Rockets going for Kevin Durant

Durant hasn’t move the needle as the best player on a team since OKC.

 

Until Durant breaks at a key moment leaving them high and dry

 

Does the Steven Adams deal make Houston more attractive for KD?

 

For real… I’m not 100% for trading for trading Durant

but these people acting like swapping him, for Jalen Green wouldn’t make us dramatically. Better are crazy

 

23/4/4 on 51.1/44.6/82.5... Zach Lavine. Numbers can lie.

 

23/4/4 on 51.1/44.6/82.5... Zach Lavine. Numbers can lie.

 

and that would be the only way we’d be better with this current group…hoping that all the teams in front of us have injuries while we remain healthy

 

whoops

 

Unless injuries bite hard, I doubt they fall that far, but they wouldn't be a championship contender.

 

I wouldn’t take this current team over OKC, Denver, GS, and Wolves with KD in a playoff series…Lakers with an actual big man would be iffy too

Rockets were down 3-1 to a GS team with Steph with an injured shooting hand and Jimmy with a booty bruise that caused him to miss most of game 2 and all of game 3…series was practically over atp

Stone better do something this offseason

 

For playoff success, I 100% agree more must be done. But the same roster should be able to win 55 games next season. I don't see Denver or GS doing that. We'll see about the Lakers. T-Wolves might not either but by playoff time, they would definitely be Finals contenders with a healthy KD.

Rockets need a roster that can score and close games in a tough playoff series. If they don't add a difference-maker, it'll be a repeat of last year (but maybe they make the 2nd round).

 

Except one is a:

• 2× NBA Champion (2017, 2018)
• 2× NBA Finals MVP (2017, 2018)

• 14× NBA All-Star (2010–2019, 2021–2024)
• 6× All-NBA First Team (2010–2014, 2018)
• 4× All-NBA Second Team (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022)
• 1× All-NBA Third Team (2023)

• NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP): 2014
• 4× NBA Scoring Champion (2010–2012, 2014)
• NBA Rookie of the Year: 2008
• NBA All-Rookie First Team: 2008
• 2× NBA All-Star Game MVP (2012, 2019)

• 3× Olympic Gold Medalist (2012 London, 2016 Rio, 2020 Tokyo)
• 1× FIBA World Cup Gold Medalist (2010)
• USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year: 2010, 2016, 2021

And the other is a 2 time all star.

 

I’m only going by team ranking via actual quality of the team…Rockets could very well win more games than the Nuggets, Wolves, Warriors, and Lakers next year since I expect them to take the regular season a lot more seriously than those teams and play with more effort night in and night out…there won’t be too much load management, sitting out B2B’s, etc with us

so I can see us maybe being the 2 or 3 seed next year, but it won’t be real

 

also this points to Sengun being Safe from any trades

 

I never said a word about Steven Adams, who just re-signed with the Rockets for three years and $39M. If we were talking about Adams, I would have agreed with you that the Rockets needed to keep him. I was strictly talking about Kevin Durant and why I don’t put much stock in media reports until the trade becomes official.

Also, I couldn’t care less what you think of me. I don’t post so others will like me. I share educated opinions, for better or for worse.

 

Zion can’t stay healthy and is dealing with a serious rape allegation. Kyrie Irving is a small guard that just tore his ACL after the trade deadline and wouldn’t help the Rockets until the 2026-2027 season. They aren’t reasonable targets.

 

It’s not a zero sum game. We can kick the can down the road a year and wait to see what happens. Who knows what will happen next off season?

I’d rather bank on internal growth and shoring up our shooting woes than moving rotational pieces for a 37 year old declining player on one Achilles.

 

Most likely.

The only player that would have warranted trading Sengun is Giannis but it sounds like he’s staying put.