Would You Trade Tari Eason, 1st rd pick & Bench Warmers for Coby White?

Maybe we can get Malcolm Brogdan orAlec Burks for cheap...how much remaining cap space the Rockets have before hitting the first apron?
Those are 2 solid vets we could target who doesn't need consistent playing time, but could be used sparingly to fill in for KD...I expect KD to play around 65 games, dont need him to play 82 games - we need him fresh for the playoffs!

 

Would he even be a starter here?

Doubtful. Pretty sure this is a hard pass on both sides.

 

Can’t do the deal you suggested bc of first apron limits, as a few folks here called out

but let’s say we are in December, we didn’t sign Tari to an extension, and Reed has struggled in the 3rd guard spot, I could see us exploring the option of trading for someone like White

Tari and Capela (likely to a third team) for White keeps us under the first apron and balances the team out. Hopefully we would have some assurances we could re-sign White in the $20-25M range after this year

Lineup:
FVV/Reed
Amen/White
KD
Jabari/DFS
Sengun/Adams

 

where is the "you are a clown" choice?

 

That seems unnecessarily harsh. Forget everything else in the trade. White replacing Tari would make us a better and deeper team. Our weak link right now is Reed as the primary backup guard. Regardless of whether Reed becomes legitimate in a couple of years, White is massively his superior on the basketball court. We have DFS, Jabari, KD, Amen that can all play SF/PF at a high skill level. We have Amen, FVV, and a second year guard who has potential as a backup guard that seems a year or two away.