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Atlanta Hawks Rumors: Why Wasn’t Kent Bazemore Traded to Rockets?

The Atlanta Hawks have been widely speculated as one of the most notable sellers at the NBA’s trade deadline.

However, with one day to go and a multitude of deals completed, the Hawks remained quiet yesterday in terms of transactions. While the day is still young with just over 3 hours until the deadline, one major question remains: Why didn’t Kent Bazemore get traded to the Rockets?

In the end, the Rockets’ major salary-matching piece of Brandon Knight has already been moved in a three-team deal, which is detailed below:

This move certainly bolsters the Rockets’ playoff rotation with the additions of Iman Shumpert, Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin – as all three players should help to provide depth to a Rockets roster that has been fairly thin all year.