Remedying the Brooklyn Nets' present and future outlook starts with the Houston Rockets.
Opportunities to disentangle one's self from a pratfall so disastrously expensive it boggles the mind don't come around very often. That's what the Nets are—disastrously expensive, haplessly roaming a tarred and feathered Eastern Conference, searching for something to cure their snakebitten roster.
Houston has the antidote.
According to ESPN New York's Ohm Youngmisuk, the Rockets phoned Brooklyn about trading Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik in a deal for Deron Williams:
According to a league source, the Rockets had preliminary talks with the Nets last week about Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin. Talks never gained any steam, but the source said the Rockets were doing their due diligence and Williams' name came up. The Nets balked because one of the main reasons Pierce and Garnett agreed to a trade to Brooklyn was to play with Williams, according to the source.
Bleacher Report's Howard Beck confirmed the report, parroting that talks never gained traction. And as some are indubitably asking: Why would the ...
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If Jeremy Lin and Omer Asik Are Available, Brooklyn Nets Should Do the Deal ASAP
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