While the Houston Rockets spent their cap space on role players, they will continue to pursue a second star to pair with James Harden.

In 2013, the Rockets signed Dwight Howard but his pairing with Harden never seemed to click.

"Teams that win it all generally have two top-10 players," Daryl Morey said. "We have one. We will always look for more."

Houston has confidence everyone on their roster will thrive in Mike D'Antoni's system, which will bump up their trade value.

"We may have created some downside risk for ourselves," Morey said. "But if we're as good we think we are gonna be -- and that's a team that gets home-court in first round, or just short of that -- I don't see any problems getting it done."