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Dorian Finney Smith (DFS) + 3 SRP TRADED TO CHARLOTTE HORNETS FOR…

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Mr. Dominant, Jul 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM.

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Do you like this move by the Houston Rockets getting rid of DFS?

  1. Yes

    115 vote(s)
    59.6%

  2. No

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  1. pippendagimp

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    the local media is captured under threat of non-access. until the fans pressure tilfuk to put the franchise up for sale this team is on a hamster wheel going nowhere
     
    #101 pippendagimp, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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    Name one.
     
    #102 Hemingway, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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    Worse than Ty Lawson?
     
    #103 WoodDavidWood, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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    @BimaThug

    was waiving and stretching Clint not enough to get below the tax?
     
    #104 Aruba77, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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    Not defending Stone (believe me, I'm puzzled by his choices all the time), but second-round picks aren't what they used to be. The better players are staying in college longer (and making more guaranteed money there). Losing out on seconds isn't great, but it isn't the bigger loss it used to be.
     
    #105 j@amc, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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    This is an overpay. Rockets better have someone in mind to use that space because they definitely could have built him up and traded him for less later, avoiding the tax still
     
    #106 treyk3, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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    Thats what the new yacht will be named.
     
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    That’s offset by the increase of foreign players though, and I assume you’re only talking trade value, bc obviously the only way 2RPs get worse is if the overall talent pool is trending down, and NIL money merely means the talent delays their entry date.


    One trend that continues is on draft day, you can’t buy with cash-only the top 2nd-round picks anymore. They have increased in value that you must trade for them now. You can only buy into the end of the draft.
     
    #108 heypartner, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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    Can you trade the trade exception for a higher salary or does it have to be the exact amount or less? I know you can’t aggregate it with other players
     
    #109 megastahr, Jul 3, 2026 at 12:56 PM
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    It’s about having them available for trades, which are very valuable right now. The Rockets could have waited and traded him for less. Now they have only 2 second rounders for the next 7 years. An absolute horrible mismanagement by Stone.
     
    #110 Little Bit, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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    DFS and Ty won’t/didnt even get Appreciation threads.

    so sad
     
    #111 heypartner, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
  12. seclusion

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    You can literally buy second rounders with cash.
     
    #112 seclusion, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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    Ayton was only an 8M contract and is really good as far as backup centers go.
     
    #113 Hemingway, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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    Serious question: Have we ever done anything with a trade exception besides letting them expire?
     
    #114 rimrocker, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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    People here still living in the Morey lie that they're worth a young talented player.
     
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    Dude
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    Good Riddance!
     
    #116 Dacamel, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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    Somebody post the luxury tax savings jersey.
     
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    Good God Stone sucks. What a disaster that signing was! Just complete and absolute abysmal failure. But at least they had enough sense to get out of it. The bigger question now is whether or not they will do anything meaningful with the exception, or will Stone screw that up to? His ass has to be on the line at this point.
     
    #118 Hank McDowell, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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    It was a supposed to be a minor procedure that would have hin ready by training camp. Nobody called it a major surgery from start to end.
     
    #119 roslolian, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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    Unless we sign someone else I hate this trade. I want to see if DFS was really that bad or he just had a fluke year.

    If he starts playing well on the Hornets and we just did this trade for luxury tax savings (LTS) I will be so pissed.
     
    #120 roslolian, Jul 3, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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