Get Christian Wood the Hell outta here ASAP for AMAP!

I’m reading quite a few skilled bigs on the market: Sabonis/Turner, Harrison Barnes, JeremynGrant, Tobias Harris… Not sure enough buyers out there to get something going for Wood

 

Yeah I’m worried about this as well. Collins is also on the block. It feels like Sabonis, Barnes, and Grant will for sure get moved.

I hope Stone is willing to take a little less to get something done. We really need to get what we can and move on. Nothing wrong with getting something done early rather than waiting till the last minute. The Knicks and Atlanta got something done.

 

https://theathletic.com/3087642/202...ohn-wall-eric-gordon-christian-wood-and-more/

Barring an offer that simply can’t be ignored, it’s becoming more likely that Gordon remains in Houston past the deadline.

The same can be said of starting center Christian Wood. The 26-year-old has been subject to interest around the league, and sources say Miami has been one of the more persistent teams in engaging with Houston on the versatile big man. But barring a blow-me-away offer, Wood should remain in Houston past the deadline, sources tell The Athletic. He’s averaging 17.5 points and a career-best 10.3 rebounds per game.

 

Riiight. Too bad the Rockets aren't happy with the offers so far.... we all get it, Stone CAN hold onto Wood and Gordon because they are under contract... no fire sale but no is buying this BS, especially after the Oladipo crap last year.

 

This would be disappointing. Both EG and Wood are double whammies in that they are counterproductive to the pursuit of a high pick but they also take minutes away from guys that represent the future of the team. Here is hoping the pendulum is just swinging from last year's "we have FRP offers for Oladipo" that turned out not to drum up an offer to this. Fingers crossed.

 

I’m completely buying it on Wood. There is absolute no reason to keep Gordon though. He’s peaking and is under no circumstance on the same timeline

 

I agree we could move him, but you can't get too emotional about it. The team is in a spiral. Just get another team to root for, until Houston is relevant again. No matter what you post, the team will still be terrible.

 

There is no reason to give Wood away, but as good as Gordon has been this season, you’ve got to move him. I can’t imagine him sticking around when he would benefit so many other teams who are ready to win right now.

 

They really want to move Wood, I know that for a fact. I don't think they will take garbage for him but they want him gone.

 

Miami has been one of the more ‘persistent teams’ in engaging with Houston on Christian Wood, per
@KellyIkoNBA

 

yeah Stone needs to stay away from Miami. Clearly they are bottom feeding; and who can blame them. They know they can get the best of Stone like they did with Dipo. I’m telling you if he blows this deadline like last year that’s the last straw for me.

 

well if Miami wants him so bad they can send Herro

 

Yeah, I don't know what Miami is willing to offer that will interest the Rockets. The only player that makes sense to Houston is Bam but he's untouchable.

They may be will to part with either Robinson or Herro. But the Rockets already have a bunch of young perimeter players to develop. Do they really want another scorer to take up the minutes? And since the Heat is an up and coming team, their picks aren't going to be good for a long time.

 

Herro is playing better this year than anyone on the Rockets. He took the step. If the Rockets could get him by trading Wood and taking on Duncan, I wouldn’t be surprised if they’d send Miami their pick swap back and maybe even this year’s Nets pick. Herro is a building block.

 

Wait, how did Miami get the best of the Dipo trade? We got players who played well for us the rest of the season, they got Dipo, who didn't.

 

we got virtually no draft compensation for Dipo. We don’t need veteran rentals we need to rebuild. Something Stone apparently didn’t understand when acquiring and ultimately trading Dipo.

 

Interesting enough, we do have a trade exception that we can absorb Herro into that expires one day after the trading deadline. So you could trade Duncan for Christian Wood and then a separate deal do Herro for TE + picks.

There is no doubt in my mind that I would definitely execute that kind of deal if Miami was willing to entertain it. I wish we could do EG/Wood/picks for Duncan/Herro, but there doesn't seem to be a viable option to get that deal due to money restrictions.

 

LOL. MIA isn’t going to send us Herro. They didn’t do it for Harden. They sure as hell won’t do it for Wood. No way.

 

Miami's the one team that refuses to send picks in trades so I doubt Pat Riley will give us a fair deal for Wood.

However, Pat's also one of the few guys in the league that thinks he can manage players like Wood with locker room problems.