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NBA insider identifies wrong Antetokounmpo trade chip in potential Rockets deal

The Houston Rockets may be wise to acquire Giannis Antetokounmpo, but they'd have to make the right deal. One NBA insider has them making the wrong decision in pursuit of the Greek superstar.

That would be ESPN's Tim Legler. He recently suggested that the Rockets ought to send Alperen Sengun to the Bucks instead of Amen Thompson should a deal transpire. Legler has a lot of good NBA takes:

But this is not one of them.

Rockets cannot trade Sengun

His logic?

"I think I know what Sengun’s ultimate ceiling is.