In typical offseason fashion, Adrian Wojnarowski is dropping “Woj bombs” left and right. On Tuesday, Woj announced that the Rockets would pursue Jimmy Butler in free agency, via ESPN.
Of course, the Rockets are already $17 million over the salary cap and there’s no way they can clear enough space to sign Butler outright. Instead, the Rockets will try to persuade Butler and the Sixers into a sign-and-trade deal, similar to the deal between the Rockets and Clippers for Chris Paul two years ago.
Houston is at a bit of a disadvantage here.