With the Rockets eliminated earlier than expected as a No. 2 seed, the team will head back to the drawing board to figure out where it all went wrong. This could lead them to trad

For all of the Rockets’ obvious shortcomings in generating easy scoring opportunities against Golden State’s defense laden with thirtysomethings, more indications than not suggest that

Stein goes on to say that the consistent Durant-to-Houston rumors are basically just a function of Houston having so many Phoenix draft picks, that it simply makes sense from a logistical perspective. The Rockets have expressed no formal interest in Durant, and in fact, it seems more like the opposite: Houston is not interested at all.