Let’s be honest here… drafting JC 24th never made sense!!! Him over Grimes, Hyland, and Cam Thomas??? I thought for sure we were gonna draft one of them. JC sucks lol
Agree except JC is good, but he’s a project and should have gone 2nd round. Any of those 3 you list would have been better picks than both Garuba and JC.
I just don’t think JC is good at all, but he has skills imo. I get why we took Garuba, but now it doesn’t make as much sense. He’s undersized at the 5 and isn’t an explosive athlete to make up for it. I know draymond pulled it off, but that’s so rare
Rumors are Harden is signaling for the Rockets not to trade Gordon. The Rockets belief it’s because. Harden wants to return and wants Gordon on the roster. Reality is he probably doesn’t want him on the Bucks or any other team the Sixers may face.
Makes sense, if the Rockets are Harden’s plan b for next season, he would want EG on the team as a reliable vet
If they are holding on to Gordon for the hope of signing Harden, they are dumber than I thought possible.
wouldn’t be surprised if they’re holding on to him because the return at this point would be so embarrassing after swearing up and down for 2 years that they had teams lining up offering 1st round picks
What about a pick swap with the 2023 bucks pick for a better pick? Something like what they did to get that pick for PJ Tucker in the first place. Trade Gordon plus the Bucks pick for the Clippers or Knicks pick or something like that. It would be a better outcome for both teams. The playoff team still gets to keep a 1st rd pick but they also get a rotation player. The rockets get a better pick instead of rolling the dice with 2 late 1st rd picks (if they could even get another one for Gordon)
Gordon is a horrific defender, him being on a team that would play against the 76ers in the playoffs would beneficial to the 76ers.
I would just pull the trigger for 4 2nd rounders already. Those 4 picks if used right can give us more than a crappy very late 1st rounder. For instance, combine 2 or 3 of them can easily get us an early 2nd, which won’t be much different from a late 1st. Some actually value early 2nd more because of less financial liability.
Agreed. The 4 second rounders can be used in so many ways. You can combine them and trade for a better pick; draft and stash guys; use as sweeteners in other trades; take fliers drafting high risk high rewards guys in the second round but still keep the financial flexibility. Not to mention EG is 34 and most definitely not in the Rockets future plans even if Harden come back.
I cant conpletely unfollow the Rockets like i have the Texans over the past couple of years but if they are holding on to Gordon hoping he can help lure Harden back to Houston ill be about as distant from this team as ive ever been. Too many stupid decisions and i cant deal.
Screw Harden. We have plenty of money to sign better reliable vets. I really hope we aren’t going down this road again.
Rockets need to be dangling Gordon and the 2023 Bucks 1st (Currently 26th) as the bait with the sole purpose of moving up in this draft. Getting in the 13 - 17 range would be a good get. Then during the draft they can dangle that pick and Tate to move up to like #8 - 10.
