While their Western Conference competitors engineered seismic deals that altered the NBA landscape — trading for Luka Dončić, Anthony Davis, Jimmy Butler and De’Aaron Fox — the Houston Rockets remained at a relative standstill as Thursday’s NBA trade deadline passed.

The Houston Rockets entered the NBA trade deadline as a team on the rise, sitting in the upper tier of the Western Conference standings.  And despite a recent

Another NBA trade deadline comes and goes, but this year's was perhaps the most chaotic in the history of the league. With a plethora of All-Stars and veterans moved this year, it seemed like no one was safe from being moved.

The Houston Rockets only made minor deals at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. But the results of some other teams' deadline activity make Houston's future look much brighter.