My best guess is it’s separate. Covington-Ariza-picks transaction And then Eric Gordon ( $16.9M) x C Wood (approx $13.6M) clears an additional $3M approximately. So Rockets would still have TPE. Need to see details of trade.....can’t wait. Rockets rumor is they want to re-sign Jeff Green (probably near vet min and Jae’Sean Tate)
Regardless of the circumstances, this is a damn good pickup. We need this kind of player. I'm tired of small ball. He's only 24 and a big rebounder and potential high scorer with some 3s too.
Told you not to worry. I feel like it brings in two FA’s. In C Wood, which allows Tucker to play SF or PF. Whenever we play a Kawhi or PG-13 and they eat our SF lunch......we end up moving Tucker to SF. I don’t mind playing him there.....despite what others think. Plus add Jae’Sean Tate, Nwaba and Jeff Green. It’s coming together. I guess it’s been determined BraBra is Kendrick Perkins......and we all know he has sources with ESPN and Westbrook/Harden. So if he says Harden/Westbrook demand to leave was overblown......then it probably was overblown.
But how can that happen? It’s the 16th and Ariza for Detroit’s second rounder. Won’t Wood have to be for let’s say EG and Portland’s 1st rounder that Houston got from the Ro-Co trade?
What is this fascination with Tate? We need a lot better players than him. Nwaba is an injured liability. Tate is too short and inexperienced to augment him.
More money for Harden? Harden money goes up......he knows less money to those around him. Talent around him goes down. Not all rising tides lift all boats.
Obviously, Wood isn’t enough to change that, especially if significant players are being sent out for him.
https://tradenba.com/trades/lR16IkT1x Westbrook, Harden, House, Wood, Love Gerald Green, McLemore, Nwaba, Jeff Green, Cousins
Letting Morey and MDA walk weren't enough, his 2 biggest proponents? And adding Wood now makes us instant favorites in his eyes? Not so sure about that...
