Rockets acquire: PF Otis Thorpe
Kings acquire: F Rodney McCray, F & C Jim Peterson
In the late 1980s, the Houston Rockets were looking to remake their roster, as the former 1986 NBA Finals team was falling apart due to injury and personal issues. As such, they traded double-digit scorer Rodney McCray, who had spent all five years of his career with the Rockets to that point, and serviceable big man Jim Peterson to the Sacramento Kings for rugged power forward Otis Thorpe, who was coming off of the highest-scoring season of his career.