Ben DuBose
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first heard Dec 2025
last heard 17 Jun
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But I just think there's a psychology because everybody knows how difficult it is to put a mega deal together.
And there's also the issue of how much salary you have to send out.
The Rockets are hard capped at the first apron.
That people sort of talk themselves into the moderate scenarios because they feel more realistic now.
even if it doesn't necessarily move the needle, it would make you a better team than you are right now and address one of these glaring deficiencies.
And so it feels good.
But in terms of what actually makes sense for this season and beyond, I just don't see that moderate move unless it's in tandem with two or three other things being worthwhile.
I think it's a big move, which I haven't heard anything of at all, or something really small.
And by the way, I've
I mentioned this earlier, but I don't think the Rockets view Kobe White as a fit personally beyond just the long term.
I just don't think they see the basketball fit as ideal or at least what it would be worth in terms of, you know, not just the assets you'd give up, even if they're seconds, but even, you know, Dorian Finney-Smith or Steven Adams, someone like that, that they really like on basketball.
the contracts that they're on for not just this season, but future years as well, because there is a pretty tricky financial picture for this team as they try and navigate the next few years with these young guys getting onto their second contracts.
So I tend to think that it'll be a smaller deal largely for matching salary reasons.
I just don't think they want to sell low on guys they truly believe in for next season.
I think it's even harder to move Clint Capella now that you don't have Steven Adams.
And so if you use Clint Capella as matching salary, unless it's in a move for a big, well, then you create another hole, even if it's a small hole.
It's another hole nonetheless.
And when you're talking about trying to win a title this year, any deficiency potentially matters.
So it's just, it's tough to see where the matching salary comes from.
I could maybe see trades, you know, 5 million or less where you could cobble together a couple of minimums and, you know, send them elsewhere and maybe take in a $5 million a year type player into the Fred and Vliet exception.
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