What does KpJ Tate 27 and 17 get you? That’s what I would love to see. Get another good pick next year give tons of minutes to young players. Then with their experience this season and a few good veterans like Gordon. You have a damn good exciting young and talented as hell team.
Wood for #26... I seriously felt Wood is worth more than a #26 pick unless we have something lined up after this..
hell yea!!! i am fully on board. stone has done well. when wood was signed i don't think anyone would have thought here that we coulda traded him for a first. so first stone gets firsts for trading covington to make room for wood, and now he trades wood to get a first. this is how rebuilds are done. now we just need to get some more.
Shouldn’t surprise anyone that the same talking heads who have been like “HOU such a sucky losing culture” and “good luck getting the ball from KPJ and JG” are now simultaneously like are simultaneously like “how could they not get more for Wood?!?!?” Make up your mind dumbos… are their players worthless or amazing?
LOL I didn’t see this thread at 1st I saw a thread about Trey Burke out the corner of my eye and was wondering why he had a thread…then I got a text about Wood heading to Dallas and
Wood might be very good in Dallas. Wood knows Luka is the man there. Just as Harden was the man here when Wood came. When Wood started playing with all the rookies he thought he was the Man and acted like it. He is not ever going to be the man. He will accept that in Dallas. He wouldn't accept that here.
Packaging the 17th and the 26th picks to move up in the draft. I hope Houston is not going to end up with a very long duration contract. I wanted Wood to be traded, but it's a pity he didn't do justice to his talent. I wish him good luck, but never against our Houston Rockets.
Sam Vecenie and Danny Leroux were recently talking about the value of Wood and Gordon and thought Wood wasn't even worth a first. We shouldn't be surprised by this value.
The Rockets had sought a future first-round pick for Wood at the trade deadline but could not find a trade partner, a person with knowledge of those talks said. ‘There had been conjecture that the Rockets would include Wood in trades to move up in the draft, with multiple individuals with knowledge of talks saying the Rockets have been active in discussing a variety of potential deals ahead of the draft. They could still use their willingness to deal to help them move up, but it would have to be with the late first-round pick acquired from the Mavericks. Chriss and Brown have previously played for the Rockets but are unlikely to be brought to training camp. Of the veteran players the Rockets will acquire in the deal, the 7-4 Marjanovic is most likely to be with the team given his willingness to embrace a limited role and his effectiveness offensively. But even that possibility is to be determined. — Jonathan Feigen
I’d have cut him before the preseason if we didn’t get anything for him so I can’t complain about the return. I do think Stone has been poor in judging when to cut bait on players. This is addition by subtraction and an opportunity for Sengun and whichever big guy we get. Maybe moving 17 and 3 to Orlando and the ability to draft Stone’s number 1. (Paolo).
Honestly even at 26th Im ok with the trade Wood has been taking playing time from the young guys and its not like we are going to win a championship in 2-3 years, this pick can be combined with some other assets to move down the draft We still have valueable trade assets. 17th, 26th and Tate for top 10 pick? No more Wood dribbling down the court and bricking a three..
Maybe he's not. Either way, Gordon's value doesn't really have anything to do with Wood's value. Also, unlike in Wood's case, I don't think EGo is preventing the development of the team's best young players. I could see a justification for keeping Gordon, but I saw no justification for keeping Wood. In the end, though, both of those guys weren't likely to be Rockets by next summer. Might as well use them to gain young talent while they still can.
as much as I dislike Wood, I will say, he does have some talent and is a good fit next to Luka who is a prime James Harden level playmaker
