"We're not a developmental team anymore," Rockets general manager Rafael Stone told reporters Monday in his first public comments since the Durant trade.

Monday’s press conference was the first interview for Rockets general manager Rafael Stone since his blockbuster trade acquisition of Kevin Durant.

Even as the Houston Rockets were playing their way to the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference last season, it wasn't difficult to see them as a young team that was maybe a year or two away from serious championship contention.