They are going to say the same thing next year when KD and Sengun gets exhausted from their workload this year and get major injuries to end the Rockets year. If they dont make a major move this deadline, then it is clear Tilman's goal is just to be good enough to get to the playoffs every year and leave it at that
Low cost, this saves the owner about $5.6mil. this season, Pippen Jr. is on minimum contract for 3 years. I love Steve-O but can't waste 1yr of KD's limited window Sengun, J.Smith/Capela Durant, Jabari, Green Eason, D.F.S., Tate Amen, Okogie, Holiday Pippen jr, Sheppard, Davison Pippen Jr. is career .480%, .401% 3pt shooter, 17.1pt/5.3reb/7.2asi per 36min., a pest on defense. only 25yr. on min. contract for 3 years. Jalen Smith gives you a stretch big that can shoot from 3 also very good rebounding and rim protecting bring Bari off bench, let him and Reed run the 2nd unit offense, draw some plays for them that'll benefit their growth
He does have to adjust but I'm not sure there's much left in his bag. I think it's time for an assistant or another former basketball player as a balancing voice in the front office. Ideas have gotten stale with this set up.
Rockets now value injured players, funny stuff. Why no reporting on the Bulls talks around Simons and Sexton?
Stone is at his crucial breaking point: I think the players know that a change is needed; this group isn't going to get it done. As a team, the Rockets have reached the threshold where they are a collection of depreciating assets. No one in their right mind would trade for Tari since he can walk away. GMs know Amen is about to cost an arm and a leg, and he may not be worth it. Sengun is still a young big with a potential bright future, but a growing number of red flags. Jabari has a few games that are a flash in the pan, but night-to-night, he's league average (or worse) KD is not getting younger. There's lots of money tied up in vets coming off injuries. Shepherd has potential, but he's hardly a rotational player on a playoff team. There's very little to show for his work over the last few years. Is the best next move to add a guy off an expiring contract (Dinwiddie or Ball)? If I'm the owner, I'd still be mad that we didn't make a better impact deal at last year's trade deadline when our assets were worth more. We were playing a bit over our heads and were the #2 seed. I still think a move for shooting back then might have brought this group closer to a roster that could have competed with GS and ultimately OKC. But Stone missed that train. After the trade for Durant, I had no expectations that we would make any other moves. I was shocked that we signed Okogie and JD Davison. Some want to blame Ime, but please don't forget: Stone picked Silas and kept him as the coach forever. We were a franchise laughingstock around the league, paying John Wall not to play. Hiring Ime, a hungry coach who wanted to prove that Boston had treated him wrong, is the only reason that the pressure fell off Stone. But when you do nothing as the GM when injuries and plans don't go as you would expect, you have to recalibrate and make changes. Since Stone isn't doing that, he should be out the door next.
Welcome to "the process" kids! everybody was all yippy skippy bout tanking... thinking a bunch of lottery pix provided future prosperity... smdh... u got about as much chance of winning in the nba lottery as most lotteries... imagine the guys we coulda got by dealing those 2nd and 3rd picks... im always about the proven commodity... draft picks are a crapshoot imo...
I was praying we traded those picks and continued collecting assets. Jabari and Reed’s picks should’ve been traded, but instead we drafted players we did not scout or workout ourselves. I would’ve traded them for a couple vets and more picks in stronger drafts. Our GM lacks foresight, he has a no real strategy when it comes to building this team. He just sits on his hands every season and make weird decisions every summer. I barely see any Rockets management at Rockets game, the owner and GM don’t even bother to show up. Do they even watch this team?!
It's 'the process'.... collect lottery pix in the hopes of landing a superstar... when i'd say 90% of lottery pix lose value once the selection is made.... and even fewer retain their value in the long term... lottery pix are way more sexy than just getting a proven guy that can provide solid minutes... heck there are still people on this board that think Reed is a "generational shooter" and wouldnt trade him - lol! after 3 years of tanking, our best draftee is prob Sengun - taken with a 'treadmill of mediocrity' pick... lol
But, but, buttttttttttt, we have FVV coming back next year and our backup center. What more do you want?
