NBA Trade Deadline news and rumors 2019-20 season

[TJ]

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This seems to be the most pointless four-team trade in NBA history.

Fun fact: Gerald Green will be playing for his 12th NBA team now. Shoutout to playing for 40% of the NBA teams.

 

[elindholm]

So Houston gave up client cappella and a first round pick for Covington? Seems like an overpay.

I keep thinking I must not know who Robert Covington is, but then I look him up and go, "Yeah, that guy, that's what I thought." I find this trade inexplicable. How can Capela not have had more value? He's fourth in the league in rebounding, only 25 years old, and on a pretty good contract.

 

[Hoop Head]

Now D'Antoni doesn't have to play an actual Center anymore and can run a lineup with an average height of 6'4". Westbrook, Harden, Gordon, Covington, and Tucker. Covington is someone that could guard Lebron but literally no one on that team will be able to come close to guarding Anthony Davis.

 

[GatorAZ]

Houston has traded CP3 and Capela a year after giving them big extensions.

 

[Phrazbit]

Houston has traded CP3 and Capela a year after giving them big extensions.

Yeah, they surrendered picks in the process, a fair amount of depth and all their size.

This was a team that was a half away from the finals a couple years ago and on paper I think they're much worse.

I know that age is a factor in some of the moves they've made but Westbrook's decline is more apparent than CP3's.

Paul and Harden must have reeeeeeally hated each other.

 

[Cheesebeef]

This seems to be the most pointless four-team trade in NBA history.

feel like the Hawks made out like bandits. their interior defense is atrocious and they just got a great defensive C to anchor the entire team while not giving up all that much up.

 

[hcsilla]

Covington was always underrated by this board.

He is an excellent, multi-positional defender and a solid 3P-shooter. The Rockets used less and less Capela, and hard to see it was not intentional, at least partially.

Morey keep stretchnig their championship window by sacrifying more and more of their future, but I think that most of his moves are defendable except the Paul for Westbrook trade.

 

[Hoop Head]

Covington was always underrated by this board.

He is an excellent, multi-positional defender and a solid 3P-shooter. The Rockets used less and less Capela, and hard to see it was not intentional, at least partially.

Morey keep stretchnig their championship window by sacrifying more and more of their future, but I think that most of his moves are defendable except the Paul for Westbrook trade.

I like Covington quite a bit but I don't see how this moves helps Houston win in the postseason, at all. How does this stretch their window? Who can guard Anthony Davis now, Tyson Chandler's corpse? They have no size and when they flame out in the playoffs they'll have to keep D'Antoni because no one else will want to coach that roster of shoot first guards they've assembled. A bunch of chuckers to go with PJ Tucker and Robert Covington is not a contender.

 

[Phrazbit]

Covington was always underrated by this board.

He is an excellent, multi-positional defender and a solid 3P-shooter. The Rockets used less and less Capela, and hard to see it was not intentional, at least partially.

Morey keep stretchnig their championship window by sacrifying more and more of their future, but I think that most of his moves are defendable except the Paul for Westbrook trade.

I disagree. I think their window has contracted and is likely closed. If they'd kept their roster from the last few seasons and looked to simply add depth I think they'd have a much better team.

Perhaps the relationship between Paul and Harden made that an impossibility but this move and the Westbrook trade seem like desperation. Moves that contradict the style of team building that helped them rise.

Melo was another one. Like trading for Westbrook, they added a player who went hard against the grain of their efficient phylosphy and it blew up in their face.

Reminds me of when we swapped Marion for Shaq... not coincidentally, another team coached by Mike D. He's a good coach, but he has no patience. He'd rather blow up the works than adjust and acclimate.

 

[Finito]

So when the Rockets flame out in the playoffs who’s on board with a Devin Booker for James Harden trade

 

[SunnyBaller]

So when the Rockets flame out in the playoffs who’s on board with a Devin Booker for James Harden trade

Not me , but there's no player in the league I hate more than harden so I'm a bit biased

 

[Mainstreet]

The Rockets are looking for a center. I'm wondering if there is any market for Baynes.

