When it was announced that the Houston Rockets were the favorites to land DeMarre Carroll following his buyout, several questions arose regarding how exactly the Rockets and Carroll arrived at this juncture. After all, Carroll was the Spurs’ prized free agent of the 2019 offseason, which is why they gave him a long-term contract.
The Spurs were so sold on Carroll that they traded 3-point sniper Davis Bertans in order to bring in Carroll, which was first reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Think about that for a second. The Spurs moved Bertans, who is shooting 42.