With the trade deadline come and gone, the Lakers and Rockets face off tonight. The Lakers are the same team they’ve been after standing pat. The Rockets are drastically different.
In one of the bigger trades the NBA has seen in terms of players moved in a single deal, the Rockets have swapped out starting Center Clint Capela for starting combo forward Robert Covington. There are other pieces involved for both the Rockets and T’Wolves (not to mention the Nuggets and Hawks who were also in on this deal), but this is the gist of it for things that matter for tonight’s game.