Houston Rockets: 3 players most likely to be traded before deadline

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3. Brandon Knight

Admittedly, this won’t be the easiest of moves for the Rockets. While Brandon Knight isn’t incompetent when it comes to NBA point guards, his contract isn’t exactly trade-friendly. Then again, that doesn’t mean Houston won’t try to find a taker.

That’s why Knight finds himself here at No. 3 on this list. It’s more a reflection on the Rockets’ willingness to trade him rather than how easy it’ll be to do so.

Easily one of the most overpaid players in the league, Knight is counting $14.6 million against Houston’s salary cap in 2018-19. On top of that, he still has another year left on his contract which will pay him a whopping $15.6 million — as a third-string point guard. It’s unclear what the Phoenix Suns were thinking when they offered him that deal, but what’s done is done.

Now the Rockets are left to bear the burden of paying for Knight, or desperately seeking a trade partner to absorb his albatross of a contract. While there may be a rebuilding team willing to take him on in order to acquire assets, it’s not like Houston’s first round picks are that exciting, seeing as they usually fall towards the end of the draft order.

Still, we can’t rule out the possibility. The Rockets haven’t shown much interest in playing him this season, but may convince a team like the Atlanta Hawks to take him on if they tossed in a draft pick.

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