The Houston Rockets’ well-documented issues at small forward are the reason the Rockets went all-in bringing in Robert Covington. The Rockets haven’t had a real defensive presence on the wing since Trevor Ariza left after the 2017-18 season. This year has been a patchwork of Danuel House, Ben McLemore and at times Eric Gordon.
The recent trade has a lot of different aspects to it, as it was the trade with the most players involved since 2000. While Golden State was originally rumored to be involved, they ultimately weren’t, as the other three teams ended up being the Atlanta Hawks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets.