Unpopular take: Rockets don’t need to make any major moves this offseason
We are so unbelievably stacked with young talent that I don’t think we need to do a thing and we will be competing for chips for the next several years.
- Fred
- JG
- Amen - Brooks
- Jabari - Tari
- Sengun
Extras: Adams/holiday/jeff/whitmore
We are set up a lot like OKC who is the best in the west right now. We don’t have an A-List star like a Steph, kd or LeBron, but we have a team full of dawgs, incredible on defense, young and with very high ceilings. The main difference is SGA is much better than JG right now. But I think JG can reach close to his level and that is a good comp for him. Similar style players. That’s the hope at least if we ride it out with him.
So where do we improve? I would not rather have anyone else than Amen, Jabari and Tari in the others/dawg roles. They are young cheap and can be built around - I don’t think any of them become A-List stars, but they will all be great impactful players for years to come.
I love JG and I believe in him as a long term franchise piece. Booker is who I keep seeing thrown out there… idk if I’d rather have booker than JG. If it’s just JG and picks, I suppose it’s a decent upgrade, but I absolutely would not give up any other established piece for him or else it’s not worth it. But I personally think JG has more upside if he keeps progressing and would rather just keep him. I know a lot disagree with his upside but I do realize this is a potential upgrade position with our assets we hold. But I don’t think there’s that many attainable significant upgrades we can get for JG WITHOUT giving up one of our key young players and that’s why I’d rather keep him because if we have to do that then it’s not worth it in my opinion.
Al P is elite and also believe he is our centerpiece and will hopefully evolve into Jokic levels consistently. Hes untouchable imo.
Brooks fits his role well, I think his minutes can be less, but by next year, Amen is in that spot anyways (hopefully with an improved jumper). So Brooks can stay or go, but I’d rather have him as a 3 and D guy off the bench than most other 3 and D options out there currently so he’s fine staying for now as long as he’s accepting of a lesser role. If not then absolutely move him.
So that leaves Fred. He fits our team perfectly. But there’s only one player I’d rather have over him realistically and that’s Trae Young. I mean, obviously Steph and dame are better but they don’t feel attainable. I would much rather give up Fred and picks to acquire Trae than JG and picks to acquire anyone else. It seems like a move that would make much more sense for this team and the only one I would be supportive of. But I’m just a huge fan of this team and super excited to be in this position. We are a year early at being contenders. I thought we would need another year at least so I couldn’t be happier right now and I love where we are at and super excited for this playoff run and the years to come! Hopefully with our core we have already.