We haven't seen Omer Asik on the hardwood since Dec. 2 due to a mysterious thigh
injury that, perhaps coincidentally, popped up around the time the Houston
Rockets were fielding trade offers for the backup big man. There have been
recent reports that he may be ready to return to game action soon, and it
appears that the Rockets intend to keep him on their roster well beyond the
trade deadline.
General manager Daryl Morey told season-ticket
holders as much on Friday.
“We pushed to trade Omer in December. We felt
we had to make a fair and aggressive effort to do that. Obviously, he’d prefer
to be a starter," he said. "At this point, Omer is very likely going to be here
until the end of his contract at the end of next season, not this season. The
window to trade him was (in December), and teams weren’t aggressive enough to
get him, so we’re excited about him being a part of our future.”
Of
course, we all know that public words uttered by a GM less than a month prior to
the NBA trade deadline are about as reliable as an Andre Drummond free-throw
attempt. Time will tell whether this is a smokescreen, but if the right offer
does come along, it would be a surprise if the Rockets pass on it.
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