Houston Rockets: Team Leaning Toward Retaining Ty Lawson

Now I’m seeing Houston Rockets basketball!

Did any of you see last night’s contest against the Milwaukee Bucks?

If you did, I’m sure you were pleased with the results!

Although winning the basketball game is the ultimate outcome that we all want, the fact that this team looked like they were having fun out there on the court is quite refreshing.

Unless you’ve been under a rock as of late, you may have heard that Josh Smith has returned to the Rockets via a trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.

The things the Rockets seemed to be missing, J-Smoove was able to fill the gaps with his ability to help shut down the paint, his passing skills and the timely buckets he’s known for.

Although he scored just two points — he hasn’t played much for L.A. so he’s rusty — he still did the little things to help this team win.

I’m thankful he’s back and this may be start of something special for this team as we near the second half of the season.

And here’s another thing that I’m noticing…

The elevation of Ty Lawson.

Have you seen him lately? He’s dishing the ball, hitting key buckets and working harder on defense!

Ty is becoming the player that we all expected to see this season and he looked quite comfortable out there last night.

In fact, it was the most comfortable that I’ve seen Ty all season.

He was out there, smiling and loving the contributions that he had made.

So as a result, the Rockets are leaning toward keeping Lawson for at least the rest of the season.

USA TODAY’s Sam Amick reports:

More Rockets: I'm told they expect to keep Ty Lawson past Feb. 18 trade deadline. Recent chatter about Bucks, but they're rolling w/ him.
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) January 22, 2016

This is not surprising considering his solid play as of late and that the level of interest for his services has been lukewarm at best.

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At one time, as per Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders, Lawson was connected with the Bucks as a possible landing spot.

They have some interesting pieces that they were allegedly going to move such as Greg Monroe, O.J. Mayo or even Jerryd Bayless.

But those talks have died down now and the Bucks have even said that a deal for Ty is “highly unlikely” at this time.