The Rockets traded journeyman center Daniel Theis to the Boston Celtics just before Thursday’s trade deadline for a package headlined by veteran guard Dennis Schröder. Each newly acquired player by Houston has a contract expiring after the 2021-22 season.
To enable Boston to match salaries, the Rockets also acquired sparingly used reserves Enes Freedom and Bruno Fernando, though Houston quickly indicated that Freedom would be waived. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski suggested that other buyouts were also possible.
To finalize the deal, Houston has to waive two players to (temporarily) fit in all three newcomers. Those players will be Armoni Brooks and DJ Augustin, per Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.
