Get Christian Wood the Hell outta here ASAP for AMAP!

Is LOLadipo even in the NBA anymore?

They would have been better off keeping Olynyk.

 

IDK. If they took on both Herro and Robinson, they would have a glut of shooting guards, unless they trade Gordon along with Wood AND bring Green of the bench. I don't mind that arrangement, tbh. But will they do it?

 

If we get Herro, then just play Duncan Robinson at center for all I care. If Miami was dumb enough to send us Herro for Woods, you worry about positioning later.

 

I like Grant more than Collins.

If Rockets can swing trade for Grant AND Turner then do it.

I'm more than willing to give up Wood, EGo, Tate, FRP for that return.

 

Like I did with AG, you need to give up the Herro dream man.

No way Heat trade him if they were unwilling for James Harden.

And Rockets would have to offer up Green anyway, both play exact same spot.

 

What are you talking about? I didn’t want Herro for Harden (I wanted Simmons or Brown) and don’t think there’s a chance to get him this time. All I was illustrating is that Miami has no realistic assets for Wood.

 

If you are not personally invested in Herro then you won't be offended if I say that your trade idea to acquire him was unrealistic as well as hilarious.

 

Is Carmelo Anthony available?

 

Not a trade idea, but sure. Heat won’t trade Herro or Bam for Wood. They were specifically mentioned by Iko as being persistent. I’m just saying they aren’t a match and by saying cough up Herro, I’m illustrating that. They won’t cough up Herro nor will they land Wood.

 

Oh, I'd do it in a heartbeat if it was Herro for Wood straight up. It's the baggage that comes with I don't really like. Robinson is overpaid. His game dipped quite a bit after he signed that 40year contract. He is 28 with no upside. We have a much cheaper guy named Barry Bird who can do similar things. You want to sit him at the end of the bench?

I like Herro's game. But is he really worth all that trouble?

 

Based on how Herro has looked this season, he definitely seems to be worth the trouble to me.

 

yeah, 40 year contract for a 28 year-old is too long. I think the last few years are covered by Social Security, though…

 

Haha, slippery fingers. And it's Garry, not Barry, Bird.

 

I'd keep Wood over Robinson + Heat garbage.

Wood defense overall but especially on Curry was excellent.

 

@D-rock I am a well known Wood skeptic , but even I can admit he played a fantastic game vs GS . Was excellent on the glass ...Not just in number of rebounds, that usually doesn’t matter ... but he had a good number of hard fought ones.

Then , like you said ...on defense he was very good . Mostly due to his increased toughness . And then he didn’t overly dominate on offense . Of course . KPJ was great too and deserves a lot of credit .

IDK if he’s playing like he wants to get traded. If he can actually play with a mean streak then he’s a player ... but idk if I’m buying that either hahaha .

still a skeptic , but if he has more games like this (not even necessarily getting good outcomes) I’ll be more sold .

Tate looking like he got his powers stolen

 

Thing about Wood is that before we got him, we were looking for a center that could stretch the floor ... Wood is a big man who doesn't play like one where it matters - on the defensive end.

That leaves us needing the same damn thing we needed before we signed Wood .... a 5 that can stretch the floor and roll hard to the rack because Wood is essentially a wing player for us, not a 5.

You put this guy on the right roster and he's potentially lethal .... but there aren't many teams that can accommodate him, having the right players at the 4 & 5 that he can impersonate KD (play as a wing).

 

This is the worst defensive unit in the league and it's not even close, a 4 point spread to the next worst team and 12 points to #27.
Most of that is the fact that there is no rim protection no matter which big is on the floor - at least Sengun tries, give him a little credit, Wood on the other hand does all he can not to get switched onto opposing bigs, usually leaving one of Tate, EG, Mathews, Christopher, Brooks or Martin Jr defending opposing centers while he's out on the perimeter chasing around guards.

Watching him against the Spurs was tough to watch, their fundamental bigs had their way inside the whole damn game and the guards were met with no resistance either. That's on the only big man on the floor for the Rockets.


Fact is, he can defend those guards, even the really quick ones relatively well on the outside. He can't or won't defend inside.

Maybe we are doing it wrong and need to play him as a 3 instead of trying to force him to be a 4 or 5? It's going to take the right guy at the 5 spot .... one who can shoot, set good picks, roll hard and defend.

As long as Wood is "the anchor of this defense" it's gonna be awful, might as well try something else ....

 

Green as a starter is a huge anchor on defense.

Rockets defense was actually much improved when Green was out.

And to hammer home this point, Mobley instead of Green would have had a major impact on Rockets, defensively AND offensively as well as the win column.

And Jarrett Allen would have been THE rim protector that Stone & Silas hoped signing Theis could be.

 

The right players would have been Jarrett Allen and Evan Mobley.

Rockets would have had their own triple towers, instead of Cavs.