The Oklahoma City Thunder have dealt superstar guard Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets in exchange for guard Chris Paul according to espn.com.
League sources told ESPN that in addition to Paul, the Thunder will also received two protected first-round picks (2024 and 2026) and two pick swaps (2021 and 2025) from the Rockets.
Westbrook is reunited with James Harden, who previously played for Oklahoma City before he was also traded to Houston.
Paul has three years, $124 million left on his contract, which means that the Thunder may also be looking to move him to a contender as they are in full rebuild mode after also dealing Paul George earlier this week to the Los Angeles Clippers.
Source, to the @TheAthletic: Chris Paul's agent, Leon Rose, will talk to OKC GM Sam Presti in the coming days to determine what's next. If CP wants to go to Miami to join Jimmy Butler, it's clear there's a deal to be done there. The Thunder would engage and have interest.
— Sam Amick (@sam_amick) July 12, 2019
