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Why did we kick him to curb? Anyway good interview and good to see him doing well.
Houston's Christian Wood on the Woj Pod: His breakout season, playing amid the James Harden uncertainty, his incredible NBA journey and much more.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) January 12, 2021
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Last edited by 13 - 3; 01-12-2021 at 11:01 AM.
They didn't like his character... And he wouldn't take a back up role to Zion. He's not a stretch 5. If you want a stretch 5. You need to go to Europe and get Miroric back in the league.
Know it's a dead letter, but I was never sure if these reports about Wood's character problems were legit sourced or just conjecture. Anybody have anything concrete?
I think in today's NBA Wood can be a stretch 5 and you could have played him next to Zion. Wood is a good shot blocker and a strong rebounder. He's a little undersized, but you can see traditional bigs (including Adams) are having a hard time seeing the floor during crunch time in the playoffs. I think he just got caught in the regime switch. At the end of '19 season all indications were that Woods would play with Pels summer league team and work out at the facility. Something changed abruptly.
FWIW, here is a brief article from Wood's time with the Pistons that touches on some of the issues he's had in the NBA...
https://www.detroitbadboys.com/2019/...ood-paying-off
He would have been a perfect fit with Zion. Said it then and I'll say it now, until we get a stretch 5, Zion will never reach his potential. Ask, Giannis what Brook Lopez means to his game.
Say Cannon Hinnant's Name.
Didn’t really fit at the time I presume. He would be a perfect center to Zion IMO. Oh well
Let's not forget that Alvin probably had some input (or should have).
Nothing against Darius Miller, but after he signed that 14MM, two year contract with the Pelicans last year, remind me how many games did he play for the Pelicans?
Considering that Detroit signed Wood off of waivers after the Pelican set him free, the Miller contract should have been Wood's as he played for peanuts in Detroit.. I know his stats are skewed because he only played eight games for the Pelicans, but he averaged 17 and 8 in under 24 minutes a game; so all the signs were there. Alvin, where were you and did you notice? It was Danny Ferry who brought Wood in...surely he would have spoken up for Wood on his way out?
"....and these are Days of Our Lives."
Steven Adams is of no significance to my post.
or....
You'll have me believe that the reason Griff signed Darius Miller (coming off an Achilles injury) to a 14MM Contract was to secure Steven Adams a full year later. That's quite a bit of Hocus Pocus. I mean, Griffin had the foresight to know that Miller would be the critical linchpin that would make a Steven Adams trade plausible a full year later!!! If this is your reason, Griffin is not just a General Manager; he is God.
Either you, my fine friend, are a Griff apologist, or Griff, himself.
POSTSCRIPT: Like Miller, currently on the second year (last year) of a 14MM contract, had the same contract been offered to Wood, the 41MM contract offered to Adams a full year later would be of absolutely no consequence whatsoever.
Last edited by As I See It; 01-13-2021 at 12:44 PM.
Even had we kept Wood, we would have had to re-sign him as a FA. Do you think Griff signs him to a $41 million contract rather than trade for Adams? It has every significance to the Wood decision. We would not have done both. Arguably, Wood (without any baggage) may have been a better fit for this team and saved some assets as a result. However, I do not think that is what Griff would have done.
It has absolutely no significance. They are two separate transactions in two separate years. What am I missing here?
I have no true idea, because I'm not quite as clairvoyant as you, but I have a feeling that in 19/20 Wood would helped this team much, much more than a JAX.......or a Ja.......or, even a Derrick. Perhaps you can argue otherwise, but a 13 game losing streak and a 30 and 42 overall record suggest the three mentioned players didn't/couldn't cut it.
But the more I think about it, had Wood been on the team last year, maybe...just maybe...the Pelicans would have made the playoffs and then Alvin might still be in our midst.
Last edited by As I See It; 01-13-2021 at 01:15 PM.
Sorry I was in meetings.
My goal is unchanged; it is, first and foremost, to maintain a viable presence in NOLA. Second to put the best possible product on the court now, without sacrificing the future. Third, to build a program and not just a team.
I contend that signing Wood over Miller was a no brainer to checking all three boxes. Miller (who I hold no ill-will toward), did nothing in terms of the 19/20 Pelicans. .
I don't think including Wood instead of Miller for a trade for Adams would have been a deal breaker for the Thunder had the Pelicans still wanted to. Do you?
So, as I answered your question, here's mine: Do you want to tank? If so, for how long?
Last edited by As I See It; 01-13-2021 at 06:04 PM.
We couldn't have traded Wood for Adams. He was a FA. The decision would have been to either sign him to a bigger deal and make him our 5 OR trade for Adams.
Would he have been more valuable than Miller? In hindsight, sure, but Miller was signed to that contract to be a trade chip. His injury blew that up. At best, I think Wood would have been here for one season and who knows how much playing time he would have gotten under Gentry?
Wood would not have signed a deal for $7m a year.
We know that because he got claimed off waivers by Detroit and then when he hit the free market he got offered a deal worth pretty much double that. You can't argue that we should have signed Wood to the two year Miller deal, which was about $7m a year, when we know his free market price was about $14m a year.
Cade Cunningham/Usman Garuba/Scottie Barnes/Moses Moody/Brandon Boston Jr endorser.
Eye test people: analytics people watch more basketball than you do.
He was claimed off waivers in Detroit for pittance, but when he hit the open market properly after that one year in Detroit, he got signed by the Rockets for 3yrs $41m. That's how I know his market value was about double that: it's the contract he got given as soon as he was a proper free agent again.
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