The Rockets are preparing their pitch to persuade Chris Bosh to join the team this off-season.

Other clubs that are expected to pursue Bosh -- Miami, New York, Chicago and New Jersey -- will have the cap room to sign Bosh to a maximum-salary contract.  The Rockets would need to work out a sign-and-trade deal with the Raptors that would land Bosh in Houston.

"At the heart of the issue is, first, persuading Bosh to play for the Rockets," writes Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle.  "If they're able to do that, everything else almost certainly will fall into place. That's why the Rockets are spending so much time and energy coming up with the right recruiting pitch."