http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yyauwztg This is Monster Trade. They get rid of Hartford contract, send Embiid out for Love and Westbrook. Dont know if its possible .. Just a random trade. I just see houston with Embiid, Harden taking over games, and this gets houston bulk up at center to take on Lakers. Embiid would be AD stopper, and i know harden can become better than Lebron.
Houston Rockets Trade Breakdown Change in Team Outlook: -6.3 ppg, +15.0 rpg, and -2.7 apg. Incoming Players Kevin Love 32 year old, 6-10, 251 lb FC from UCLA 17.6 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 3.2 apg in 31.8 minutes in 2019-2020 Andre Drummond 27 year old, 6-11, 279 lb C from Connecticut 17.7 ppg, 15.2 rpg, 2.7 apg in 33.0 minutes in 2019-2020 Outgoing Players Russell Westbrook 31 year old, 6-3, 200 lb G from UCLA 27.2 ppg, 7.9 rpg, 7.0 apg in 36.0 minutes in 2019-2020 Eric Gordon 31 year old, 6-4, 215 lb G from Indiana 14.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 1.5 apg in 28.2 minutes in 2019-2020
Not sure how team options work. Can we trade Ben, Nwaba, Clemons and Cavs choose not to pick the option up?
Giving up RoCo or even PJ for Love is at least 2 steps back on defense. Absolutely stupid trade for Rockets.
Holy Moly guys. Might as well put Harden and Westbrook in on a deal as well. We will have no team around Westbrook/Harden/K-Love I guess we can run a “Hoosiers” when Coach (Gene Hackman) ran 4 guys out on the court. One of the townspeople asking, how many players are you going to play with next time, 3? Hey coach, those aren’t bad odds!
Morey's modus operandi is known to all of us. Look for a trade which is unlikely to happen without giving away multiple picks. He probably won't use the bigger MLE. Flexibility is his favorite catch word. He will look for buyouts. Another Austin Rivers or a Josh Smith may not fall into our laps, while good role players like Baynes who can help and come relatively cheap instead of useless Kevin Love, might be long gone.
Not sure if Baynes will be cheap. Quick internet scan has Spurs, Clippers, Lakers, Jazz and Suns with articles wanting Aron Baynes. Spurs are going into next season at $118.5M while the Rockets are around $129M (as is). Rockets can’t afford a bidding war on a player.
Aaron Gordon's elite ability to defend 1-5 in addition to his explosive athleticism and playmaking are why he would be great fit on Rockets. Did I mention he was 6'8 and not even 25 years old yet? Think of a potential 6'8 Russ Westbrook with better 3ball shooting. https://premiumhoops.org/2020/07/16/aaron-gordon-a-pre-bubble-analysis/
He has to be able to stretch the floor especially with Westbrook. And will Orlando even be interested in our package?
I would settle for Eric Gordon x Aminu / Birch.....lol http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=y3aybbkg
Jeff Green shot 32% from 3 for his career before coming to Rockets. His 1st season in 5 out system Green was shooting almost 35% from 3 in Rockets regular season and improved to 42% in playoffs. Rockets system creates super wide open 3's in it's super space and pace 5 out system. Aaron Gordon shot 31% from 3 this season but shot 34% in last 2 previous seasons. Like Jeff Green, Aaron Gordon was a career 32% 3ball shooter.
