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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Keeping Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik Because Dwight Howard & James Harden Want Them
Being a franchise player on a team means that decisions regarding adding and disposing of players involve you, which seems to be the case on the Houston Rockets, who are keeping Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin on the team partially because both Dwight Howard and James Harden want to play with them next season.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Shouldn’t Be Traded
The only way the Houston Rockets get that third star player is if they trade both Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin for one player, and that Asik isn’t going to be moved. While the Rockets are rumored to be searching for a trade to get rid of Lin, they really shouldn’t.
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Houston Rockets – Dwight Howard & James Harden a Championship Caliber Duo?
As we’ve seen in the NBA finals for the last three years, it’s not only about having a top-heavy roster, but having the right kind of players around them in order to win a championship, which automatically puts a lot of questions marks around the new superstar tandem created by the Houston Rockets with Dwight Howard and James Harden.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Don’t Want to Trade Omer Asik
Even though Omer Asik doesn’t look like he’s going to get the same amount of playing time he did last season for the Houston Rockets, the team has no intention of trading him, even if he’s asking for it. According to ESPN, Asik has asked to leave the moment it was made public that Dwight Howard […]
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NBA Rumors – Dwight Howard, Jeremy Lin & the Omer Asik Factor
The Houston Rockets won the jackpot by signing the most coveted player in the 2013 NBA free agency class, although it’s not quite sure what will be the manner of his signing for the team, and if Jeremy Lin and/or Omer Asik will pay the price of his arrival.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Might Be Traded, Omer Asik Wants to Be
The situation for the Houston Rockets, now that they’ve added Dwight Howard, is changing fast. Omer Asik is reportedly uninterested in playing as a backup center, while in order to create more cap space or bring in another player, Jeremy Lin will be used in a trade.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Will Trade Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik to Get Dwight Howard & Josh Smith
The Houston Rockets keep insisting that Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin aren’t on the trading block, but in order to get Dwight Howard, either through free agency or via a sign & trade, they’re more than likely to move at least one of them, with the Los Angeles Lakers becoming a bit more agreeable to the idea.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Using Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik to Trade for Josh Smith
It seems that teams, and especially the Houston Rockets, are willing to move whoever they can in order to land Dwight Howard. The latest idea? Using Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik in a sign & trade deal with the Atlanta Hawks for Josh Smith.
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NBA Rumors – Portland Trail Blazers Might Trade for Omer Asik
In the never ending rumor circus around the Portland Trail Blazers looking for a big man while the Houston Rockets are trying to clear some cap space by trading away Omer Asik (among others), there might be a connection that’s already been tapped once this offseason.
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NBA Rumors – Houston Rockets Trying to Trade Jeremy Lin & Omer Asik
It isn’t that surprising that in their attempts to get Dwight Howard, the Houston Rockets are thinking about trading away Omer Asik, who is too expensive to have as a backup center, but Jeremy Lin is also being shopped around, trying to get rid of his salary while hoping to get a starting point guard instead who doesn’t demand the ball as much because he’ll be playing next to James Harden.