“Houston Rockets could be angling for Cade Cunningham”: NBA insiders report that H-Town executives are looking to trade for 2021 NBA Draft no. 1 pick

Cade Cunningham

Cade Cunningham seems to be the presumptive number one overall pick, and it looks like the Houston Rockets will look to trade up for him.

After a disastrous season, the Houston Rockets finished with the worst record in the NBA, and held the best odds to land the first overall pick along with the Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Draft Lottery was a stressful time for Rockets fan, however, as if their pick landed outside the top four, it would go to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Things bounced the right way for Houston though, and they ended up with the second overall pick. Now, it looks like the Rockets are in play to move up to number one and land Oklahoma State guard Cade Cunningham.

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Will The Houston Rockets Trade For The First Overall Pick And Draft Cade Cunningham?

Cade Cunningham is believed to be the number one overall pick for his tremendous play during his time at Oklahoma State.

He averaged an incredible 20.1 points per game, 6.2 rebounds per game, and 3.5 assists per game. Cunningham was named Big 12 Player of the Year as he joined only three other freshmen to take home the honors.

He was unanimously selected to the All-Big 12 First Team, All Freshman Team, and All-Newcomer Team. His college career is fantastic, and for that reason, people believe he’s the best player available who can translate his game to the NBA.

Detroit certainly has his eyes on him as does Cade as he’s already said that he loves the city.

However, Houston isn’t out of the picture yet. If they can string together a strong offer for the Pistons, they may just move up and select the guard in probably the biggest trade of the NBA draft.

What could Houston offer as assets? Well, they’ll certainly give Detroit the number two overall pick, but they’ll probably need to cough up several future picks as well along with maybe a player. They have young assets in Kevin Porter Jr, Kenyon Martin Jr, and Jae’Sean Tate, but the Rockets probably won’t want to give any of them up.

Other than those players, they have veterans like Eric Gordon, but a rebuilding team like Detroit probably won’t want to take on the extra salary, especially if it means losing the number one overall pick. A trade will be difficult, but the Houston front office isn’t going to give up just yet.

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Post Edited By: Ashish Priyadarshi
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Ashish Priyadarshi is The SportsRush's content manager and editor. Ashish freelanced for 1 year in the NFL division before taking on an editorial role in the company. He then tacked on managing content while adding on a writing role in the NBA division. Ashish has been closely following the NFL and NBA since the 2012 season when the Patriots lost the Super Bowl and Derrick Rose was at the height of his powers. Since then, Ashish has focused on honing his knowledge for both leagues in, even writing crossover pieces. In his free time, Ashish is an avid basketball player, he loves to watch movies and TV shows, immersing himself in the cinematic world. Ashish studies computer science and data science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and would love to mesh his love for sports with his technical skills.

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