Which is amazing because the value from would was attained from free agency. To get an ideal player like Eason for the Rockets from that and a team that should have had a top 3 record in the nba this year is easily more than you could have ever hoped for.
Wood's value is hard to gauge .... but I think it's somewhere between the two extreme's we see around here of "3-4 first round picks" & "Wood & 17 get you 13." Wood for all his flaws is one of 4 players in the entire NBA to shoot 39% from 3 and snag 10+ boards a game. Four of those dudes in the league and 32 teams want one ..... I think there are a couple teams in win now mode that would give you an early to mid lotto pick for Wood & X (Tate/17?) - particularly Portland and Sacramento. Portland can have Wood and 17 for 7 & injured Joe Inges contract or Wood and Tate for Eric Bledsoe who's guaranteed $3.9m of his $19.375m in 22/23 - he's immediately cut. Sacramento could send #4 and one of Lamb / Richaun Holmes (& a small filler) for Wood , Tate & 17. Other teams like Washington, Charlotte, New York Knicks and New Orleans might be interested too ...
I think Sacramento can do better than Wood/Tate/17 for #4. At least half the league can offer the Kings something better than that.
I can't see a team giving them a player better than Wood ... A better package consisting of draft assets and player X? Sure, probably so. But if they are adding a veteran as a win now piece, I don't see a better player available. Who's available that Sacramento would prefer for #4 over Wood 17 and Tate as a win now addition? Remember there's only 4 players in the entire league who grab 10 boards and shoot 39% from 3, there were 5 who did it year before last, Wood was one of them. That's elite company .... Despite the defensive issues which can be masked on the right team because he can defend wings and guards reasonably well, if you can get him to commit. There's also Portland at 7, Washington at 10 and Charlotte #13 &15 reportedly looking for the same kinda win now player.
add the Knicks to that list as well. They don’t want to use the 11th pick; they want to make the playoffs. If Tibs has another bad year, he’s gone and management also needs to show results quickly. Wood is probably not Tibs’ guy, but neither was Reddish.
What is Sacramento going to do with Wood? Sabonis is their power forward, Barnes is their SF for next season and Holmes, at 5, is a better fit and defender than what Wood could offer. The Kings were 16th in scoring last year but second to last in defense, right ahead of Houston. It's a bit illogical to think that Sacramento would trade for Wood because he shoots 39% from 3 when they are giving up a ton of points every night. If anything, they should dangle the 4th pick for a 3&D player at small forward or make a play at Rudy Gobert with the #4 and multiple picks.
I don't think Holmes started a single game at center after the Sabonis trade last year. Sabonis took Holmes' starting spot and essentially all of his minutes. The Kings have been horrible defensively even with Holmes starting so I doubt they value his defensive contribution that highly. Sabonis can't space the floor and scores down low so any defensive big man they pair him with would need to hit threes. That's a bit hard to find. Indy even had that in Myles Turner and it was still an awkward pairing. I think they could do much better than Wood/Tate/17 for the 4th pick, but Sabonis is a bit hard to build around despite being very talented. They need someone like JJJ and he's simply not available.
NON OF THE ABOVE!! Wood has been our best player for the last two seasons ! If he wont ask for too much The team will keep him. He certainly is a much better basketball player than SENGUN . Sengun is going to take a couple of more seasons to catch up. Remember Wood Can play Power Forward. Y
The most realistic option is to offer Wood and the 17th for Oubre and a filler for the 15th pick and hope for Eason to fall there. LaMelo and Rozier can pass the ball to Wood.
Wood isn't a "defensive big man", that's the problem. He's not going to block shots and cover up Sabonis' mistakes like Turner did in Indiana. So why use a pretty valuable 4th pick to acquire a guy that could very well end up leaving the team via free agency? Sacramento would be better off using that 4th pick in a trade for Jerami Grant, flanking Sabonis with two tweener forwards (Grant and Barnes) in the starting lineup that can defend and knock down threes.
I expect Stone is hunting to acquire a great player. Wood and/or Gordon are the matching salaries. If Wood is used to trade up in the draft, I expect one of Sochan, Dyson, or Mathurin or better to be available as Stone isn't going to give up a trade asset (i.e., ability to cash in future picks for a star) for a small amount of draft capital.
Grant, like Wood, is a free agent next year. It's pretty funny that you ask why Sacramento would trade a valuable 4th pick for a guy that could leave them in free agency, then immediately say they would be better off doing the exact same thing. And I agree with you. I didn't mean to imply that acquiring the 4th pick was realistic or that Wood would be a good fit for them. I just wanted to correct your point that Holmes is their starting center and Sabonis is their starting PF. If people suggest that acquiring the 4th pick is possible it's only because the Kings make stupid decisions. No one would think we could rip off the Heat or the Warriors like that, but if the Kings were dumb enough to trade Haliburton for Sabonis in the first place they might be dumb enough to compound their mistakes.
Wood's ego is too big to fit on this team as the 3rd option. If his defense was like a Chris Bosh or Al Horford then we'd keep him easily but unfortunately he only cares about scoring. I still think we should package Wood, EG and maybe Tate to the Suns for a S&T for Ayton. Provided this is if Ayton wants out and tells Phoenix and is okay with playing in Houston. He fits our timeline (he's 23) and yes he'll be making the near max but our guys will be on their rookie contracts so so salary wise, we should be fine the next 4 years. Personally, I see Ayton as like a Clint Capela with a significantly better offensive game while just as good as on defense.
Drafting Chet and Eason would be great fit for Wood. Chet and Eason would be great fit for Sengun too.
I like Jabari with Wood too. It would theoretically give us two of the best shooting big men to space the floor. Paulo and Wood I’m not in love with.
Wood needs to be moved this offseason, and the best chances for that happening are on draft night IMO. We will most likely end up with 2 froncourt players in the draft, and We will certainly start atleast one of them. Wood doesn't fit this team, with the way he plays. Yes, he'll get his numbers but will drag the team down with his play. He is poor defensively in the post. That's why his value is low comparing to his numbers. Get whatever positive value you can get by moving him and move on. Hypotetically, We can end up with frontcourt rotation of KJ/Eason/Alp/Garuba and whomever of Paolo/Chet/Jabari fall to us. No place for Wood there.
