Marquese Chriss Gives Rockets Ultimatum

Marquese Chriss‘ camp has spoken with the Rockets about the big man’s desire to see more playing time. If the team can’t find more minutes for Chriss, the preference would be a trade, Chriss’ agent Aaron Goodwin tells Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports.

“Marquese didn’t ask to be traded to Houston,” Goodwin tells Haynes. “The Rockets are a great organization and the kid has done everything they’ve asked of him to get on the floor. If it’s not going to happen there, we just want him to be treated fairly.”

The former No. 8 overall pick came to the Rockets in the Ryan Anderson deal along with Brandon Knight. Houston declined to pick up Chriss’ fourth-year option and he’ll become an unrestricted free agent this summer.

“I would hate to see a career derailed because teams feel he cannot play at the level he did before the trade,” Goodwin said.

Chriss seemed like a candidate to see more playing time with Clint Capela sidelined, though the team brought in Kenneth Faried and placed another frontcourt player ahead of Chriss on the depth chart. Nene and Isaiah Hartenstein, who was the team’s 2018 second-round pick, have seen more action than Chriss this season.

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