Report: Rockets trade Stauskas and Baldwin to Pacers

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Portland Trail Blazers guard Nik Stauskas (6), guard Damian Lillard (0) and guard CJ McCollum (3) react after Stauskas made a 3-point basket against the Washington Wizards. (Craig Mitchelldyer/AP)

The Houston Rockets have traded recently acquired Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin as well as a second-round pick to the Indiana Pacers according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Pacers intend to waive both Stauskas and Baldwin.

According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the move puts the Rockets $634,000 below the luxury tax, allowing them to be active in the buyout market.

Stauskas and Baldwin will become free agents once waived by the Pacers. It is the third time this month both Stasukas and Baldwin have been traded, having already been moved from the Portland Trailblazers to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and then from the Cavaliers to the Rockets in prior transactions.

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