National Basketball Association - 2022/23 Season (Part 1)

Yuv · January 14, 2021, 12:24am

Why not? The cavs game up a first for Allen. Levert is better than Covington who Blazers gave up a first for.

Krayz · January 14, 2021, 12:41am

Problem is, noted Trumper Fertitta is still in charge. Rockets going nowhere regardless of how many picks they have.

Aofrantic · January 14, 2021, 12:47am

True, I just think its worse to be the team that gives a Gordon Hayward like contract to Dipo then letting him walk though.

oneeyedtripping · January 14, 2021, 12:49am

https://twitter.com/jake_bittle/status/1349467029225562117?s=21

NotBruceZ · January 14, 2021, 1:00am

If you’re starting from zero, Levert will get you more wins than Covington, but if you are adding to a playoff team with stars already in place, RoCo is a better fit. Covington is a 3-and-D guy whose versatility was what Portland felt was needed. Levert’s ideal role on a championship contender is probably microwave scorer off the bench.

Levert is a volume scorer who isn’t really a shooter, doesn’t provide value on defense, and I don’t think is enough of a playmaker to really run your offense through. I think the Dunc’d On take is that he is a player who is best with the ball in his hands a lot, but your team is limited if he has the ball in his hands a lot.

Keeping Levert is the safe route for Houston. They get a pretty established level of production. Oladipo is more of the high-risk, high-reward option. Morey may be gone, but I think the team still embraces his principles of team construction–hence their signing of Christian Wood–and Oladipo is a better fit for their offensive philosophy than Levert.

Yuv · January 14, 2021, 1:02am

I don’t think they are planning on re-signing oladipo.

NotBruceZ · January 14, 2021, 1:11am

I think it’s an option they would consider, but first they have to figure out how to dump Eric Gordon’s contract.

Fertita’s priorities are: 1) Stay out of the luxury tax. 2) Make the playoffs. Re-signing Oladipo might make sense within that framework, if they can get rid of some salaries.

I don’t think Levert’s value is high enough to where Houston could have gotten a lottery pick for him, so trying to hit on rehabilitating Oladipo is probably a better shot at acquiring a star than getting a late first or two or trying to develop Levert.

Ikioi · January 14, 2021, 6:47am

Cavs are building a nice young core with Sexton, Garland, Okoro, Porter (if he ever gets his shit together), Windler (if he can ever get healthy), and now Allen.