Even as the Houston Rockets were playing their way to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference last season, it wasn't difficult to see them as a young team that was maybe a year or two away from serious championship contention.

Following the finalized deal, Golden State received game-changing news on their pursuit of free-agent center Al Horford. “All signs, for the record, continue to point to Al Horford landing with Golden State,” The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer wrote Sunday.

The trade that saw Kevin Durant be traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Houston Rockets has expanded to include a record seven teams. The deal, which is the first seven-team trade in NBA history, also involves the Atlanta Hawks,