According to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer, the Houston Rockets are interested in acquiring former Rockets forward Robert Covington, which would make for a great addition to a Rockets’ team in need of additional shooting and elite defenders. Adding Covington won’t be easy, however, as the Rockets will have to finagle the mathematics to put together a successful trade in order to balance out the salaries.
The Rockets’ total outgoing salaries would have to be in the neighborhood of Covington’s $11.3 million, which would require General Manager Daryl Morey’s best work. This would have been much easier were it not for the NBA’s earlier decision to reduce the outgoing trade value of Nene’s contract, which has left the Rockets scrambling for ways to figure out how to pull this off.