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[Clutch] TyTy & Garuba were casualties 4 Lopez chase

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by JW86, Jul 2, 2023.

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  1. JW86

    JW86 Member

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    So Clutch just clarified on Rocketswatch that we had to make moves to go after Lopez, similar to the Bosh signing where we were forced to give up Lin, add a FRP, and then Bosh deal didn't go through. Don't know how close it was for Lopez, but "TyTy and Garuba were casualties".

    This explains what reeked of desperation and thank god it was not for Brooks and that we were really aggressive for Lopez until the very end.
     
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    This doesn’t make any sense. Why would they make moves without a handshake deal in place?
     
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    Why wasn’t trade contingent on Lopez agreeing to sign then?
     
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    Lopez backed out apparently. "The rug got pulled out from underneath them" - verbatim quote @Clutch
     
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  5. HoustonCRT

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    Lopez Bosh’d us.
     
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    Well why didn't they make a grandfather offer to Lopez then? Reports were the Rockets offer was compstitive with the Bucks they should have offered 30M-Max if they were clearing all this cap.

    Garuba and Tyty cleared liked 4M of capspace. That isn't exactly a lot that's the dumbest thing about this trade.
     
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    Why would Brook Lopez do this to Rockets legends TyTy and Garuba??
     
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    Rookie GM...smh
     
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    I thought you were giving up your fandom.
     
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    …wow
     
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    AroundTheWorld Insufferable 98er
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    If it ends up forcing the Rockets' hand to feature Sengun more, it will be a blessing in disguise. Just train him to improve on defense.
     
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    If true that’s pretty idiotic of Stone. I guess we’ll find out in the next few days.
     
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    Patrick is still learning. Give him time.
     
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    He will always be learning lol
     
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    Not getting Bosh was one of the best non-signings in our history. I'm okay with not getting an aging center
     
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    Garuba would have had a nice spot on this team too. Pretty crazy if that's actually what happened and the Rockets were that careless.
     
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    Brook did Sengun a solid then?
     
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    Have we reached clusterfk stage for this free agent period?
     
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    I really appreciate you posting this. I hope @Clutch will post related information and whatever else has been going down once this apparent “3-4 team deal” actually takes place, assuming it does. I’m sure he’ll sum up his take eventually.
     
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    Beyond it
     
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