[Next step] Good days ahead and we need that 3rd player

If our #2 guard pick can't be a #2/3 guy then it's time to trade if any team will bite on his "potential".

 

Nobody wants Landale. I like Bridges.

 

A team trying to open cap space would love Landale.

 

I didn't think of that. Good point. Ditto for Oladipo 's expiring contract.

 

Interesting. I guess it's highly likely the Rockets trade him by the deadline.

 

This is the only correct answer here. Too much “instant gratification” wanted here. We are making a ridiculous jump from the past three years already and are stacked with young talent. Why in the world would we go trading it away for someone like Donovan Mitchell or whoever that may just leave us anyway in a year or two.

This could be a scenario where we throw away the next SGA or the next Harden in order to get old man PG or Kevin Martin lol. Stay the course, see who develops, we don’t need to be a contender this year OR the next year. R.E.L.A.X. And enjoy the winning team and our developing youngsters!

 

We should not be chasing anything this year. If the opportunity knocks on the door, we can take a look. But Jabari averaging 20/10 at this age is no 3rd option number. Jalen is growing too even if the results dont come that fast.

Anyways, an All star is costing around 5 1st rounders if you believe what they say about Lauri. We are in no position to shell out that kind of draft capital. It's ok to give our young people time to grow while the market comes back to earth.

 

I do think Sengun, Bari and Tari are core pillars of our team. I think you keep Amen & Cam. The #2 might already be on the roster. u have to keep Fred and Brooks for at least another season to keep building our team identity. Everyone else should be expendable, including all of the Brooklyn assets for a legit star.

I just don’t think we can beat out an okc or some other teams for a true star #2. We might have to take a risk on someone we hope will become a true star. Like what OKC did with SGA.

 

We already have that third and fourth player. You just have to be patient with their development.

 

How many more years of Green being Green will it take before you decide he's not the guy? In 2 1/2 years he's regressed to the point where he's almost unplayable. If it's me, I'm sitting him until he gets on board with the system and spends hours/weeks working on his shot with Sullivan. In the meantime Tari and Holiday would get his mins with Brooks playing a lot of the 2 guard. This would lead to a tougher team and a much better defensive/rebounding team.

Of course after I typed all of this, it could be that Jalen just isn't that good and never will be that good. It looks like he's trending this way, this comes from me, a guy that wanted Green to be the pick.

Do you really think Green has a chance to be SGA? If so I can see why you're thinking the way you are thinking. Me, I'm just hoping Green will become consistently avg one day and hopefully that's with another team that's not the Rox. How many more years of waiting?

 

You missed my point. I don’t care if Green starts or goes to bench I wasn’t focusing on Green but our youngsters overall. Several folks think we should compile some of our assets to trade away for a star. Those assets could be Amen, Cam, Green, Tari whoever.

I am against consolidating our youth at this point and trading for a star to “be a contender right away”. It seldom works out unless you’re getting back like a LeBron talent, which you’re not. Our best course is to keep the youngsters for now and let Udoka and the staff work with them, even if that doesn’t make us an immediate contender.

I think long term, we will find out we have at least a couple of all stars on this team if not more.

 

If only we could trade him for somebody who could score over 20points in well over half of his games and put up twelve 30pt games and four 40pt games in a season right?

 

I got it, but I'm all for trading Jalen/Nets picks and maybe even one more of the young guys for a star level player.

The Drexler and Paul trades would be examples of where things worked out pretty well.

 

Somebody like Bridges/Mitchell level talent.

 

I hope you realize to get Mikal Bridges or Donovan Mitchell would require Jabari and/or Sengun in addition to whatever draft picks are thrown in for good measure.

The idea Jalen would be the centerpiece of a deal to acquire either guy is homerism to the extreme. Other teams aren't sitting on their hands waiting to make lopsided deals to help the Rockets.

 

Bridges might be ok, he only had 1 less 40pt game than Jalen last year and 3 less 30 pt games. It does concern me that he posted 15 points on 4-21 shooting and 1-8 from 3 on the 21st though, I've been told if you have a performance like that you don't know how to play basketball so I dunno, might not be the best move. He's good though, a couple percentage better shooting this season than Jalen last year despite lower scoring averages and similar assist averages. Clear upgrade in rebounding obviously, it might work out as long as the fans didn't stab him for performances like 21st Dec...

 

It doesn't have to be those guys.

It could be for a hypothetical guy like Simon or Bane etc...

 

Same exact thing still applies to "a hypothetical guy like Simons or Bane etc..." What you have to understand is (right now) Jalen is worth a 2nd round pick. To get a more established player, it will take 2 of 3 (or all 3) of Sengun, Bari and Tari.

Again, the notion Jalen can be the centerpiece to get a 10x better player is Fantasy Island stuff. He's worth more to the Rockets than other teams. If the Rockets don't have any use for him, nobody else does.