Podcast: Rockets-Thunder trade reaction and preseason opener preview
Friday’s episode of The Lager Line podcast features reaction from Ben DuBose and Paulo Alves to an eight-player trade between the Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder, which brought Derrick Favors and a future second-round pick to Houston, along with three other players.
Discussion topics include financial and draft motivations for the complex deal, along with a look at its basketball merits.
The episode concludes with a preview of Sunday’s preseason opener versus San Antonio and a look back at the first week of training camp, with an emphasis on the defensive culture being established by rookie Jabari Smith Jr. and insight on how Stephen Silas is tweaking Houston’s offense to best utilize Alperen Sengun.
Friday’s full podcaste can be listened to below. Each episode of the show is also available via flagship radio station SportsTalk 790, as well as to all major podcast distributors under “The Lager Line.”
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