Waiting on desperate teams hasn't worked out the last two years for them. I think a team like Charlotte not willing to give up pick 13 or 15 for Wood tells us everything we need to know about his value around the league. Pick 26 is likely as good as it would get.
Dude is a near 40% shooter from 3, double digit rebounder and 18 points a game. Yeah he is horrible. Lol. I don’t understand this move.
Well, I don't like it, but I can't do anything about it, so hope that Stone has other moves attached to this one. DD
Thank God he is gone and not extended which would have been some half ass attempt to compete and end up on the mediocrity treadmill. So now does Stone make an aggressive move for someone like Ayton or does he trade off Gordon and just run all the young guys and tank one more year? Maybe we actually select at 3, 17, and 26 and the strategy is to just accumulate and play young talent until you hit on a couple of stars. I’m hoping we trade Gordon and package 17 and 26 to move up a few spots. Then just give all the young guys huge minutes. Get rid of Tate and Nwaba too. Another top pick and tons of 2023 cap space and we will be ready to go.
Philly can send stone greens expiring deal with pick 23 . I can see Morey gambling on Eric. Green won’t play at all this season and stone can unload to another team
Agreed. Stone moved Harden and appears to have gotten the best possible return but he was forced to make that deal. Wood definitely had more value before the start of last season and the Rockets were close to not even getting a number one for Wood. Gordon should have been dealt last year for a number one. Stone waited too long and teams moved onto other trade partners.
I can't believe we couldn't squeeze Josh Green out of the Mavs. I would have liked Wood to be part of a bigger deal... something like moving multiple pieces around for the Portland 7 pick. meh.
He's an expiring contract going to leave in the offseason and we needed to clear space in the rotation for whomever we draft. Even if his empty stats did anything, they sure weren't translating to wins...unless you think we should have tried to build around Christian mfing Wood as our core guy.
I could see that happen. They would need to send another filler other than Green. Get one of their rookies.
Not in the coming years along with the price of resigning his poor attitude and lack of commitment to defense. There are things I liked about Wood coming here but the situation has completely changed to a full rebuild. So even if Wood is better than 26th guy it doesn't matter. You take 26 and pair it with something somebody is wanting and get younger better talent. Should Stone have traded him last year? Probably should have but I doubt he knew the guy was gonna tank his own value by being a DGAS player just because the young guys needed some shine. Championships are the goal and Wood here never was going to lead to a championship. Maybe they get stuck with 26 and the pick amounts to zero but Wood wasn't staying here and being part of the solution, he was the problem and now maybe the rest of the guys will grow up a respect the game and learn to win.
Yeah - it's a weird one to me. Kleber and Bertans offer the same shooting. Dallas is mostlikely expecting an upgrade over them with rebounding, but Wood is a proven career loser. It is risky for them.... maybe it pans out? But I am with you. Watching Wood dribble and pass for 2 years was 23 months and 3 weeks too long....
Your team has a lot of gaps to fill in before you start winning and now that wood is gone, you have another gap. The rockets had no incentive to do a deal. The rockets are making moves like it is a contender instead of what it is — in rebuilding mode.
