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New York receives Victor Oladipo

Houston receives Kevin Knox, DAL 1sts in 2021 and 2023, $16.5M TPE

New York leverages their cap space and get a big name player who wants to be in a big market apparently.
Houston gets out of the tax, gains flexibility and assets for the future, and take back Knox as a nice reclamation project.

KEMBAtheMETEOR wrote:New York receives Victor Oladipo

Houston receives Kevin Knox, DAL 1sts in 2021 and 2023, $16.5M TPE

New York leverages their cap space and get a big name player who wants to be in a big market apparently.
Houston gets out of the tax, gains flexibility and assets for the future, and take back Knox as a nice reclamation project.

I don't see the point of trading 2 first rounders for someone who will probably just leave at the end of the year.

Feels like a pretty big overpay for Oladipo. I think he's worth a non-lotto first (more if it's a team like Miami with a pretty certain shot at him sticking around).

This is 2 firsts and a kid who should still have some shine on him. I'd say 1/3 should be enough since there is no bad money going back to Houston.

As the Rockets don't own their picks, I don't think they're going to be in a hurry to move to Dipo.

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jbk1234 wrote:As the Rockets don't own their picks, I don't think they're going to be in a hurry to move to Dipo.

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Well they own 2022 and 2023, so it may make sense for them to trade him for more stuff and tank next year

jbk1234 wrote:As the Rockets don't own their picks, I don't think they're going to be in a hurry to move to Dipo.

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We get our 2021 1st if it's top 4, and right now our pick is slotted at 4th.

The smart thing for Houston, would be to move Dipo, move Wall/Gordon if any team will take either of them for expirings, move Tucker/House for picks, and perhaps do Cousins a solid and waive him if he wants to be.

We should aim for a top draft pick, our current roster has no chance at being a playoff team, it has no future. The question is, do we want to ensure OKC is gifted a mid-late lotto, or do we want to go for the chance of getting a super value draft pick. The answer is an easy one to me