Beijing time on February 3, today is still 8 days away from the player trade deadline of this season. During these 8 days, the Rockets have also been one of the most active teams in the trading market, although some experts pointed out that the rockets' Gordon and Wood's trade value was overestimated, but it has to be said that without a first-round pick, other teams can not replace the two of them. Trading Gordon is actually an obvious matter for the Rockets, and every fan who pays attention to the Rockets probably knows that Gordon is going to be traded, after all, the 33-year-old Gordon is not in the Rockets in the future.
And Wood's deal, the Rockets have always been "hidden", there is no "open card", but not long ago there were rumors of the deal, saying that the Heat are optimistic about Wood and want to replace Wood with Duncan Robinson, a shooter with a 5-year, 90 million contract. But the Rockets didn't give a definitive answer afterwards, and today, reporter Steve Bullpert reported that according to multiple sources, the Rockets are negotiating a deal with the Heat about Dunroe for Wood.
Maybe Dunroe's change of Wood is no longer news, but the Rockets' position has changed from the previous "hidden" to today's basic showdown. Why? Because when the news came out before, the Rockets did not admit it, nor did the reporter make it clear that the Rockets wanted to send Wood away, after all, Wood could almost cut two double-doubles in recent games, and the performance was getting better and better, and the Rockets may also be hesitating whether to send Wood away.
And now this news report has basically made clear the final position of the Rockets - send away Wood! But the Rockets may be asking for more chips, and a shooter, Duncan Robinson, who signed a 5-year, 90 million premium contract, didn't help the Rockets much. First, Dunro's contract is too big, the second is too long, and third, Dunro's performance this season is not particularly good, and his age is also too old to fit the Rockets' rebuilding plan.
Now that the Heat are going through a three-game losing streak, they need a steady scorer from the inside to help the team go further in the regular season and even the playoffs. Dunro averaged 11.7 points, 1.5 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 48 games, shooting only 36 percent from three-point range, which is not particularly qualified for a small forward who uses shooting as the main means of scoring, after all, the annual salary of nearly 20 million is only this level of performance, and Dunro's contract is indeed a contract that the Rockets do not want to accept.
But the Rockets' ability to "sit down" with the Heat to discuss a deal also means that the Rockets have finally "let up", and their desire to send Wood away is basically public. And as rocket general manager, Raphael Stone didn't reject the trade plan for Wood, but what the Rockets meant was that one Dunroe was obviously not enough, and if the Heat wanted our star center Wood, well, the Rockets needed more, better, younger chips, and unless the Heat increased their offer, the deal would continue to be deadlocked until the deal deadline.