After Harden left, the Rockets Supermarket opened. The 13-game losing streak completely defeated the Rockets’ confidence in entering the playoffs. Recently, teams have been inquiring Tucker, Oladipo and Gordon. Even Brown and Tate have been inquired about, and many team management believe that the Rockets are not for sale now. If there is anyone who will not move the Rockets for the time being, it may be Wall, Potter and Wood. Wall's contract is too big to post the first-round draft pick, the Rockets will not rush to trade him, if the reconstruction starts Wall can at least fill the poor line.
Not to mention Wood, this season he is ranked in the top five in the league at No. 4, and already has an All-Star insider offensive skill. And Wood is only 25 years old and very young. After the Rockets signed a three-year contract, he intends to use it on his own. Unless there are some high-quality stars, the Rockets will not move Wood. Porter is 20 years old this year, and the Rockets will try their best to train Porter in the post-All-Star schedule. At the same time, as much as possible, in order to prepare to win the 21-year champion champion CC, he is known as the shooting Ben Simmons, height 2.03 meters.
Now the Rockets most want to deal with Tucker and Oladipo, both of whom have expired contracts. At the same time, the two of them have no intention of fighting for the Rockets. Oladipo hopes to get a maximum salary of 35-40 million, and the Rockets can only give an annual salary of 22 million. With Oladipo aiming to join the Heat, the Rockets will never let him go for nothing. The Tucker Rockets really want to keep it, but the point is that Tucker doesn't want to stay. Before Harden left, Tucker always wanted to renew his contract with the Rockets and even retire in Houston. As a result, Harden left the team Tucker became absent-minded, his performance on the court fell crazily, and he also refused the Rockets' nearly 20 million contract extension.
According to bleacher reporter Jake Fischer, the Rockets offered Tucker a two-year contract of nearly 20 million yuan after Harden left. The average annual salary is also close to 10 million. But Tucker rejected this contract, and from the Rockets' point of view they have tried their best. Tucker turned 36 years old in May this year, and he was 37 years old. And his strength is deteriorating. Tucker averaged only 4.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 30 minutes per game this season. Among them, the shooting percentage dropped sharply, only 36%+31%.
A western management revealed that Tucker's reason for rejecting the Rockets may be because he wanted to take a gamble. Because wherever Tucker is traded, he wants to get a big contract. In other words, Tucker is confident that he can get a contract similar to the $20 million provided by the Rockets in his new home. Tucker's self-confidence has its source. At present, the Nets, Lakers, Philadelphia, Nuggets, Heat, and Bucks are all trying to get Tucker. Among them, the Nets and Philadelphia compete with each other, with the two teams first in the Eastern Conference and second in the East. The Nets will never sit back and watch Tucker be taken away by Philadelphia to assist the two emperors, otherwise Embiid, Simmons and Danny Green + Tucker will be too strong in defense.
The Nets' current advantage is Harden, because Tucker and Harden are very close. If Harden does not leave, Tucker will stay with the Rockets to renew. Now that Tucker has the opportunity to join Harden again, the Nets now lack the thickness of the forward line. Tucker's biggest regret in the Rockets is that he didn't win the championship with Harden. Now that the Nets are strong, Tucker is naturally willing to join. And there is news that the Nets are selling Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie’s value has been very tasteless after Kazakhstan’s entry into the station. The Nets do not need to invest a lot of resources in the backcourt, and upgrading Dinwiddie to Tucker would be a great choice.
Getting Dinwiddie for the Rockets can also leave a good helper for the future cornerstone. Dinwiddie is still able to lead the team. If CC is selected, Dinwiddie is an effective helper. The Rockets can decisively trade Oladipo and Gordon. Tucker really needs Harden. In the past three seasons with Harden, Tucker shot more than 37% of his three-pointers. Only Harden can give Tucker a large number of open three-pointers. Tucker is also very tough in the playoffs. In 19 years, he averaged 11+7 and made 46% of his three-pointers, which prevented Durant from being injured.
Of course, Tucker also has the risk of betting and losing. Regardless of whether the Nets win the championship, will their management be willing to offer 36-year-old Tucker a two-year, 20 million contract? If not. Tucker is equivalent to giving up 20 million to buy a championship ring. And if he did not win the championship, Tucker would have lost too much.
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