Houston Rockets Should Consider Ramon Sessions

The summer of 2009 has so far taken the Houston Rockets from a legitimate championship contender to a team on the verge of having to rebuild. The main reason for this is the uncertain status of Yao Ming with his foot injury. The team essentially swapped small forward for small forward, signing Trevor Ariza away from the Lakers the same day Ron Artest skipped Houston for Tinseltown. On draft night, General Manager Daryl Morey spent $6 million acquiring three second-round draft picks in Chase Budinger, Jermaine Taylor, and Sergio Llull. Yesterday, Houston traded a protected second-round draft pick and $2 million cash to Atlanta for the rights to international center David Andersen.  The Rockets went into the offseason with not much to spend other than the mid-level exception, worth about $33 million, which they had initially spent on Ariza. However, the Rockets applied to the NBA for a disabled-player exception on Yao Ming, which they were subsequently granted, meaning they have ...