Rockets Plan On Having Harden Serve As Lead Recruiter For Durant

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    The Houston Rockets chose to take a step back in 14-15 by letting Chandler Parsons sign with the Dallas Mavericks in order to preserve cap space for 2015 and 2016.

    Goran Dragic and Rajon Rondo are free agents in 2015, while Kevin Durant will hit the open market in 2016.

    Sources say the Rockets would like to give James Harden an opportunity to serve as their lead recruiter in pursuing Durant.

    "We are always going to be swinging big," Morey said. "We're only about trying to win championships and how to make that happen. We take big swings at things. Obviously, it worked out the last two summers, but the only way you can land a James Harden or a Dwight Howard is by taking big swings. Sometimes, you hit. Sometimes, you miss. Bosh chose to stay in Miami, but that's not always going to be the case.

    "If that had worked out, everyone is obviously writing a very different story about the Rockets, but it didn't work out. And we had to choose the best path when it didn't work out.

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