When it was announced that the Rockets signed Eric Gordon for four years, $53 million this summer, it puzzled me a little bit.
The Rockets already had James Harden as the primary shooting guard, and Gordon had not played more than 60 games since his rookie season. The Rockets also already signed his New Orleans teammate Ryan Anderson, and people believed that the Rockets should balance out the Anderson signing with a defensive specialist. Eric Gordon will not be that defensive specialist, but he will help Houston’s perimeter shooting.