[QUOTE="ThatBoyNick, post: 13882188, member: 49886"Eric Gordon for Eric Bledsoe and Clippers 2022 2nd *Immediately buyout Bledsoe Christian Wood for Josh Richardson, Juancho Hernangomez, Celtics 2022 & 2024 top 10 protected 1st Roster Wall / Porter / Augustin Green / Christopher / Brooks Matthews / Richardson / Nwaba Martin / Tate / Hernangomez Sengun / Theis / Garuba[/QUOTE]
Rox: Simmons, 2 piston sec rounders Sixers: Grant, Gordon, Augustin, 2 BKN Picks Pistons: Wood, Porter Jr, Niang
Point taken on the Clippers 2nd rounder falling lower, but freeing up cap space shouldn't be a priority until 2023 trade deadline. If anything we should be trying to charge a premium to take back bad contracts that expire after the 22-23 season. I'm also fine with getting less than fair value back on Gordon, but a pick in the mid 40's doesn't move the needle for me. Gordon is playing really well lately and is really showing his value to not only contenders, but fringe teams that want to make a push. Trading Gordon while taking back dead weight should net us at least a first rounder, at worst we should find a low second rounder in separate deal and trade that 2nd rounder and Gordon for a team's 1st round pick. There is a likely chance that if we draft a mid 2nd rounder, he doesn't even make our rotation.
Purge of all older players as we lean into high picks the next two seasons. Wood+Tate for Patrick Williams. Nwaba+Gordon for exprings and the best 1st rounder we can get. Rest of year Sengun/Theis/Garuba KMJ/Garuba Christopher/Tate Green/Matthews/Brooks KPJ/Green Add Holmgren and P Williams to that next year.
I do, thank you for correcting. You also have my comments confused. I said after next season... they have 59 million plus holds... enough to sign or trade for a max guy... https://www.spotrac.com/nba/houston-rockets/yearly/cap/
Random thought and I didn’t know where to put it. Queen’s 17 point game off the street makes Green’s norm look? Is the offense is made to inflate the shooting guard’s numbers? => Mathews.
Rockets: PJ Washington, Mason Plumlee Hornets: Christian Wood, Usman Garuba Hornets get an offensive boost for their playoff run this year and can roll with a starting lineup of LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward, Miles Bridges, and Wood while still having players like OUbre for depth. They would have another year to see if the group can build on their chemistry. The Rockets might very well have a top 3 pick following the trade of Wood. The team can remain largely the same and continue to work together, along with whoever the pick is in next year's draft. That player could be Banchero, but let's say worst case scenario is Kendall Brown, and the team could look like this going into the '22/'23 offseason: KPJ/Christopher Green/Brooks Brown/Mathews Washington/KJM Sengun/Theis That's $61M for 10 players. Tate will be a free agent that summer, so you could make an offer to him if he still has value to the team. The Rockets currently own two first round picks for the 2023 draft, so there will be two additional players if they keep those picks, and at least $50M available for free agency. I'm not seeing a ton of players I like in that free agency class, but they will have a lot of flexibility with a great framework in place.
Lets say the rockets end up with the 8-12th pick next season... Could you trade Wood/Gordon for a bad contract and a 1st round pick? Trade the Heat's pick this year for a future pick? Trade the Bucks pick? Could you trade those four assets for a top 3-4 pick next season to go with hopefully a top 3 this season?
Gordon + Wood for Hayward and 3 FRPs (top-4 protected). The Hornets get rid of Hayward’s contract which allows them to pay Bridges. EG is a better fit next to Melo because of his size and defensive ability. Rozier finds his place as a bench scorer. Having a stretch C like Wood means they can start PJ Washington at the 4 without impacting their offense. EG + PJ in place of Rozier and Hayward in the starting lineup will address some of their defensive issues. Wood is a big talent upgrade over Plumlee. Melo, EG, Bridges, PJ, Wood with Rozier, Oubre, Plumlee off the bench is a strong and well-balanced rotation. The Rockets do what they should be doing. Collecting picks by absorbing bad contracts, while shedding vet players that are bad for the tank.
Out of 60 pages, I'd be surprised if just 10% of the post are within a mile of being realistic. Homerism harder than a rock in this mf
rockets: Eric Gordon, c wood, theis, jae'sean tate warriors: kuminga, wiseman, moody, wiggins(send him to third team for draft pick compensation if possible.) warriors need to win now if they want to give splash brothers a chance to contend this year. they don't have time for these young guns and we need more high ceilings talents on this team.
DJ Augustin/Christian Wood/Eric Gordon/Miami 1st for Kevin Love/Ricky Rubio/Isaac Okoro. Cle then has Allen/Mobley/Wood in the frontcout and Gordon and Augustin to help replace the injured Rubio and add a 2 way player in Gordon. Cleveland focuses on playoffs and getting their core playoff experience. For us Okoro is the prize. Love can be a good teammate and is less apathetic than Wood. We also potentially get compensated via Rubios insurance money.
Not to be a vulture... BUT CLE: Wall (HOU) + highest 2023 FRP (via HOU) top 5 protected Replaces Rubio to continue their playoff push. Gives up Sexton, but gets a potential top 10 pick in return. LAC: Love (CLE) Clippers pick up valuable playoff F/C who returns to L.A.. primed for playoff push. BOS: Bledsoe (LAC) Celtics pick up distributor + scorer + defensive player in exchange for players not playing too many minutes for Celts HOU: Aminu (LAC) + Ibaka (LAC) + Sexton (CLE) + J. Hernangomez (BOS) Rox buy out Aminu ($10M) + Ibaka ($8M) [or flip him]. Sexton becomes an asset that can be flipped for a cheap, but good player or future FRP [is placed on IR]. Hernangomez is depth in the front court (or an asset to be flipped to playoff bound team). Just spit ballin....
