Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown: Change in Team Outlook: -15.2 ppg, +0.1 rpg, and -0.5 apg. Incoming Players Justise Winslow 24 year old, 6-6, 225 lb SF from Duke 8.4 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 1.9 apg in 22.0 minutes in 2020-2021 De'Anthony Melton 22 year old, 6-3, 200 lb SG from USC 10.0 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 3.0 apg in 20.4 minutes in 2020-2021 Outgoing Players * First Round Pick- Top 10 pro. Eric Gordon 32 year old, 6-4, 215 lb G from Indiana 17.8 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 2.6 apg in 29.2 minutes in 2020-2021 Danuel House 27 year old, 6-7, 215 lb F from Texas A&M 9.2 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.9 apg in 27.2 minutes in 2020-2021 Ben McLemore 28 year old, 6-5, 195 lb SG from Kansas 6.6 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 0.9 apg in 16.1 minutes in 2020-2021
No , he doesn't fit here .... but with that contract , due $37,787,178 in the next two seasons and missing huge chunks of the last two seasons .... I can't see a team taking him off your hands on talent & ability , you are gonna have to either ride out that contract another year or use assets to move him. I'd rather not throw draft assets out the window just to get ridda him. Much like Wall ....
Of course Wall's contract is worse but that does not diminish the fact that EG's contract is a negative one. Neither of them have a place on this team but we are likely stuck with both unless you attack premium assets to get them gone and then you still have to take back $35m for Wall and $14.65m for EG to match salary. Is it worth giving up picks to move either Wall or EG when you'll be taking back that much $$ and probably for a greater number of years ? Hell Naw.
What if he comes back looking really good? What if wall plays very well next season? Then what if we end up w Cade? And KPJ/KMJ/Tate continue to impress? add Wood and we could actually compete. Contender? No. But you can’t always be a contender. Most teams never are considered contenders. But they compete and sometimes still wind up with a legit chance at the Finals.
Yep. While he doesn’t fit here, we also aren’t competing for the duration of his contract, same for wall. I have no problem keeping both, at least they are guys young players can learn from. I’m certainly not paying to get rid of them. Someone may take them when they become expiring, that’s probably the only scenario they are moved. It also doesn’t make any sense to sign anyone else right now until there is a player to build around, so it’s not like they will be eating into our cap.
I love this mindset, instead of finding a decent job I am determined to win the lottery to end all my troubles.
