NBA Trade Deadline: Grading how all 30 teams performed at the deadline

Houston Rockets

Key Moves: 

• Acquired Iman Shumpert in three-team trade (per Adrian Wojnarowski).
• Traded James Ennis for a 2021 second-round pick (per Shams Charania).

Essentially, the Houston Rockets traded Iman Shumpert for James Ennis. Considering the season that Shumpert has had so far this season with the Kings, averaging nine points on 37 percent shooting from 3-point range, that’s a slight upgrade.

For a General Manager like Daryl Morey, that can be the difference from a second-round playoff run to potentially getting to the Western Conference Finals. The Rockets were going to do something, and they did.

Perhaps it wasn’t the big move that many expected them to try and pull off, but adding Shumpert will help their current state. Plus, don’t count out this team when it comes to the buyout market over the next few weeks.

Grade: B