The Houston Rockets made some huge moves this offseason, with the acquisition of Kevin Durant in a seven-team trade being chief among them.
But even if five players coming in (KD, Dorian Finney-Smith, Josh Okogie, Clint Capela and JD Davison) and five others going out (Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Cam Whitmore, Jock Landale and N’Faly Dante) can technically be sold as a lot of chaos, it’s likely of the good variety.
The most important pieces of Houston’s young core (Alperen Şengün, Amen Thompson and Jabari Smith Jr.) are all back, and the combination of Durant and DFS is undoubtedly an upgrade over Green and Brooks.