The Rockets are prepared to offer Omer Asik an annual contract offer in the $8 million range.
Asik is a restricted free agent of the Chicago Bulls.
Houston similarly pursued Marcin Gortat at the start of his free agency in 2009, though he eventually signed a $34 million offer sheet with the Mavericks that was matched by the Magic.
Via K.C. Johnson/Chicago Tribune (via Twitter)
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8 million?

Why not go after Hibbert first