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Victor Oladipo was traded by the Indiana Pacers to the Houston Rockets for Caris LeVert as part of the broader James Harden trade.
Oladipo will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason and sources tell Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer that he still hopes to eventually end up with the Miami Heat.
Oladipo had reportedly wanted a trade from the Pacers for some time.
Houston could still trade Oladipo before the trade deadline.
King4Day wrote:I'm still baffled why they didn't keep LaVert. Good piece to stay competitive with on a reasonable contract.
Snakebites wrote:King4Day wrote:I'm still baffled why they didn't keep LaVert. Good piece to stay competitive with on a reasonable contract.
Yeah that was really puzzling to me too.
Lavert is an imperfect player but he's simply a much better asset than Dipo at this stage.
Great move for the Pacers.
King4Day wrote:Snakebites wrote:King4Day wrote:I'm still baffled why they didn't keep LaVert. Good piece to stay competitive with on a reasonable contract.
Yeah that was really puzzling to me too.
Lavert is an imperfect player but he's simply a much better asset than Dipo at this stage.
Great move for the Pacers.
My initial thinking was, the Rockets know they don't have control of their picks for a while and have no reason to not stay competitive. Oladipo helps with that. But LaVert would have def kept them competitive and is cost controlled.
Come the deadline, I really don't know what teams will offer for him. Maybe a team on the verge of a title might give up a first for him as a rental but hard to say who.
I_Like_Dirt wrote:The whole comparison to Kevin McHale is ridiculously close, imo... And that's without more hilarious aspects of the comparison, e.g. if Wally Sczerbiak were 7 feet tall with the slower reflexes that came with the additional height, he'd be Bargnani.
Cassius wrote:With Nunn, Robinson and Herro on the team, I don't see why Miami would be interested in Vic. I think Robinson gets just as much as Oladipo in free agency this year, even if Vic has a higher AAV on his deal.
Rashidi wrote:Cassius wrote:With Nunn, Robinson and Herro on the team, I don't see why Miami would be interested in Vic. I think Robinson gets just as much as Oladipo in free agency this year, even if Vic has a higher AAV on his deal.
Nunn isn't close to Oladipo's level. Dragic is 34, Dipo is 28. Jimmy is also 31 and realistically the long-term 4 on the team (which would put Robinson at his natural 3).
HotelVitale wrote:Rashidi wrote:Cassius wrote:With Nunn, Robinson and Herro on the team, I don't see why Miami would be interested in Vic. I think Robinson gets just as much as Oladipo in free agency this year, even if Vic has a higher AAV on his deal.
Nunn isn't close to Oladipo's level. Dragic is 34, Dipo is 28. Jimmy is also 31 and realistically the long-term 4 on the team (which would put Robinson at his natural 3).
Are people thinking of Butler as a 4? Could work sometimes but he's already not big for a SF, 225 lbs and wingspan+standing reach are pretty small.
Rashidi wrote:Butler: 6'7" / 230 (above average for a SF)HotelVitale wrote:Rashidi wrote:Nunn isn't close to Oladipo's level. Dragic is 34, Dipo is 28. Jimmy is also 31 and realistically the long-term 4 on the team (which would put Robinson at his natural 3).
Are people thinking of Butler as a 4? Could work sometimes but he's already not big for a SF, 225 lbs and wingspan+standing reach are pretty small.
Crowder: 6'6" / 235 - last year's starter
Harkless: 6'7" / 220 - signed as replacement
Iguodala: 6'6" / 215 - plays the 4 for MIALooking across the NBA, LeBron and Danny Green are the only starting SFs older than Butler.
HotelVitale wrote:Rashidi wrote:Butler: 6'7" / 230 (above average for a SF)HotelVitale wrote:Are people thinking of Butler as a 4? Could work sometimes but he's already not big for a SF, 225 lbs and wingspan+standing reach are pretty small.
Crowder: 6'6" / 235 - last year's starter
Harkless: 6'7" / 220 - signed as replacement
Iguodala: 6'6" / 215 - plays the 4 for MIALooking across the NBA, LeBron and Danny Green are the only starting SFs older than Butler.
Like I mentioned, his height is doable but he only has a 6’8 wingspan so that+his standing reach is probably average to below average for a SF. And he’s not a stretch player at all like most of the guys who play big minutes and are smaller 4a.
Anyway he could probably pull it off, just hadn’t heard that as a thing going forward.
Cassius wrote:With Nunn, Robinson and Herro on the team, I don't see why Miami would be interested in Vic. I think Robinson gets just as much as Oladipo in free agency this year, even if Vic has a higher AAV on his deal.
HotelVitale wrote:Like I mentioned, his height is doable but he only has a 6’8 wingspan so that+his standing reach is probably average to below average for a SF. And he’s not a stretch player at all like most of the guys who play big minutes and are smaller 4a.
Anyway he could probably pull it off, just hadn’t heard that as a thing going forward.
spree2kawhi wrote:Butler is already undersized and out of position at SF. He's more 6'6 and a natural SG.
I don't know how you guys got there, but with Oladipo, he'd be the three, other than that he's best off as a SG imo.
