The Rockets threw their hat in the ring for Jimmy Butler, and apparently they’re doing the same for Russell Westbrook, lack of salary cap viability be damned.

According to ESPN, Houston is interested in trading for Westbrook, though a source told the Worldwide Leader that it’s a “long shot.” The Rockets would need to do some serious maneuvering, likely with a third team, to fit Westbrook’s five-year, $206 million albatross under their cap.

Houston is already carrying two maximum $38 million cap hits next year in the form of Chris Paul and James Harden. Thus, it makes sense that Paul might be part of a trade for Westbrook, though according to ESPN, that isn’t necessarily the case. Rockets GM Daryl Morey has said that Paul and Harden will be in Houston next season.

Eric Gordon and Clint Capela could become casualties in such a deal. Per ESPN, both were shopped as the Rockets explored a trade for Butler before he ultimately signed with the Heat. Houston could target Tyson Chandler, per ESPN, another move that comports with moving Capela.

If the Rockets somehow fit all three guys under the cap, it would vault them near the top of a crowded field of title contenders that includes the Lakers, Clippers, Warriors, Jazz, Nuggets and Blazers in the Western Conference alone.

Westbrook and Harden finished 1-2 in the 2017 MVP voting, which Harden followed by winning the award the next season. The two of them on the same team would be formidable, to say the least — let alone with Paul — though it would require three ball-dominant scorers to live with each other. That’s something Harden and Paul reportedly already have trouble doing.