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?
Trade one dude (Oladipo) that’s the better player, but who is legit hurt & out for the long haul (& potentially is done in the NBA altogether) for one (Caruso) that is the worse player, but that is only hurt off and on throughtout a season (averages less than 40 games a season since he’s been in the league)?
Both ~$10M contracts expiring if no options picked up (except Caruso is guaranteed $3M)?
Nah, doesn’t move the needle for me…give those minutes to Amen/Holiday.
I don’t think we should. We already have a good system in place and the right amount of minute distribution for our young guys needing PT.
Pass
Not for the asking price, imo. He’d be a great player in the rotation, but the Rockets have enough players who defend guards/wings but can’t shoot all that reliably in volume.
A backup big and shooting are the biggest needs for the Rockets.
It really depends on the costs for me because he’s one of the best perimeter defenders in the League with a nice little tie to the area, however he has also been injury prone and the best ability is availability so I don’t know how much runway he has to contribute. Assuming the cost isn’t too high, I don’t see having FVV, Amen, and Holiday as a deterrent. You should always strive to have the best available player on the roster when aiming to compete and it would help either directly on the court, positively influence and motivate existing players (e.g., Jeff Green on Bari), OR as a tradable asset down the line.
Why ppl aant him here, we have enough guards, we need a true back up big, or big sf or pf,
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.
hell no. Give me Andre Drummond though. We’d be the best defensive team in the league with Drummond