NBA News Roundup, Thursday, June 6th: Kyrie Irving set to leave the Boston Celtics, Rockets open to trading Eric Gordon and more

By Tristan Elliott

Modified Nov 08, 2022 11:44 GMT

Kyrie Irving continues to be linked with a move away from the Boston Celtics

Rockets open to trading Tucker, Capela, and Gordon

P.J. Tucker is one of the Houston players that could make way this summer

The Houston Rockets are looking to shake up their roster this summer following another early postseason exit to the Golden State Warriors, and Marc Stein of the New York Times is reporting that a number of their biggest names have been made available:

The Rockets are indeed shopping everyone on the roster not named Harden. The complexities involved in moving Chris Paul, who at age 34 has three years and nearly $125 million left on his contract, have Houston officials actively exploring the trade market for Clint Capela, Eric Gordon and P.J. Tucker.

As one source with knowledge of the team's thinking said, they are operating under the belief that at least one of those three mainstays will not be a Rocket next season.

The Rockets have won 173 regular season games over the past three seasons, although Mike D'Antoni's side has yet to advance to the NBA Finals.