Should they choose to make a move by the Feb. 10 trade deadline, the Houston Rockets have repeatedly expressed confidence in their ability to land a first-round draft pick for veteran guard Eric Gordon.
To that point, The Action Network’s Matt Moore (@HPbasketball on Twitter) reports Sunday that the Rockets are telling teams that they have Gordon bids from two different franchises involving a first-round draft pick. But an apparent stumbling block is the issue of matching salary, since teams who are above the salary cap (nearly all during the season) need to send out close to as much money in trades as they take in.
