The Houston Rockets currently have Victor Oladipo’s expiring contract and a considerable amount of future draft picks, which may not be as valuable to them as to the teams that are entertaining the idea of a fresh start, since it seems as though they finally put together a competent roster they probably would no longer have significant minutes to allocate to develop anymore younger talent. Wouldn’t it be a good idea to give up some of the existing assets to get Alex Caruso to consolidate the team’s defensive potency even further?
No. I don’t think we’re quite yet in win it all mode—even with Caruso we are tiers below DEN/BOS/etc. we still have a very exciting future, but Caruso is not the right guy right now. I think a team more in win-now mode like PHI or MIL end up with him.