Houston Rockets general manager Rafael Stone said that he would be “shocked if something changes this season.”
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The Houston Rockets have been one of the teams linked to Jimmy Butler.
According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Butler’s agent said that the Rockets, Dallas Mavericks, and Golden State Warriors are Butler’s preferred destinations should he get traded.
But Rockets general manager Rafael Stone shut down the speculations, saying he doesn’t see the team making any moves this season.
“I mean, of course, my job is to be open to everything, so I'm not going to not do my job,” Stone said on SiriusMX Radio NBA. “We like this team. You know, we definitely do not intend to change anything. And I would be shocked if something changes this season.”
Stone emphasized how he likes where the team is at now and how they can build towards the future and insisted that they probably will stand pat.
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“You know, we like where we're at. We want to continue to develop our guys, you know, and full stop, and will I listen to other teams? Of course, I will. That's my job, you know,” said Stone.
“But again, no, there's no part of me, there's no part of our decision-making process that suggests that we're looking to do anything big now or in the near term. And you know…we want this group to be as good as it can be this year, and then we'll evaluate things at the end of the year.”
The Rockets are currently 3rd in the West with a 16-8 record.
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