NBA Trade Grades: Suns and Rockets swap youngsters, bad contracts

In the latest edition of NBA Trade Grades, the Phoenix Suns are sending Brandon Knight and Marquese Chriss to the Houston Rockets for Ryan Anderson and De’Anthony Melton.

Who says the NBA is boring in August?

With the league’s deadest month coming down to the buzzer, the Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets decided to shake things up with a surprising deal that moves one youngster and one bad contract from each side to the other.

As reported by ESPN‘s Adrian Wojnarowski, the Suns have agreed to send point guard Brandon Knight and power forward Marquese Chriss to the Rockets for stretch-4 Ryan Anderson and rookie De’Anthony Melton.

The question is, after such an interesting move in the middle of NBA dead season, how did each side fare in the exchange? In order to sort it out, here’s a look at NBA Trade Grades for both sides.