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The Houston Rockets’ season has not gone the way they anticipated. For a team that entered the season with championship aspirations, it’s been a downright travesty. Words like “flaming outhouse” come to mind. Every time the fire starts to die down, a new pocket of methane ignites.

It’s as though the Rockets are already folding for the season. They fired Kevin McHale, their head coach. Now they are reportedly shopping their star offseason acquisition Ty Lawson, according to Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders: "The Rockets have been sniffing around the league for deals and there is a belief among other teams that Lawson could be had in trade, and had cheaply.