For those of us focused on the Boston Celtics, we may not stay as up to date on what’s going on in the Western Conference when the Celtics aren’t on their annual West Coast swing. But for those of us who have been focused more on the Atlantic Division and specifically Boston, the Houston Rockets are a mess at 11-23, good for the 14th-best record in their conference.
Things have gotten so bad we are starting to hear rumbles of a fire sale at the trade deadline as team owner Tillman Fertita and his front office sell off useful pieces in an effort to maximize their future draft capital in a rebuild.
“Houston’s gonna burn the house down,” said a rival NBA executive, reports Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer.
Grant, Vucevic, Beal, Barnes: Celtics trade target deep dive on HoopsHype podcast https://t.co/nltxE0aI7D
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) March 9, 2021
