Wemby or bust, trade the picks if we don't get Wemby.

Only thing I agree with is we need to consolidate these FRP, we don't have the PT (as you suggested) or the ability to pay them all.

Otherwise, don't really think we need to be as dogmatic as you suggest.

 

Do you guys think whichever team picks Wemby will ever trade for him?
I mean a GREAT trade package of multiple great players, picks etc.

I honestly think he is SOOOOO hyped right now that no team will never trade him unless names in the MVP race are involved. Lol.

 

Doesn't mean it needs to be Wemby or trade the pick.

 

I agree. Ultimately it is a business.
That being said, it is so absurd the attention this guy is having by the NBA media even while playing overseas... I don't know. The guy is basically MJ without playing a single game in the NBA. Lol

 

All I know is I want the biggest team in the league. A team of giants. I like the idea of having Sengun, Smith and Wemby and then trading Green and Porter and a couple of of BKN firsts for Durant then sign Harden.

PG - Harden (6-5)
SG - Durant (6-11)
SF - Smith (6-11)
PF - Sengun (6-10)
..C - Wemby (7-4)

Defense would be easy, everyone just raise their arms. LOL

 

I mean what would we get for the picks? If we get a guy like Bridges, sure. But I’d think it would take a lot more than that.

and those picks could be really nice. Let’s begin by putting Scoot right after Wemby. And looking at the pst two drafts, these are the players being picked between 4 and 7: Barnes, Suggs, Wagner, Giddy, Murray, Ivey, Mathurin and Sharpe. Outside of Suggs these are all quality players that contributed from year one on. All of them could ver well end up being all stars at some point in their careers.

So I wouldn’t be eager to trade those picks.

 

I mean what would we get for the picks? If we get a guy like Bridges, sure. But I’d think it would take a lot more than that.

and those picks could be really nice. Let’s begin by putting Scoot right after Wemby. And looking at the pst two drafts, these are the players being picked between 4 and 7: Barnes, Suggs, Wagner, Giddy, Murray, Ivey, Mathurin and Sharpe. Outside of Suggs these are all quality players that contributed from year one on. All of them could ver well end up being all stars at some point in their careers.

So I wouldn’t be eager to trade those picks.

 

My read: the Rockets keep the pick if they can get Wemby, Scoot, or Amen.

All three of those guys have top 10 player upside, although you have to get lucky (to a greater or lesser degree) for them to hit it.

The Rockets have many paths to getting quality starters and even all-stars: internal development, free agency, trades. But opportunities to get a true #1 are rare. Even in the rosiest scenarios I don’t think anyone currently on the roster or coming available in the next couple years is a #1. Even if Jalen becomes Devin Booker, or Sengun becomes Sabonis, or Harden or Jaylen Brown comes here. None of those are top 10 players.

So if you have a chance at a guy with a ~5-25% chance of being that guy, you can’t trade it.

(Brandon Miller has a higher average outcome then Amen, but doesn’t have top 10 player upside)

 

I would extend that to Scoot. But past that, I agree, exploring a trade would be a good idea

 

Absolutely not. Kpj isn't him and Scoot is there. Scoot might have higher upside than Green. That being said i'm not super high on anyone else outside of Wemby and Scoot.

 

We lost a lot of winnable games thanks to his weird rotations.

 

With the 1st pick of the NBA draft the Houston Rockets selects Victor Wembanyama from France!!! Let’s gooooo!!!!! Manifest that shiii to existence!!!

 

Henderson since we need a pg and wemby. If we whiff on either of those two, trading down would b pretty wise. We do have way too many youngster but those two are a must get.

If we somehow get harden, then it's wemby or trade.

 

Stop hyping yourself up, when we're picking 7th.

 

Bridges is not Durant. The Nets are going to ask for the world, but they won’t get anywhere near that kind of haul. We don’t need to be in a hurry to trade for him in the off-season. Once they get into the season, they will see that they need to tank to be relevant and the price will come down. If we have the second pick in this year’s draft, we will take Scoot. DD just started a thinly-veiled KPJ needs to be our PG thread. The Nets can’t tank if they don’t have their picks. We are by far their best trade partner for Bridges.

 

I agree completely with all of this. Weird that some here are so into the idea of trading the pick when we have $60M of cap space to use. Almost makes you think they have ulterior motives...

It's not one or the other--we can acquire veteran players and pick a guy with huge upside. Even if the pick drops to #5-7, I don't believe they'll find a trade good enough to be worth getting rid of it, although you never know.

 

Idiot! Just kidding. I appreciate your love for the Rockets and I like when we can have reasonable discourse without the name calling. Jason Kidd, Marcus Smart, Rondo, Derrick Rose, and many other outstanding PG’s took a long time to develop outside shots, but were still very effective. I saw that you conspicuously left KPJ off your original post. We all know you have him penciled in as our superstar PG of the future. I agree that we need to start bundling assets and getting some youngish vets, but trading away a top 3 pick for a non-superstar vet is a no-go. Please let me know the NBA precedence for that.

 

This is the truth. Rockets are not ready. They need more of a Josh Giddy then they do a pure shooter. No one on this team can even get Alp the ball in the right spot consistently to unleash his talents. Let's hope we can find that guy, because it's definitely not KPJ.

Henderson would be so good on this team. Him and Alp would click nicely. But if you don't get him, and even if you get the 5th or 6th pick, I hope the Rockets keep it instead of trying to get some win now vet that will be age mismatched with these guy and likely to move on in 3 or 4 years - thus wasting a pick for a few meaningless wins.