NBA Rumors: Rockets' Gersson Rosas to Interview for Wizards President Vacancy

Houston Rockets vice president of basketball operations Gersson Rosas will interview for the Washington Wizards' vacant president of basketball operations job. 

Fred Katz of The Athletic reported Rosas is in Washington on Tuesday to discuss the position, which was vacated when the Wizards fired Ernie Grunfeld.

Rosas has been with the Rockets for more than 15 years, serving as Daryl Morey's right-hand man for most of that time. He briefly left the organization in 2013 to become the Dallas Mavericks' general manager before resigning three months into the job and returning to Houston.

Grunfeld served as the Wizards' chief decision-maker from 2003-2019, overseeing eras of brief prosperity but ultimately leaving a muddled legacy. The Wizards made the playoffs eight times under Grunfeld, never getting past the second round. His tenure was largely defined by head-scratching moves when the Wizards were a playoff contender—most notably the 2016 offseason filled with bad contracts and the 2009 Mike Miller/Randy Foye deal—and an unwillingness to tear things down.

The six-year, $111 million contract the Wizards gave to an injured Gilbert Arenas ranks among the worst in recent NBA history.

Rosas has also interviewed for the open president of basketball operations job with the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was also a candidate for the New Orleans Pelicans' position that ultimately went to David Griffin.

The Wizards job ranks among the most complicated in the NBA. They're saddled with John Wall's supermax contract for the next four years, a deal that was nearly immovable before Wall suffered a ruptured Achilles. Wall will miss most or all of the 2019-20 season.

Washington could theoretically choose to bottom out next season, but that would require trading Bradley Beal, a 25-year-old with an excellent two-way game that should age well. Beal is young and on a good contract that runs through 2020-21; he's also heading into his eighth season and is unlikely to want to be part of a rebuild.