NBA Offseason 2020: 5 potential landing spots for Hassan Whiteside

The winds of change are starting to blow through Houston given the new coaching staff and James Harden trade rumors, but the league’s best scorer remains a Rocket, and that means that Houston should once again be firmly in the playoff picture. Even the most cursory examination of the Rockets by the most neophyte of basketball fans could see that the pitiful lack of size doomed them in the postseason, as offloading Clint Capela turned out to be a fatal blow for Houston. Whiteside might not be the most nimble athlete, but he would

While Stephen Silas might not run his offense at the same breakneck speed Mike D’Antoni did, he comes from a high-octane offense in Dallas. Even in those sorts of schemes, a big man that can block shots and attack the rim for easy buckets is necessary, and those two traits are Whiteside’s bread and butter.

This is certainly the riskiest move given the constriction of the roster around Whiteside, but if he is willing to take on Capela’s old role, Houston might be able to compete for a championship this year.