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    Will the rockets trade back into the draft?

    Wouldn’t surprise me at all if the FO swaps Cam for a mid to late first this year to reset the contract clock and grab a guy who can be a long...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Brian Windhorst: Rockets armed and ready to make deal for another star

    I love Derrick White as a player, but if Derrick White is traded it will be for an ungodly amount of picks / assets. Think 5+ firsts or the...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Brian Windhorst: Rockets armed and ready to make deal for another star

    As far as this summer goes, we may have assets but we have two major constraints: matching salary and the tax/first apron threshold. Once FVV's...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Our window...older stars and the chain reaction

    Appreciate the response but I think you missed the point of the question. The rhetorical purpose of painting it as a binary is to draw out the...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Our window...older stars and the chain reaction

    The question of the moment is: are we an all in KD vehicle now? Or was KD brought in to as a star complement to our young core's aspirations? If...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    My final prediction: Minnesota - KD Phoenix - Gobert or Randle, DiVincenzo, #10 Houston - #17, 2028 FRP worst of PHX/BKN/WAS unprotected Some...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    They've been essentially ruled out in the last few days by various reports and Shams etc. I'm saying I don't think that's correct. Take that...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    I think San Antonio may have been overlooked as the ultimate trade destination. Bookmark it.
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    Apron-wise and tax-wise, there really really is not any viable path to a trade for KD without Jalen Green being sent out. Ignore the trade...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    Appreciate the back and forth. To simplify, I think where we differ is whether KD of June 2026 (and the years that follow) will be at the same...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    OK how about this. Total games won in the Conference Finals or Finals since 1990, by players 37 or older averaging >=18 points per game: Zero....
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    I think your takes are usually great, but have to strong disagree with you. You are describing things KD was. Even the last time we saw him in...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    Durant was one of the very few best players in the world. He was simply very good last year, probably in the ~15th-25th range among players in the...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 19, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    KD's aging curve up to last year. Whatever team acquires him gets the next three years of this descent, and will pay a supermax contract for it....
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 18, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves
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    Rockets going for Kevin Durant

    Respectfully, I understand the sourcing and the pitch, and I do believe there is a strong interest in the possibility of opportunistically...
    Post by: carl_herrera, Jun 18, 2025 in forum: Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves