Shams: Durant Traded To The Houston Rockets

[Celtics4ever]

MIA has garbage assets as I see it.    They never had a chance from the beginning for Durant and I love it.

[aefgogreen]

That's actually not bad at all for Houston unless you were super duper high on Jalen Green's ceiling. 5 second round picks but only one first rounder given up. Houston gets a lot better with a legit scoring option, and KD doesn't have to be a #1 or even a #2 there most nights.

If this isn't proof that the league should do away with the second round, I don't know what is.  People argue that they are assets to be added to a trade.  But if you have to give five of them to go along with an all star caliber player, a starter, and a lottery pick, it's not really much of an asset.  Thank you for coming to my Theodore talk.

[Vermont Green]

Durant will be 37 by the start of next season.  He has averaged 52 games over the last 6 seasons with a high of 75.  I don't think Durant holds up well enough to take a team through the playoffs.  I think time will favor PHX in this trade.

[JBcat]

Durant will be 37 by the start of next season.  He has averaged 52 games over the last 6 seasons with a high of 75.  I don't think Durant holds up well enough to take a team through the playoffs.  I think time will favor PHX in this trade.

Maybe, but Jalen Green is not a good player. His usage may go down with other shooting guards and better players Booker and Beal on the team, not to mention Dillion Brooks and Grayson Allen. I don?t know how they will make it all fit. The roster is really wonky now and they can?t really compete. There needs to be another shoe to drop with a trade for them.

[celticsclay]

That's actually not bad at all for Houston unless you were super duper high on Jalen Green's ceiling. 5 second round picks but only one first rounder given up. Houston gets a lot better with a legit scoring option, and KD doesn't have to be a #1 or even a #2 there most nights.

What two players could Durant be behind for scoring most nights? I feel like I am missing something. Outside of Green who is gone, their leading scorer was Sengun at 19. For him to be the third option he would be behind someone like Fred Van Fleet or Amen Thompson. Even if he has lost a step I don't really get how he would be behind those guys.

[celticsclay]

MIA has garbage assets as I see it.    They never had a chance from the beginning for Durant and I love it.

They reportedly just refused to include them including Jovic, Ware and JJ jr. They definitely had the assets to get him if they wanted to.