Since Harden was traded to the Nets, the Rockets' record has been unsatisfactory. The record of 1 win and 3 losses has also made the Rockets' goal of entering the playoffs increasingly slim. However, the Rockets’ goal is very clear. It is to collect draft picks in order to make a comeback in the future. This is not a big problem for the Rockets. After all, in the past 20 years, the Rockets have only been so bad once. , If the Rockets don't play badly, it would be too difficult to win the championship.
Seeing the success of the Lakers, Clippers, and Bucks, the Rockets smashed and fought for more high-level picks and free up salary space. This is the necessary means to win the championship in the future. In addition, the Rockets are also taking advantage of this large number of game opportunities to train young players. This season, the Rockets are newcomers. With Harden leaving and Wall being injured for many games, Wood, Tate, Sterling- Brown, and even Mason Jones, provoked the team.
Especially the 25-year-old Wood, he has become the head of the Rockets, averaging 23.5 points, 10.8 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game this season is quite impressive. Although Wood's personal defensive ability is slightly poor, but the three-year 41 million contract is quite worth it. In fact, after the Rockets sent Capella away last season, they were interested in Wood, the Pistons' main center, but the Pistons refused to trade Wood. Only a few months later, the Rockets re-chase.
Actually Wood has a chance to stay with the Pistons, but according to previous news, the Pistons are only willing to give Wood an annual salary of 8 million at most. If there is more, the Pistons do not want to give it, so this also gave the Rockets Team opportunity, in the final three-year contract of 41 million shots, Wood joined the Aerospace City. Maybe the Pistons think Wood is only worth 8 million annual salary, but they gave forward Jeremy Grant a three-year contract of 60 million, which is an exaggeration.
Is Grant really better than Wood? In fact, it is not necessarily. Although Grant's data is very good, he averaged 25.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.6 assists this season. He seems to have surpassed Griffin and became the No. 1 star of the Pistons, but the 26-year-old is no better than Wood. How excellent.Instead, after letting Wood go and signing Grant with a lot of money, the Pistons' record is not ideal, and they are currently 3 wins and 11 losses in the East.
It can only be said that the Pistons have missed it. In their eyes, Wood is just an ordinary center with average talent. But seeing Wood's performance on the Rockets and saying that the Pistons do not regret it is certainly not true. The current Pistons coach Casey also talked about Wood. He said: "We are trying to keep him, but we don't have enough salary space!" Regret is not wrong. Make excuses for your mistakes. This is what the Pistons do. Problem. Can give role player Grant an annual salary of 20 million, but he does not want to give Wood an annual salary of more than 8 million, because he did not take Wood seriously. This is why Wood went directly to Houston.
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