Wood took Covington to get. WB for Wall was not a good move. The Nets deal is not better than the Simmons deal. KPJ has mental health issues. Kmart Jr is nice. Woods does not fit in our timeline. No.
Stone and the Rockets would've been clowned had they traded for "a guy with literal cancer." LeVert wouldn't have netted much in a secondary trade. Allen, yeah that's a fair question.
how do you know that the 1st was for Allen and not for prince or LeVert ? we got flexibility oladipo netted us a swap and continued flexibility are you drinking the koolaid that the rockets will be active in using the TPE’s created from the trade too ? it would have been a great move had oladipo landed us an ATL package . but , dipo is injured and playing like **** so Idk what you’re telling me to stop for I could go on forever about how ****ed the rockets are
Covington is averaging 8 pts and 6 rebs and he is 30 yrs old. Rox also got a FRP from Portland. Based on what? Pretty sure everyone else like Wall over WB at this point, and they still get a FRP on top. No. KPJ still better than nothing. If Woods does not fit the timeline what about RoCo who is 30 yrs old? Wood can be shipped later on he is averaging 20 10 on great efficiency, borderline all star talent on the cheap. LMAO.
The first was from Cleveland Levert was traded to Indiana why would Cleveland give a first round pick for a player they didn't even get? Prince is a horrible contract taking him back is considered part of the price for Allen. He is scoring 8 pts on 38% FG while making 12M/year for 2 years. I'm telling you to stop cuz you clearly have no clue what you are talking about.
I was thinking more the lead singer of the Georgia Satellites. He could serenade DeShaun Watson with his big hit Keep your hands to yourself.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/ Check out Covington's impact on the Blazers, he has the second best WAR. And defense is a lot you are not accounting for. Im not saying Woods isnt better, but Covington isnt nothing. Those FRP are also protected and trash. Next. Based on Westbrook being better, he's also likely an easier contract to move. The only thing Wall is better at is being a tank commander. Again,another FRP that will never convey. Next. Yea KPJ mental health is aa real concern, why do you think he was traded for peanuts. It wasnt a great trade though. You are making it out to be amazing when it sint. You better hope they do, otherwise this is all means nothing. LOL and given what he got for Oladipo, it might not be what you are thinking either. You need to get better at this, your arguments dont hold water.
people want to go back to being the 14th pick squad so badly...it’s getting crazy we are too far away from relevancy to be handing someone like Allen 100 mil...that’s how u get locked into mediocrity I wish we had gotten a really good young player still on his rookie deal in return for Harden, but we didn’t, so we need to get that via the draft...that is the priority over hooping our hearts out for the 10th seed yeah, Dipo was trash, but keeping Levert and Allen to try and compete wasn’t the answer either...only argument I can accept is that u would’ve gotten more in a trade for them than u did with Dipo
biggest thing for me. And many others here. The big picture that anyone should care about at this point. All the who is better now does not matter whatsoever for a team in full rebuild
I believe we would only get more for them than Dipo if they didn’t come out and way they only wanted to be traded to certain teams. But as for Rockets and that happening- it’s happened with Harden and Dipo and Gordon (saying he doesn’t want to come here) I wouldn’t want to chance it
Covington wont do **** for the Rockets how much did PJ Tucker help the squad? Plus he is 30 who cares if Covington isnt nothing? Wood and FRP still better than Covington. LOL what do you mean next? You made all that crap about Wood not being in the time line what about 30 yr old Covington? 8 pts and 9 rebs on a more expensive deal than 25 yr old 20 pt 12 reb dude "NEXT" what? That alone is a great deal for the season. Next ur ass. According to your own stats Wall is better. Wall is 233 WB is 239. Or do stats only count when they are skewed towards your argument? Their contracts are both the same length and the same difficulty to move. FRP will always convey cuz in the case it doesn't it becomes a 2nd rounder. Next ur ass. https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/nba-player-ratings/ Dipo trade is trash, thats the only thing we agree on. Protected second rounder for KPJ is a great trade, just because you say water isn't wet doesn't make it true. Objectively speaking how many people will say KPJ's performance and potential is worth less than a protected 2nd rounder? Nah.
Wood for Covington, that FRP is nothing. No one is helping the squad, we are trash. Remember how you didnt want to tank? Wood....just Wood. I didnt say it was a bad deal, but its not amazing. It also wasnt even a trade. We just freed up money so Woods could sign here. So YES, NEXT. This trade isnt that good. That's a minuscule difference and honestly its embarrassing for Wall that a dude who had covid is still that close to him. Like I said, Westbrook would be easier to move. At best its a lateral move. Plus Im pretty sure,the dude's in our locker room wouldnt dislike Westbrook. SO YES NEXT. KPJ may not even amount to anything, thats what you dont get. He has mental health issues, you need to stop writing that off. Objectively speaking, mental health issues is something you really cant quantify. Do better, honestly. This is ridiculous.
And if we had gotten LeVert and and that mass was found you would be ripping them for passing on a sure thing like Oladipo.
Why is this trade not good? Wood is by far the better player and younger. Currently, the pick we'd get from the Blazers is at 22. You can find some good players there. That Washington pick is pretty likely to convey imo, it's only top8 protected in 2026 and top10 in 2025 - it's not unlikely, that if they don't make the playoffs, they may atleast not be the worst team in the league. Getting something like a #9-12 pick would be insane value for westbrook even if it means to take on Wall who is a disgrace.
ESPN Today, An ESPN commenter says Oladipo is MVP type of player. Last week they said that Oladipo is worth a good young player AND 2 first round picks. Lauri Markanren and Bulls 2 Firsts? You can use Vet Min to sign Kelly Olynyk. Kelly Olynyk overpay portion is $10 million this season. As I said, Dipo needs to be traded last week, not wait until this week.
Its good, its not amazing and it doesnt mean Stone is a good Gm given everything else(namely the Harden trade and this Oladipo crap) that has happend. Also we didnt trade Covington directly for Woods, we offered him the most money so he signed here. Maybe? It was basically two picks for Roco(one of which isnt likely to be much). So yea...its fine? It wasnt a trade for Wood. Washington is one of the worst franchises in the league. The likelyhood that they get a pick outside of the top 8-10 is a gamble. Westbrook is trash and Wall is better next to Harden. But if we were always gonna trade Harden, we should have just kept Westbrook. I think there are still teams and players out there who still like Westbrook and would take him. Wall is also way more injury prone than Westbrook too. I def think Westbrook will be easier to move.
