The Houston Rockets are off to a disappointing start to the season as they currently tenth in the Western Conference standings with an 8-11 record. The Rockets front office have already fired coach Kevin McHale after a 4-7 start and point guard Ty Lawson is rumored to be the next to exit.

According to a report by Basketball Insiders, Houston have started to shop Lawson around the league and there is a growing belief that many teams will be interested in him. He is due to get paid $12.4 million this season, but his $13.21 million salary next season is not fully guaranteed.

The Rockets acquired the 28-year-old point guard from the Denver Nuggets this past offseason for four role players, with the initial idea of him being the missing piece to take the Houston team to the next level. However, he has flopped in his first month with the Rockets and was relegated to the bench when J.B. Bickerstaff was named interim head coach.

Lawson is just averaging 7.2 points and 4.4 assists per game with Houston while he averaged 14.2 points and 6.6 assists in six seasons with the Nuggets, per Basketball Reference. In a report by NBC Sports, the Rockets are better offensively when Lawson is not playing with James Harden.

Both players need the ball in their hands to be effective, so coach Bickerstaff placed Lawson in the second unit. Add the fact that the former Nuggets guard has been arrested for driving under the influence in four separate times since 2008 and was even involved in a domestic violence incident in 2013.

The Rockets front office have already talked to the guard that the team is not shopping him and confirmed that there is no truth on the circulating rumors, per ESPN. "They're pretty honest here and they would come up to me and tell me that," Lawson said.

"When that story came out, they came up to me and told me like there is no truth to it. I'm just playing here every day, go day by day, working hard and if things happen, things happen," he added. Harden, who is Houston's team captain, said that he continues to speak with Lawson about being aggressive on offense to make the team better.

"Yeah, he and James have had a bunch of conversations and I think in those conversations they are starting to learn each other, starting to figure each other out, and Ty is able to feel more comfortable," coach Bickerstaff said. In his past two games, Lawson is averaging 11.5 points and 4.5 assists in 24 minutes of play.