Ariza sent back to Houston, R-Cov to Blazers

[Tetsujin]

Blazers get way better but also lose like all their picks and Houston suddenly no longer in massive draft hell

https://twitter.com/x/status/1328555067088269314

 

[Tetsujin]

Also fork Trevor Ariza, who now gets to play in Houston with Russ and presumably whoever the Rockets get for Harden

 

[Iced Espresso]

With this and the Suns moves....

May be a good time to go all in on a rebuild.

 

[Tetsujin]

With this and the Suns moves....

May be a good time to go all in on a rebuild.

If there’s anything watching the NBA has taught me, it’s that you can count on Terry Stott somehow coaching the Blazers so poorly that Dame will have to carry this team to the eighth seed on his own.

 

[iowamcnabb]

Nice hall for the suddenly rebuilding Rockets. This really helps the Blazers too

 

[chief bromden]

This is a great get for the Blazers, exactly what they needed. If Trent and Simons continue to improve and they can pick up a useful vet for the minimum, they are going to be a solid team next season.

 

[Hoovtrain]

Covington fetches 2 1sts?? I mean it’s good for POR, but 2 1sts? Holiday 3 1sts and pick swaps? Seems excessive

 

[Tetsujin]

For a while during peak-Process, it seemed like teams started to almost overvalue their draft picks but now it feels like trends have overcorrected and franchises are starting to just throw picks around like paper currency in the Great Depression

 

[SacTownKid]

For a while during peak-Process, it seems like teams started to almost overvalue their draft picks but now it feels like trends have overcorrected and franchises are starting to just throw picks around like paper currency in the Great Depression

When a team like the Raptors wins a title and the following year a team like the Heat make the finals things are likely to go bonkers. Teams believe there is a void that can be filled. It will be interesting now that the Bucks have stacked a little more and if Harden joins Kyrie and KD in a potential fantasy ball trio for the ages with almost no intangibles to speak of.

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Covington fetches 2 1sts?? I mean it’s good for POR, but 2 1sts? Holiday 3 1sts and pick swaps? Seems excessive

It only seems excessive to fans of teams who sign-and-traded an RFA and didn't even get a second rounder for their trouble.

 

[Hoovtrain]

It only seems excessive to fans of teams who sign-and-traded an RFA and didn't even get a second rounder for their trouble.

lol exactly.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1329210516900864000

Rockets now have turned Covington into three first rounders

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1329210902550249475

Serious question: how did the NBA let Tillman buy one of their most valuable franchises?