Re: The Kevin Durant Problem
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:42 am
This has to be it. Otherwise, it makes no sense.
This has to be it. Otherwise, it makes no sense.
I'd eat Greens shoes if we got Smith, Whitmore, and 10.Split T wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:07 amHere’s where I think we are with Houston:
We want Brooks, Landale, Smith, #10, and our 2027 1st
Houston is offering Green, Whitmore, and #10(plus probably another contract).
The compromise is that we take Green and drop 2027 and they give us Smith.
Final trade: Green/Smith/Whitmore/#10
It's not that crazy, id trade Eason before Smith, I think Smith is a breakout candidate, especially if he's next to a guy like KD. Id love to have him at the 4 with Ott coaching him.Wally_West wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:21 amRockets refusing add Smith or Reed Shepherd is crazy lol. Is Shepherd even good? He barely played and when he did, he didn’t do much. Crazy to let him get in the way of getting Durant, especially since he still probably won’t play this year either haha.
Yeah but the report said that they refuse to even include Sheppard by himself.TOO wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:30 amIt's not that crazy, id trade Eason before Smith, I think Smith is a breakout candidate, especially if he's next to a guy like KD. Id love to have him at the 4 with Ott coaching him.Wally_West wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:21 amRockets refusing add Smith or Reed Shepherd is crazy lol. Is Shepherd even good? He barely played and when he did, he didn’t do much. Crazy to let him get in the way of getting Durant, especially since he still probably won’t play this year either haha.
I agree that it's crazy if a deal is hung-up on Reed Sheppard, especially considering how he looked on the court at times this year, but maybe the Rockets are seeing Sheppard how I wish our front office had seen Camara.JeremyG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:03 amYeah but the report said that they refuse to even include Sheppard by himself.TOO wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:30 amIt's not that crazy, id trade Eason before Smith, I think Smith is a breakout candidate, especially if he's next to a guy like KD. Id love to have him at the 4 with Ott coaching him.Wally_West wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:21 amRockets refusing add Smith or Reed Shepherd is crazy lol. Is Shepherd even good? He barely played and when he did, he didn’t do much. Crazy to let him get in the way of getting Durant, especially since he still probably won’t play this year either haha.
This. They basically offering trash and 10 and that’s it. I’m totally fine with taking absolute trash…if we can get all of our picks back! give us the ability to do a proper tank for one year at least haha. If it’s just Green, Landale and 10 then Ishbia needs to be arrested.JeremyG wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 11:03 amYeah but the report said that they refuse to even include Sheppard by himself.TOO wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:30 amIt's not that crazy, id trade Eason before Smith, I think Smith is a breakout candidate, especially if he's next to a guy like KD. Id love to have him at the 4 with Ott coaching him.Wally_West wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:21 amRockets refusing add Smith or Reed Shepherd is crazy lol. Is Shepherd even good? He barely played and when he did, he didn’t do much. Crazy to let him get in the way of getting Durant, especially since he still probably won’t play this year either haha.
Reed Shepherd is good. I don't blame them.Wally_West wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 9:21 amRockets refusing add Smith or Reed Shepherd is crazy lol. Is Shepherd even good? He barely played and when he did, he didn’t do much. Crazy to let him get in the way of getting Durant, especially since he still probably won’t play this year either haha.
Good for us for trying, but we'd be silly to pass up landing the tenth pick. Work on find a landing spot for Green.