The NBA is a star-driven league, and the Rockets are thriving at the moment.
They have already proven in James Harden that they have the ability to take players who are ready to make the leap into stardom and propel them to that next level. They have also shown guys like Eric Gordon and Lou Williams that you can come here and be yourself, chuck as much as you'd like from deep. It just feels like a fun franchise at the moment, with polarizing figures.
The NBA is all about stars, as Colin Cowherd often says, and you need to have them in order to compete. You either got them or you don't. The Rockets are doing just fine.
Cowherd explains this trade and all that entails in this quick audio bite below. Nibble away: