The Houston Rockets haven't made a lot of roster missteps during the Rafael Stone tenure. The Cam Whitmore trade is an exception. Bleacher Report just named it the fifth-most lopsided trade of the NBA's offseason.
They aren't wrong.
Perhaps I'm biased. The piece was written by the very same Dan Favale, who's made some wonderful contributions to SpaceCityScoop. That said, Favale's logic here is pretty unimpeachable:
The Rockets blew it on the Whitmore deal.
Rockets made a misstep in accepting pitiful Whitmore return
"The Rockets had no clear path to offer Whitmore playing time following the additions of Kevin Durant and Dorian Finney-Smith.