He looked pretty good in the playoffs. Maybe not quite "beyond washed".Ryan34 said:Harry Dunne said:It's all relative. "Washed" to me means useless and he is limited & one-dimensional now, but far from useless especially at that price. The Pistons bit the $ bullet for them and at this point, 10-20 minutes off the bench and getting some spot-up looks as the beneficiary of Harden double-teams is a better role for him and his knees.YNWA_AG said:Just incredible stuff here from Blake https://t.co/3ANuit19tS pic.twitter.com/sHerMfcoou
— Pull up shoot (@NElGHT_) March 5, 2021
He is beyond washed. His knees are shot
I am rooting for the Nets to lose as much as anyone else here and strongly dislike the superteam trend, but this is a low-risk (possobly) good pickup for them.
Griffin can't even dunk anymore. He's an undersized backup 5 who can't defend basically anything, sucks around the basket and can't shoot from the perimeter.
Sources: The Rockets are hiring former Grizzlies and Celtics GM Chris Wallace as director of scouting. Houston made it a priority to add experience and expertise under GM Rafael Stone, investing in infrastructure as the franchise rebuilds.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) July 6, 2021
#Rockets GM Rafael Stone today announced Chris Wallace and Matt Bullard (@bull50) have joined the team’s basketball operations department.
— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) July 6, 2021
More info: https://t.co/IjMtIa3g0N
Per @KevinOConnorNBA: "multiple front-office sources say the Heat, Kings, Knicks, Rockets, and Sixers have recently been the most aggressive suitors."
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 20, 2021
Lillard just turned 31. I would sincerely hope the Rockets don't try to abandon the rebuild. https://t.co/aQLEOkYviQ
Story with @wojespn: The Detroit Pistons, owners of the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NBA Draft, are conducting individual workouts with some of the top picks in the NBA Draft this week, including Cade Cunningham, Jalen Green and Jalen Suggs. https://t.co/x7Dphz04sw
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) July 20, 2021
First off I apologized to your wife. Second in most other places it’s called cow tipping not assault. https://t.co/sU2N9oiHfX
— Vernon Maxwell (@VernonMaxwell11) July 21, 2021
no regard for human lifeTexaggie7nine said:
I love Mad MaxFirst off I apologized to your wife. Second in most other places it’s called cow tipping not assault. https://t.co/sU2N9oiHfX
— Vernon Maxwell (@VernonMaxwell11) July 21, 2021
I actually think its really easy for the Rockets based on most reports. Wait for Detroit to select Cunningham or Green then take the other.AG@RICE said:
Lots of reports suggesting we are taking Green.
PJ Tucker really took out all his former teammates to win an NBA championship pic.twitter.com/k9IuTY7IDu
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 21, 2021
Why would Indiana do that? And what bad contracts would we be taking back to make the $ work?CFTXAG10 said:
Heard an interesting trade rumor - Eric Gordon and the #23 pick to Indiana for the #13 overall pick.
Also there was an interesting discussion about a hypothetical trade on the radio yesterday. Basically boiled down to Cleveland sending us Collin Sexton and the #3 pick in exchange for the #2 pick. If I was Stone I would definitely have to think about it. Wonder what his relationship was like with KPJ
It surprised me a little bit too. They may have intentionally left off some of the bad $$$$ we would absorb. EG is a name that keeps coming up in trade rumors and understandably so. He could definitely help a playoff contender if healthy, but doesn't have much use here anymore.Aggie09Derek said:Why would Indiana do that? And what bad contracts would we be taking back to make the $ work?CFTXAG10 said:
Heard an interesting trade rumor - Eric Gordon and the #23 pick to Indiana for the #13 overall pick.
Also there was an interesting discussion about a hypothetical trade on the radio yesterday. Basically boiled down to Cleveland sending us Collin Sexton and the #3 pick in exchange for the #2 pick. If I was Stone I would definitely have to think about it. Wonder what his relationship was like with KPJ
There are some rumblings about a three-team deal between the Rockets, Pacers and Hornets that would involve Myles Turner, Eric Gordon and a handful of draft picks in tomorrow night's draft, but there is no official deal in place as of now, a source tells @HoopAnalysisNet.
— Brett Siegel (@BrettSiegelNBA) July 28, 2021
BIG NIGHT @HoustonRockets DRAFT NIGHT....KARBACH BREWERY....#2 PICK....We should get a very good player tonight...Very excited.....#NBADraft2021
— mario elie (@marioelie1) July 29, 2021
The #Rockets traded up to the 16th overall pick. Will be drafting Alperen Sengun.
— Alykhan Bijani (@Rockets_Insider) July 30, 2021
He won the MVP award of the Turkish league last season with Besiktas. He averaged 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.5 blocks in 34 games in 2020-2021.
These are two of the worst first-round picks the Rockets own. Rockets now have four firsts in this draft 😮 https://t.co/DDB4VuOqM4
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 30, 2021
Houston is absolutely destroying this draft. Just absolutely terrific from them. They get three of my top-11 players in Green, Sengun and Garuba. The fit in the front court between Sengun and Garuba should work really well. Just all around great stuff.
— Sam Vecenie (@Sam_Vecenie) July 30, 2021
Rockets final draft haul today, barring another trade:
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 30, 2021
#2 Jalen Green, SG
#16 Alperen Sengun, PF/C
#23 Usman Garuba, PF
#24 Josh Christopher, SG
Every one of these picks is 19 years old so there's a lot of upside here.
Oh boy. This is Jalen Green's close friend. I see we're already back to appeasing our star player once again. Wore #13 at Arizona State, similar to someone else we know. https://t.co/lw9bpLHER7
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 30, 2021
Aggie09Derek said:Oh boy. This is Jalen Green's close friend. I see we're already back to appeasing our star player once again. Wore #13 at Arizona State, similar to someone else we know. https://t.co/lw9bpLHER7
— ClutchFans (@clutchfans) July 30, 2021