{"id":768096,"date":"2026-06-23T02:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/768096\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T02:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T02:57:16","slug":"rockets-reportedly-open-to-discussing-nearly-entire-roster-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/768096\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets Reportedly Open To Discussing Nearly Entire Roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although Rockets general manager Rafael Stone suggested<\/a> after the team was eliminated from the playoffs that he was happy with the roster he assembled last season, injuries notwithstanding, evidently that stance changed to some degree after watching the Western Conference and NBA Finals, according to Kelly Iko of Yahoo Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As Iko writes, watching those series between the Spurs and Thunder and Spurs and Knicks convinced Houston\u2019s brass that the team is \u201ca ways away\u201d from being a top contender within its own conference and for an NBA title. That viewpoint has made the Rockets more open to trade possibilities up and down the roster.<\/p>\n

Opposing teams who have been in recent contact with Houston have been told that Amen Thompson<\/a> \u201cis the only near untouchable\u201d Rocket, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.<\/p>\n

Iko clarifies that the Rockets aren\u2019t actively looking to move All-Stars like Alperen Sengun<\/a> or Kevin Durant<\/a> or other \u201ckey members\u201d of the team. However, Houston hasn\u2019t shut down inquiries on those players and appears willing to entertaining different scenarios rather than simply running back the same group.<\/p>\n

According to Iko, several teams \u2014 including the Lakers and Nets \u2014 have expressed interest in restricted free agent forward Tari Eason<\/a>, whom the team hopes to re-sign. Iko says some of those clubs have tried to get a feel for whether the Rockets might be open to a sign-and-trade involving the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n

Iko also hears the Rockets hope to be active in free agency with an eye on upgrading their bench. In order to increase their spending power, Dorian Finney-Smith<\/a> is viewed as a logical trade candidate. Sources tell Iko that the veteran three-and-D forward has drawn \u201creasonable interest\u201d around the league even though he\u2019s coming off a career-worst season.<\/p>\n

Houston plans to resume rookie scale extension talks with Thompson after this week\u2019s draft, per Iko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Although Rockets general manager Rafael Stone suggested after the team was eliminated from the playoffs that he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3794],"tags":[1307,883,7,374,292,194,4066,938,6,211,873],"class_list":["post-768096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston-rockets","tag-alperen-sengun","tag-amen-thompson","tag-basketball","tag-dorian-finney-smith","tag-houston","tag-houston-rockets","tag-houstonrockets","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba","tag-rockets","tag-tari-eason"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116797180735752966","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768096","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=768096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}