On February 8, Beijing time, The Rockets' Gordon was still in Houston and was not traded, but for Gordon, going or staying did not have much impact on him. Gordon has said earlier that his goal is to play well and not to care about the various trade rumors that pervade the league. In fact, this mentality is excellent, there is nothing more resistant to external interference than playing with peace of mind, staying in the Rockets, Gordon is still the core of this team's outside line; joining other teams, Gordon will also be the team's best championship puzzle.
The maturity of the mentality has also led to Gordon's current achievements. Compared with James Harden, who has always wanted a championship trophy and has not hesitated to ask the Rockets to trade himself, Gordon is more calm. So what does the Rockets think? We don't know. After all, there are still 3 days to go until the season trading deadline, which is long enough for a hair-trigger transaction. The Rockets have already issued two major conditions, first, to ask for a first-round mid-round draft pick, and second, they are unwilling to eat the big contract of the opposing team, and if these two conditions are met, they are willing to let Gordon go at any time.
Presumably to get Gordon to rest better and stay in shape and avoid injury, the Rockets also took a break from Gordon in the previous game against the Pelicans. Nominally, the Rockets said that Gordon was injured, but the actual situation was clear to everyone. Tomorrow morning the Rockets will go to the away game to play the Pelicans again, and it doesn't matter whether the team can avenge the arrow, the key is whether Gordon will play. If Gordon can play normally, this probably means that Gordon will not be traded by the Rockets, after all, "trade protection" is very important.
But if Gordon doesn't play, the 33-year-old shooter will most likely be sent away by Houston. The Rockets didn't play today, and after the team had a training session, Rockets coach Silas also talked about Eric Gordon. Silas said Gordon missed training today with an injury that was "plantar fasciitis". Tomorrow morning's game against the Pelicans, whether Gordon can play or not depends on the "pre-game decision."
In other words, the current state of Gordon is "playing in doubt", or as mentioned above, tomorrow morning the Rockets will play the Pelicans again, which reflects the fact that Gordon goes or stays, once Gordon plays normally, it can basically be judged that he will stay with the Rockets, at least this season will play the entire regular season. And once Gordon continues to take a break, then Gordon bid farewell to the Rockets, which is probably nearly 3 days, because February 11, Beijing time is the NBA trading deadline, whether Gordon stays in the Rockets, in these 3 days can be seen.
However, considering that the previous game of Gordon did not play, and now he is absent from training + the next game is in doubt, it can be predicted that the probability of Gordon being traded by the Rockets in 3 days is already getting bigger and bigger.