Yeah that would be pretty cold blooded to trade him and it would literally undo all of Stone’s good will to make us look like a player’s organization. To your point it really does seem like we’re on a “Just play it out and see” timetable for Amen & Reed right now. I hope they both step up. If they do somehow figure it out. We would legitimately be next in line behind OKC for a young dynasty
For all intents and purposes, the player option in the 2nd year gives FVV an implied no-trade clause. A team can not trade a player on a 1-year contract without their consent. As long as the player option has not been exercised, it is a one-year contract.
Optimistic view: the Rockets upside potential went up drastically. Love FVV, but Amen and Reed have the ability to turbocharge the pg position.
We still have the mid season trade deadline to assess things and most importantly still have time before training camp to add someone and integrate them.
Do we get any kind of injury exception/exemption with the cap to where we could grab a late 20 year old NBA journeyman guard? No thanks to WB type players.
I read somewhere that replacing him with an injury exception might be difficult due to the hard cap. Guess we will see if Stone can cook smthn up to help us out (IF they feel we need it). We will have to wait til later in camp to see….
Lets remember that FVV was suppose to be a rental and out the door this year anyways. Its not good he got hurt and he would have helped a lot but if any of the key young guys take a step up in their game in the areas we hope we will be just fine. If either Sengun or Amen develops a 33+% 3 point shot then a lot changes for the team. Just need 2 chances for one guy to figure it out. Even without that we will still be ok but with that we are looking at a different team.
I guess that in regards to who will act as a pg, we’ll be fine with throwing Amen and Reed to the deeper water. It was already the plan for the next season probably. I do think we’ll miss Fred’s 3pt shooting, which could have been more efficient with KD around. I hope that if necessary, we’ll be able to make some moves after Dec15 and trade for a guard.
