Houston Rockets trying to finalize Jeremy Lin trade for Chris Bosh
By Josh Hill
The decision for LeBron James to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers will now start a domino effect across the NBA as players begin to get back to their original plans in free agency now that they know the extra variable of LeBron James has been solved.
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One team moving quickly in the aftermath of the decision are the Houston Rockets. All week long they’ve been sitting on a trade that would send away Jeremy Lin and free up cap space to sign LeBron James’ former teammate Chris Bosh.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski, that trade is now something the Rockets are moving quickly to make happen now that is’ clear Bosh will not be returning to Miami.
The dominos will start to fall now. Houston is moving quickly to complete a deal for Jeremy Lin, clear space and try to sign Chris Bosh.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 11, 2014
It’s not a shock that the Rockets are moving quickly to secure a trade for Lin as there was one reportedly already set up and it’s only a matter of time before it’s a done deal. Eitehr way, with LeBron now back in Cleveland, the Rockets landing Bosh is a virtual certainty and the free agency pipeline will now begin to gush with all of the backed up signings that were waiting on LeBron’s decision.