Adam Zagoria: Per @Stephen A. Smith on @FirstTake, the Rockets are “strongly considering” letting James Harden “stay home” and sit out “until they’re able to move him.” “He wants to to go to Philly, that would be his No. 1 preference,” Smith said, with Brooklyn as his No. 2 option.
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Nick Wright: If Houston demanded Kyrie, they could have him, but the belief is Houston isn’t interested in Kyrie. BK trying to get a 3rd team involved to potentially enhance Houston’s return. Would have a Big 3 of KD, Harden & Kyrie but very little else, no depth & no future picks. Question for Joe Tsai is is he willing to make a similar bet Prokhorov made shortly after he bought the team: Mortgaging all future assets & future abilities to improve the team for a chance to win the title right now, especially when the Harden-Kyrie fit is questionable at best.