After failing to overcome the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, the Houston Rockets are already focusing on ways to improve their team to get over the top next season. 

The Rockets will look to be big players in free agency and the trade market this summer to fine-tune their roster so they can become the dominant force in the west. 

They were within one win of making it to the Finals but suffered a Game 7 loss to the Warriors on their home floor. 

A hamstring injury to Chris Paul proved to be a devastating blow as they led the series 3-2 when he went down. 

After winning a franchise record 65 games and finishing with the number one seed in the conference for the first time, the Rockets just fell short at the final hurdle following a terrific season. 

The truth is, they don't need to make many changes to their team but they will not pass up an opportunity to add another superstar. 

With Golden State possessing four All-Stars, Houston is keen to get as much star power as possible to compete with them and knock them off. 

Chris Paul is certainly aware of this and has already started working on trying to recruit this summer's biggest free agent.

According to Marc Stein of the New York Times, Paul has wasted no time reaching out to LeBron James in an effort to lure him to Texas to form a superteam alongside himself and James Harden. 

Per Stein: "Rest assured that the Rockets' understandably devastated Chris Paul — who made a fast exit from Toyota Center late Monday night after being forced to watch the biggest game of his life from the bench because of his hamstring injury — has already begun his recruitment of James to Houston."

James, of course, is preparing to meet the Warriors in the Finals for the fourth straight year and will not be giving his free agency much thought until that series is over. 

But there is a real desire for the league's best player to take his talents to Houston. 

Shuffling

In order to land the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar, however, the Rockets would have to do a lot of manoeuvring in terms of their roster and make some huge decisions. 

Paul is set to become a free agent in the summer and is looking to renegotiate a long-term deal to stay and Clint Capela will hit restricted free agency and is likely to receive offers of up to $25 million a year. 

Houston would have to match any offer Capela gets if they want to keep him and that would put them way over the luxury tax. 

LeBron won't come cheap so the likes of Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon may have to be traded to free up some money. 

That would surely then end any chances of re-signing Trevor Ariza who will also become a free agent. 

It all sounds extremely complicated but if the King has a mutual interest in joining the Rockets, there's no doubt that general manager Daryl Morey will do whatever it takes to get him on board.

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