The Houston Rockets, jackpot prize winners of the last two summers, were primed to reprise the role this offseason.
After seeing their 54-win campaign collapse in an opening-round playoff loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Houston's need for more size, more shooting and more defense became glaringly apparent. Fortunately, the Rockets looked ready to kill all three birds with a single stone: perennial All-Star big man Chris Bosh.
The 30-year-old, along with the rest of the hoops world, was waiting for the NBA's biggest domino to drop. That domino—Bosh's old championship running mate LeBron James—finally fell on Friday, reversing his route from 2010 and taking his talents from South Beach back to his home state of Ohio, as reported in an as-told-to essay per Sports Illustrated's Lee Jenkins:
While Cleveland Cavaliers fans celebrated the announcement, so too did those of the Rockets. After all, sources had recently told ESPN.com's Brian Windhorst and Chris Broussard that if James left the Heat, then Bosh would be headed to Houston.
NBA.com's David Aldridge had heard otherwise, b ...
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Where Do Houston Rockets Go from Here After Chris Bosh Ditches Them?
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