This was the way that I heard it as well. Although I thought that was just speculation? Was there ever any evidence that this trade proposal actually happened?
Not only that, if we hadn't traded Rudy Gay for Battier, then this highlight might have been done in a Rockets uniform <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1vT8ZCf-wOI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
They are both minimum wage guys who do not even come close to 10 greatest Rockets blunders, if they were even blunders to begin with. Specious argument considering Smoove was pivotal in one of the greatest playoff comebacks ever and Beasley was the only other Rocket last season, other than Harden, who could consistently get buckets. Talk about an agenda.