With no apparent traction on a Kyrie Irving deal, ESPN’s longtime NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski says he sees Houston Rockets veteran Eric Gordon as a potential trade target for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The rebuilding Rockets have made it clear that Gordon is available for the right price — reportedly, a future first-round draft asset that isn’t likely to be too late in the order. At this point, it seems to be a simple matter of whether another team chooses to meet that valuation. If not, Houston general manager Rafael Stone is comfortable bringing Gordon back for another season as a veteran mentor to Houston’s young core.
So, as the 2022 NBA offseason enters its slow period after the first wave of free agency, is there a team that might still be aggressive enough to make such a move? On Monday’s Get Up television show, Woj said:
