Sometimes, though, that same grapevine misleads. There have likewise been errant rumblings since the trade deadline in February that Lindsey or Knicks adviser Gersson Rosas — or perhaps both in tandem — would soon return to the Rockets. Stephen Silas is out as Rockets coach after three seasons, with Nurse indeed on the list of candidates to replace him, but Rafael Stone continues to lead Houston’s basketball operations … just as a source close to the situation emphatically insisted to me would happen when I checked on the latter rumblings in early April.