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星期五火箭隊告訴其他球隊在12/15~12/19要交易Asik，根據對球隊運作熟悉的消息源指出
12/15開始休賽季簽約的球員可以被交易，12/20是交易截止日
現在管理階層正在積極找買家
Asik對於交易已經多次拒絕發表評論，任何評論會被罰款
The Houston Rockets are telling other teams they intend to trade disgruntled
center Omer Asik by Dec. 19, according to sources familiar with the team's
plans.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets began calling potential trade partners
Friday to let them know they intend to deal Asik between Dec. 15 and Dec. 19.
The significance of such a specific window is two-fold. Dec. 15 is the first
day players who signed new contracts in the offseason can be plugged into
trades, and Dec. 19 is the last day any player acquired by Houston in an Asik
deal can be repackaged with other players before the league's Feb. 20 trade
deadline.
The calls made by the Rockets on Friday are reminiscent of their approach
with Thomas Robinson during the draft in June.
It was an open secret that the Rockets would trade Robinson to help clear
salary-cap space for their pursuit of Dwight Howard. Taking this step with
Asik is in essence an attempt to persuade potential suitors to put their best
offer on the table quickly now that the Rockets have established such an
exact time frame for trying to complete a trade.
Asik has wanted a new address from the moment Howard arrived in July and has
privately requested a trade numerous times in the months since, sources said.
The Rockets tried playing Howard and Asik together and were initially
hesitant to entertain trade offers for the Turkish big man on the premise
that the luxury of having either Howard or Asik on the court at all times was
too valuable to surrender so quickly.
But Asik's angry reaction last month to being dropped out of the starting
lineup by Rockets coach Kevin McHale changed the dynamic.
Team officials are now aggressively trying to find a workable trade that will
not only bring back a worthy asset for a player of Asik's caliber as a
defensive anchor and a rebounder but one that also happens quickly enough to
ensure that Houston