Rockets acquire Pablo Prigioni, KJ McDaniels

The Rockets did not get the star point guard they sought, but completed a pair of deals to bolster their backcourt off the bench at the trade deadline with additions of rookie KJ McDaniels and veteran Pablo Prigioni.

The Rockets agreed to send second-year guard Isaiah Canaan along with the Denver Nuggets second-round pick to Philadelphia to get McDaniel, an athletic 6-6 guard taken with the 32nd pick in last seasons draft.

The Rockets also sent Alexey Shved and two late second-round picks to New York for Pablo Prigioni, a 37-year-old point guard that has been an outstanding shooter in his three NBA seasons, but had little role with the Knicks rebuilding.

The Rockets had tried to get involved in talks for Suns point guard Goran Dragic, who went to Miami for a much larger package of players and picks than the Rockets could match, a move that triggered a flurry of deals in which the Suns acquired Brandon Knight from the Bucks with Milwaukee getting Michael Carter-Williams, Miles Plumlee and Tyler Ennis.

Oklahoma City dramatically retooled its bench, trading Reggie Jackson to Detroit, with the Thunder adding D.J. Augustin and Kyle Singler and then picking up Enes Kanter from Utah for Kendrick Perkins.

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Rockets acquire Pablo Prigioni, KJ McDaniels