Rockets make Francisco Garcia available in trade talks

Francisco Garcia, who owns a player's option for next season, has been made available by the Houston Rockets in trade talks lately, according to a source.

Garcia played 40 games this season and contributed as a shooting threat on the wing as well as a solid defender, but he has been held out since Jan. 16 with knee tendonitis.

Rockets' general manager Daryl Morey could try to package Garcia with disgruntled center Omer Asik, who doesn't fit with Dwight Howard and has been sidelined with a thigh injury.