James Harden #13 of the Brooklyn Nets Houston Rockets general manaer Rafeal Stone (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
The Houston Rockets rebuild is in full effect but it’s difficult, at the moment, to know when the fruits of their teardown will be realized. The picks coming back from the James Harden trade won’t have much value until years from now and the Rockets still owe the Oklahoma City Thunder first-round picks from the Russell Westbrook trade.
The franchise, outside of John Wall and Eric Gordon, has few significant future salary commitments and they’ll have a steady stream of first-round picks coming in.