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[Proximo]

The Rockets are looking for a center. I'm wondering if there is any market for Baynes.

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It makes sense, they have like 10 guards they could trade us I think

 

[Proximo]

Rockets got raped.

Capella, Green, Nene and a 1st for Covington? Capella and Green are both better than him - but Green is out for the season.

Even so it's not like this trade is going to give them a real chance in the playoffs.

I have no idea what they are doing.

 

[Mainstreet]

It makes sense, they have like 10 guards they could trade us I think

I think the Nuggets and Wolves received the guards.

 

[overseascardfan]

C’s like Capela are a dying breed. He’s a lob target, defender & rebounded but most teams including HOU are looking for guys who can shoot. They had to give up an asset to get off of Capela’s contract and to get Covington who is a better fit and it frees up money so they could go after another piece.

 

[Mainstreet]

Rockets got raped.

Capella, Green, Nene and a 1st for Covington? Capella and Green are both better than him - but Green is out for the season.

Even so it's not like this trade is going to give them a real chance in the playoffs.

I have no idea what they are doing.

It seemed the Hawks really made out in the trade with Capela and was the winner. I'm not sure what the Wolves were doing. It seemed like a rebound reaction after missing out on Russell. I didn't particularly like what the Rockets did but they have like $12 million to make another move.

 

[Mainstreet]

C’s like Capela are a dying breed. He’s a lob target, defender & rebounded but most teams including HOU are looking for guys who can shoot. They had to give up an asset to get off of Capela’s contract and to get Covington who is a better fit and it frees up money so they could go after another piece.

I think a lot of fans want this from Ayton.

 

[Mainstreet]

This is how to use an expiring contact.

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[overseascardfan]

I think a lot of fans want this from Ayton.

We want Ayton (or a lot of fans do) to be an aggressive and dominant big man who puts up KAT type numbers. Until Ayton can add a 3pt game to his repertoire then we have a throw back C. I will give Ayton credit in that he has a nice mid range jumper he just needs more range and aggressiveness to be a dominant big man that is unstoppable.

 

[Mainstreet]

We want Ayton (or a lot of fans do) to be an aggressive and dominant big man who puts up KAT type numbers. Until Ayton can add a 3pt game to his repertoire then we have a throw back C. I will give Ayton credit in that he has a nice mid range jumper he just needs more range and aggressiveness to be a dominant big man that is unstoppable.

I'm not sure Ayton needs a 3 point shot at this stage of his career. He needs to develop his inside game and his mid-range shot first. As long as he can pull the defender away from the basket with a mid-range shot that may be enough.

 

[Hoop Head]

C’s like Capela are a dying breed. He’s a lob target, defender & rebounded but most teams including HOU are looking for guys who can shoot. They had to give up an asset to get off of Capela’s contract and to get Covington who is a better fit and it frees up money so they could go after another piece.

Capela's contract really wasn't bad. He was only making $14-15 million a year. If they had waited to make a move they probably could have received a better return but they don't seem to have patience when it comes to trades. That's part of why this deal is so bad and the Chris Paul/Westbrook deal was pretty bad last offseason also. As soon as word comes out that the Rockets are dealing someone, they seem to take the first offer on the table.

 

[Mainstreet]

Capela's contract really wasn't bad. He was only making $14-15 million a year. If they had waited to make a move they probably could have received a better return but they don't seem to have patience when it comes to trades. That's part of why this deal is so bad and the Chris Paul/Westbrook deal was pretty bad last offseason also. As soon as word comes out that the Rockets are dealing someone, they seem to take the first offer on the table.

If the Suns didn't have Ayton I would have been thrilled to get Capela.

 

[1Sun]

If the Suns didn't have Ayton I would have been thrilled to get Capela.

Why couldn't they have played Capela and Ayton together?

 

[Mainstreet]

Apparently no trade yet for Suns.

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