Before the deal deadline, the Rockets only completed a deal, Stone just sent Theiss to the Green Army and then exchanged Schroder and Fernando and someone (has been cut), many fans are puzzled by this deal, thinking that the Rockets did not fall into the benefits of the Theis trade, not even a second-round pick, Schroeder did not mean much to the Rockets, it is a failed operation.
But in fact, everyone has overlooked a point, in this deal, the Rockets have got a second-round show Fernando, he is only 23 years old this year, for this player everyone can still look forward to it.
Fernando was selected by the Hawks with the 34th pick in 2019, in fact he was predicted to be in the middle and late first round before entering the draft, and even some people regarded his draft template as Embiid's, but in fact his performance was more like Ibaka, he was 2.06 meters tall and 2.21 meters arm span, belonging to the kind of black and hard representative, in his sophomore season can average 13.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, the data is mediocre but the performance is also quite good, and therefore he is regarded as the all-around blue center in the penalty area gate.
It is said that he is a full-fledged blue-collar center because he is a relatively technical player, who has a fairly good ability to eat cakes in the offensive end, and also has a certain low-level singles technology, and can also pull dry in the middle distance, and has a good shooting base to develop; in addition, on the offensive end, Fernando also has the ability to attract the bag clip in the low position, he can attract the opponent through his own dribbling, and accurately transmit the ball to the teammates in the empty position to form an assist, from which it can be seen that he still has a certain sense of passing. On the defensive end, his performance is also good, because his movement speed is good, so he has a certain ability to change defenses, facing some small defenders can be well blocked in front of the opponent, although the box is almost bad, but he has a very good card position ability and card position awareness, rebound protection is very powerful. Of course, as a center forward, Fernando also has a very good ability to block and dismantle, he not only has a good cover ability, but also a very good ability to eat cake down.
But unfortunately, after entering the NBA, Fernando did not get enough attention, the first two seasons in the Eagles inside the competition is more fierce, so he got limited opportunities to play, after being traded to the Green Army is reduced to a marginal player, so he has not had much opportunity to show himself. It is also fortunate for him to be traded to the Rockets, the Rockets are a rebuilt team, the purpose is to develop young players, and the team's interior players are still very lacking in his type of interior line, Wood conforms to Cyras's offensive system but the defense is too poor, Shen Jing as the cornerstone of the interior line his play style comes with a system like Jokic, and Fernando's characteristics can be a good complement to the shortcomings of these two, even compared to the team's No. 23 show Garruba, he also has a great advantage.
Therefore, Stone's deal is not a loss at all, not only dumped Theis's 3-year contract, but also picked up a rough inside player, if Fernando can be developed, make him a team's substitute interior line, the Rockets can be said to be making a lot of money.