Houston Rockets Rumors: Five wings to trade for who can improve the team

The Houston Rockets are scouring the trade market for help on the wings. Here are four players the team needs to target in the coming weeks.

TheHouston Rocketshave not had the start to the season many envisioned this offseason. They’ve struggled and fallen to lesser teams and have just now, on Saturday, been able to climb back to .500 for the season.

James Hardenhas been up to usual play, dominating on the offensive end to the tune of over 30 points per game, over eights assists, and over five rebounds per game. He is also collecting over two steals per game.Clint Capelahas also shown up so far this season and is playing extremely well on both sides of the court.

However, behind those two, the Rockets have not gotten quite what they expected.Eric Gordonhas been the epitome of that struggle. He still scoring the points but he’s been extremely inefficient. This has improved some but not nearly where the team wants or needs it to be.

Chris Paulhas been solid but not at the superstar level everyone was expecting. He’s also been dealing with hamstring injuries already which is never a good sign. Then, there is the wholeCarmelo Anthonyof it all, which we’ve discussed extensively (here,here,here, andhere) so, we won’t dive into that much on this one.

TheHouston Rocketshave been in search of a wing to come in and help out this team in the three-point department as well as on defense since the offseason. They weren’t able to get a favorable deal then so they opted to not pull the trigger on any deal. The wing depth has always been suspect since bothTrevor ArizaandLuc Mbah a Moutedeparted in the offseason.

James Enniswas the primary guy the team added in free agency on the wing and he’s been solid defensively but hasn’t added much offensively.Gary Clarkabsorbed a lot of Melo’s minutes but hasn’t done much offensively and nowDanuel Houseseems to be garnering that playing time Clark initially got.

So, it’s obvious that the team needs help on the wing. The trouble is figuring out who is available and at what price they can be had for. The Rockets main trade assets areMarquese Chriss,Brandon Knight, and then draft picks. So, let’s take a look at five guys the team could target.

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