The Houston Rockets shook things up late on Thursday night, by completing a trade with the Phoenix Suns. Houston agreed to ship out Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton in exchange for Marquese Chriss and Brandon Knight.
Houston has traded Ryan Anderson and De'Anthony Melton to Phoenix for Marquese Chriss and Brandon Knight, league source tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 31, 2018
For the Rockets, the biggest incentive was to free themselves of Anderson’s albatross of a contract. Anderson was owed $20.