136,"date":"2026-01-01T04:47:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/509136\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T04:47:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:47:18","slug":"vote-do-you-want-the-rockets-to-deal-at-the-nba-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/509136\/","title":{"rendered":"VOTE: Do you want the Rockets to deal at the NBA Trade Deadline?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Rockets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here<\/a> to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.<\/p>\n

One thing we\u2019ve been talking about heavily here at TDS this week is if the Rockets can and\/or should make a deal at this year\u2019s NBA Trade Deadline. Point guard is an obvious position of need, but as Reed Sheppard and Amen Thompson appear to be gradually coming into their own, it\u2019s less of a need now than it was a month and a half ago.<\/p>\n

But at least currently, the Rockets seem to be a tier behind the the NBA\u2019s elite, losing most of their games against the conference leaders. The Rockets have trade ammunition in that they have three centers and a glut of defensive wings. But consequently, that\u2019s an essential part of their identity \u2014 Ime Udoka\u2019s flexibility to run two center lineups when needed and also Houston\u2019s defensive intensity by running multiple wing defenders. Should they give it up for another point guard when Reed and Amen have been playing well and Fred VanVleet will be back next season?<\/p>\n

So the vote is yours. Do you want the Rockets to make a deal? And by deal, I\u2019m clarifying this as something that\u2019s relatively significant as to impact the team roster this year. Not referring to moving a couple second round picks or future assets.<\/p>\n

Tell us your vote, and we\u2019ll be back soon with the results!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,292,194,65342,4066,6,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-509136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-rockets","11":"tag-houston-rockets-discussion","12":"tag-houstonrockets","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115818033957045880","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509136","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=509136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}