Rockets In: Thybulle, 2024 MIA 1st Rounder, PHI 2nd Rounder, LAC 2nd Rounder Heat In: Gordon, Tate 76ers In: Covington, Mathews Clippers In: Lowry Rockets get a young piece and a few picks for Gordon, Tate and Mathews. Heat get deeper by removing Lowry (who is not seeing eye to eye with the team) 6ers get a defensive player who Morey likes and a shooter in Mathews Clips bolsters their team by getting deeper
EG + sweeteners to Brooklyn for Dinwiddie This team desperately needs a rotation worthy natural PG. Similar contract to EG, so no risk whatsoever. Brooklyn gets some mild compensation for taking the lesser of the two players and helps facilitate their rebuild (not sure what you call a rebuild without draft picks). But it helps necessitate a KD trade — now or this summer — which is a win for us.
Durant+Tate to Phoenix Crowder+Gordon+Phoenix 2026 1st rounder+Bucks 1st+Nets 2026 1st to Brooklyn Bridges and filler to Houston.
Sengun needs a friend! Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: -3.3 ppg, -2.8 rpg, and -2.1 apg. Incoming Players Furkan Korkmaz 25 year old, 6-7, 210 lb SG from Anadolu Efes (Turkey) 3.8 ppg, 1.2 rpg, 0.7 apg in 10.2 minutes in 2022-2023 Outgoing Players Jae'sean Tate 27 year old, 6-4, 230 lb F from Ohio State 7.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.9 apg in 20.4 minutes in 2022-2023
Reports are that the market for OG has been hurt by the possibility of KD being available in the offseason, with teams who were interested now wanting to hold on to their assets to chase KD, rather than spending them now on OG. So, with that being the case, should the Rockets swoop in and offer Jabari, EG and the Bucks pick for OG? I'd do it personally. OG is exactly the kind of young vet we need going into next year if we want to start being good. And, at this point, I think Eason has surpassed Jabari as a forward prospect. Plus, this draft is deep in forwards, and we'll probably be taking a front court guy unless we get the second pick.
Rockets In: Christian Wood (buy-out) and DAL 1st Rounder, Dal 2nd Rounder Rockets In: Gordon and Boban Rockets pick up picks Dallas picks up someone who can play next to Kyrie and Luka
Cut: Nix Trade #1: HOU - PHO - MIL - BOS - DEN could be broken down into smaller deals PHO: Gordon (HOU) + Matthews (MIL) MIL: Crowder (PHO) + Jackson (BOS) BOS: Tate (HOU) DEN: Ingles (MIL) + 2 MIL SRP (2023, 2024) HOU: Saric (MIL) + Hyland (DEN) + Williams (BOS) Trade #2: HOU - ORL Almost immediately after trade #1 ORL: Saric + PHO FRP (lottery protected) HOU: Bamba KPJ - Bones - Nix Thrilla - JayGup - GBird KMJ - Williams - Garuba Bari - Tari - Bruno Sengawd - Bamba - Boban
Bamba is really bad. I know he's good in theory and on paper, but he's awful in real life. He has no motor. There is a reason he has totally fallen out of the Magic rotation in favor of Mo Wagner. The guy is absolutely not worth a first round pick. He will most likely be out of the league within two seasons. Also, Bones will go for more than that, I think.
All legit... I was hesitant to attach a 1st for Bamba, but he was #6 and the Magic may still feel some kind of way. Bones was low 20's IIRC. Doesn't play for Denver so I thought 2 SRPs would be fair compensation. Thanks for your input. We will see around this time tomorrow!
And when Jamal Murray is a full go... how many minutes will he get? I think the Nuggets know his time is about to come down and are being proactive (I applaud that.) Also, my apologies for going off of reports from others and not doing my own due diligence re: his current playing time. I literally jumped straight to his per 36 numbers.
