There’s some positional overlap, or at least an overlap in terms of on-ball presence,” Rockets GM Rafael Stone says of Kevin Durant and Jalen Green.

Rockets general manager Rafael Stone says Kevin Durant, even at age 37, brings championship qualities to Houston and worth losing Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks

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.