So at this point, we know there is a possibility Fred comes back late this season or for the playoffs.But if he does so, it will be a very quick recovery and considering his age, there will be some risk associated with it. Not to mention, he probably won’t be anywhere close to 100%. it is fair to make the argument that 75% of VanVleet might bring exactly what this team needs. it was a super unfortunate injury, and I am so grateful to Vanvleet for helping to restore this team back to a respectable level. That being said, elements of his contract were probably specifically designed for a trade ability if the right deal came about. If we choose not to trade him in February, are we essentially committing to keeping him next year? Obviously a ton of this depends on his own perspective. I am guessing he wants to stay in Houston and I am sure that there are a lot of people in the front office and on the roster that want to keep him around. I also would expect that he would be a valuable player next year, and I could see him signing for a couple additional years at a value contract. so maybe this even allows us to recoup some of the value loss this year. in my mind we have a three year Durant plus the Young studs window. Kevin May regress a little bit, but I think this will be largely offset by the development of the younger players, and I would expect that our team is even better next season. However, in the background is always the possibility of injury lurking. This applies to everyone, but especially Durant. I, like most of the board and probably disappointed in how EMA has deployed Kevin, as I feel like it is exposing him to some injury risk that is not necessarily needed or conducive to our best offense. I am thinking if the right deal came about that Fred would be amicable to moving on. He would still make a lot of money next year and probably be in line for a more prominent role on the next team. We can combine Fred with another player or so and a pic most likely to really bring in a significant upgrade this year. What do you think? Is this Kevin Durant Window so valuable that we need to deal Fred this year or should we wait on him and see what happens?
My understanding is that he can’t be traded unless he approves it. So it wouldn’t be so easy to trade him away this year. From what I’ve heard it’s highly unlikely.
Fred probably won’t approve a trade Ime doesn’t want Fred traded Franchise Fred™ will retake his starting spot (either this year or next)
It costs us additional assets to trade him off this year...I would wait until potential buyout candidates become available. We need to trade Tate and Jeff Green to free up roster space and open up $6M in cap space
I just think that we paid him 25m to sit snd coach . If we want to move on, I believe he would be amicable. Maybe he will give them a couple years on the cheap
That makes one of the highest paid coaches in the league. If he is coaching the offensive side of the game he needs to stop coaching.
The team has an open roster spot. What they don't have is cap space. Ditching Tate and Green doesn't free up $6m .... They have to be replaced and all you have to do it is the minumum. They can sign a player to a minimum for the rest of the season after the 37th game - they have played 34 (35 after tonight's against the Blazers). I don't see much available right now - they probably wait for the deadline and buyout market. Or they could trade Tari .... since he doesn't have a contract for next year, but even that is limited to a contract of $5.75m.
