Random trades are fine, and the Rockets are far from perfect, but they shouldn't gut the team for Giannis or anyone else.
Lol right I’d take Dylan Harper and quietly walk away from that draft. Dude is the most legit 2nd overall consensus in a while
As soon as the Rockets would gut their team for a superstar they’d lose their identity and the reason we fell in love with this team. we love our homegrown talent and it’s only gonna get better. we need to find a way to lock up Tari and Bari this offseason. That’s the priority not some superstar trade or late lotto picks
I would actually move Tari along with assets in a deal for the right star. His downside risk due to injury is too high. I wouldn't lock him into big money.
Yeah but then you can’t include either Sheppard or Whitmore. I don’t think Tari and the Phx 1st can get you Giannis. Maybe KD but I’d rather take my chances with Tari’s injury
Never seen him play, but I know we don’t need a PG and Naz would be a perfect fit. Anyway just a question. If Harper is all that never mind.
I don’t really want to go superstar hunting. It’s good to be ready to pull the trigger when a Harden or Luka becomes unexpectedly available, but for the most part, I’m good just using the picks and having players ready to take over when one of our own becomes too expensive. Or drafting players that push someone else out the door.
There's no value from getting Naz because he's going to be properly paid/overpaid, so there's no surplus value. If you're trading a couple 2nd rounders, it's alright, but a 1st rounder (especially a high one) is not reasonable.
You said you agreed with the dude who was saying we shouldnt be talking about random trades when the team is about to go on a playoff run.
Lively? We can just get Maluach or another C in the draft. Naz is about to become a free agent if we like him that much just pay for him.
Not everybody has to have surplus value when you are a piece or 2 away from a championship run, We overpaid FVV because he is what we needed at the time. We aren’t re-building anymore. Adding pieces that will take us over the top is now the concentration. We don’t have cap space to hire a 30m FA, so we it would have to be a sign and trade. Other than the draft, trading is the only option for us to add any other impactful players. The other option is to just stay status quo and hope we mature very quickly.
Sure, but that doesn’t apply to the rockets. If you’re trading the 2nd pick you have to do WAYYYY better than Naz…..if you are gonna give up premium assets it’s for someone who can be the best offensive player on the team, considering we have none.
Acquire davion mitchell. Creator. Can shoot the 3. Imagine him and amen. Open looks for the rest of our guys with the penetration.
We’ve got one more year to turn FVV into a younger, better player. I am no longer in favor of extending him at a lower price. Pick up the option and trade him. FVV+ Jock+ 2 Suns picks go the Suns Booker to the Hawks Trae Young to the Rockets This would give the Suns a chance to make one more go at it with KD, then have a $100M windfall in cap space. Ishbia could then try to buy a good team again instead of being smart and building from the ground up.
I think I'm at the point where I'd like this more than acquiring Booker ourselves. I still have my doubts about Trae, but at this point I'd be willing to take the risk. Would the Hawks do this though?
If we were going to take a risk on an offensive ball handler to hand the ball to and tell him "give us a halfcourt offense please", LaMelo makes significantly more sense than Trae IMO. - LaMelo is the superior self-creator; less screen-reliant - Younger, much better contract situation etc. - Both poor defenders, but much more reason to believe LaMelo can exist defensively for us than Trae (mainly because of size) - Way more believable to me that CHA would be interested in a deal for Jalen + some combo of Cam/Reed/pick compensation Obviously the major risk with LaMelo is health, but there's much more upside with him too. We have to take a gamble and win it to be great. There's no risk free path. Got to think about ways to acquire a long term halfcourt offense without totally compromising defense, rebounding, the cap sheet, and this team's long term ceiling.
Last night showed that guard play is the Rocket's weakest area. FVV and Jalen are way too inconsistent and Amen's natural role is as a Shawn Marion combo forward who sometimes acts as a secondary playmaker. So the priority for trades is getting a ready-to-hit-the-floor 1 or 2. Davion Mitchell would have been perfect, and the fact that he was traded for so little (ancient PJ plus a 2nd) hurts because we certainly could have topped that offer. If he can be acquired via a sign and trade in RFA, the Rockets should do it. Ideally, we end up with someone like Derrick White, although I'm sure every team would like the best glue starter in the league. There is no reason to invest in a backup center unless you foresee losing all three of Jabari, Steven Adams and Jock. I would certainly consider a sign and trade of Jabari and change for Naz Reid, but only if Jabari stinks it up this entire series and extension negotiations break down during the summer.
There is no way you can pair Green with another undersized guard. If you get Trae young, you better go get a real SG to go with him. The problem will always be that Jalen Green is a SG in a PG's body without any of the skill needed to be a effective PG. In order for the Rockets to take the next step they need to get rid of VanVleet and Green. Both suck as starters getting 30+ MPG.
