Houston Rockets Free Agency & Trades: Dillon Brooks, Jock Landale, Jeff Green IN, KJ, TyTy, More OUT
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) reacts to and breaks down the newest Houston Rockets Free Agency moves, including the signings of Dillon Brooks (4years/$80M), Jock Landale (4years/$32M), and Jeff Green (1year/$6M) and the impact they will have moving forward, how negotiations fell apart with Brook Lopez and forced Houston to pivot to other names, the news that the third year of Fred VanVleet’s deal is a team option, the outgoing names of KJ Martin, TyTy Washington, Josh Christopher, Usman Garuba and why these players were ultimately moved, how Houston could still be active depending on the structure of some of their agreed upon deals and more.
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COMMENT: How do you feel about the Rockets Free Agency moves so far?
Raphael Stone needs to be held accountable for the moves he's been making. This is the same guy who wanted to give Victor Olidipo a huge contract. I fear he can be the basketball version of Jack Easterby.
Loosing Christopher is all I care about. I still have a feeling he will be a star
Man Jackson you got me so nervous when you said video circulating and trending. No one is teaching these young players off the court behavior smdh
Christopher nix tyty uzman leaving is no big deal you got to trim the fat you still got bari tari alpy green cam and amen 6 blue chip prospects surround those guys with vets
I'm good with all the moves except for christopher. Really wished they would have kept him. Rockets making noticable moves looks nice but what we see on the court is the real measure in how good this offseason has been. I think they will be better but will it be enough for the post season? And will that be enough improvement to excite the city? Fingers crossed
Many people are mad because we’ve sent our recent first round picks. These moves show we are certainly targeting the playoffs. But we had to do what we had to do. Lopez reported blindsided us. Stone wouldn’t have been in control of this move. We still have plenty of wings to give some minutes. I think No-one will remember these moves when we land on the playoffs this year.
Any takers on Furkan Korkmaz? A good three point shooter that can play 2/3. His contract is affordable also another Turkish guy to help/mentor Alpi
Why $80 big ones for a guy like Brooks??? I'm asking for 4 years of drama with him? And payments I approve
gave not watched nba enough to have any real thoughts…K J was a fan favorite…good to see josh gone…he just wanted to score….do not know landale….
No mention of the patty mills situation?
Thoughts:
– Good: Rockets improved their team. Bad: The only teams that they are currently better than are the Blazers and Spurs. They are not as good as the Thunder, Wolves, Jazz, Lakers, or Mavericks. So, they went from having the second worse record, to maybe having the 8th worse record.
– Dillon Brooks contract is not as bad as people are making it out to be. $20M to an All-Defensive player and a solid offensive player is not bad. $20M for an well above-average starter is not bad given the next TV deal.
– I don't really like the FVV deal given it would take minutes away from Amen. I do not believe that sitting on the bench actually help young players. You learn by going through the motions, good and bad.
– Wouldn't consider KPJ a core member. Could easily see him being traded.
Stunning level of incompetence on the Tyty, garuba deal. JC and KJM were pretty bad but not on that level. Stone is a horrible GM
I’m glad ime came in and practically cleaned house
Did Jock earn every penny of this contract? Amazing how unwavering supportive the media is of the 'white' guys when they get signed to contracts as opposed to brothers narrative of 'did they pay too much'. Toxic edomites. Blacks the real Jews
I would’ve shipped off porter jr instead of josh. Kevin porter is a major problem. Not only does he want to be like harden which is a horrible thing but is a loose cannon in the locker room.
GM malpractice to pay Brooks $80M over 4 years!
dude rockets will regret for kj and tyty
I can't lie… I'll miss KJ – Sengun duo in offence.
I was so down but you gave me some hope tbh
OK let’s think of it this way.
You’re replacing Josh, Christopher, with Amen thompson.
You’re replacing Kenyon Martin Junior with Cam Whitmore .
You’re replacing Usman Garuba with Jock Landale.
You’re replacing TyTy Washington with Fred Vanvleet.
You’re replacing Eric Gordon with Dillon Brooks.
You can now play KPJ add his more natural position as a wing score, and hopefully improved defender.
And you have the perfect veteran mentor in Jeff Green.
If Alperen Sengun, Jabari Smith, Jalen, Green, and Tari Eason, all take significant leaps forward and their development. This team will hopefully be in the play and discussion by seasons end.
Rockets signing Dillon Brooks is not a smart move. He will disrupt the team.
Dillon Brooks reminds me of Ruben Patterson….the self-proclaimed "Kobe stopper". He was a very good defender, but going against a motivated great player, he looked foolish. He tries to get under people's skin and get them off their game…sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I haven't seen all of his "dirty plays", but then again, I watched basketball in the 90s…what's dirty today, was a "play on" back then. Against LeBron, it looked like accidental contact + a LeBron flop. Against Donavan Mitchell, that looked more intentional. Overall, I don't mind the signing, but I thought we could've gotten him for cheaper. Hate to lose the young guys for basically nothing…3 guys we picked in the 1st round of recent drafts. But, I'm not familiar with all the cap rules, so I guess they did what they had to. The biggest difference maker will be if Udoka can bring all these guys together…we have a ton of talent, just needs to be unlocked.
I’m guessing the rockets want to lose 70 games next season … 210 million dollars for FVV and brooks smh..
I really like FFV & Uncle Jeff. Hate that brook lopez didn't happen. Also wish we got to keep p millie 😅 but I can give the off-season a frig (B)
Y Brooks ?????🤔🤔🤔
Jeff Green will advocate for Sengun as he knows mini Joker could be the star of the Rockets moving forward.
I really hate the KJ dump off don’t like the brooks signing and Kinda bummed josh Christopher is gone also😐
We as Rockets fans; think we are missing this point of this years FA, acquisitions, departures, etc.
You just realize we got our wish – how long has this fanbase been clamoring for us to consolidate and build around Jalen and (really) Sengun???
The reason this FA and signings / departures was a home run is because the moves show our commitment to Alperen and Jalen. All our signings compliment the two players.
Ownership and management found two players to build up on, and did so. This FA shows they believe in JG and Sengun; building upon their strengths and weaknesses.
I knew those players were gnna get traded. I’m just upset they never got a fair shot because Silas & how he managed this young team. They would probably have more value for trade or we wouldn’t even need to trade them. Teams make or break these player’s careers a lot of times
Hey kid, when is the press conference?
I think Whittemore will get minutes I think he's going to force them to give him minutes….meaning he's going play hard
Rockets making the playoffs I said what i said
You dont think they had seen them in practice and stuff? Mismanagement is not the word.
Smh trading for Dejounte Murray and Clint Capela and/or Robert Williams would've been suffice. In addition to offer sheets for Grant Williams and Matisse Thybulle. They should've kept all their young former 1st Rd picks. I understood them trading KJ. I just wish it would've been Tate instead. Especially since they only got pennies for him anyway 🤦🏾♂️
Kevin Porter Jr. being said in the same "core" thing of the other 6 guys is kinda crazy ngl
I don't think they over payed for a all defensive player. We been missing a Pat Beverly type player. it's the coaches job to put the pieces of the puzzle together.
Called Jeff Green A Rockets Legend 🤔🤔🤔… Said He Is Excited About Jock 🤔🤔🤔… Said Start Nix 🤔🤔🤔… Bring Back James FRAUDEN 🤔🤔🤔 Called Fred VanVleet Steady Freddy 🤔🤔🤔… & Trade The 20th Pick That Landed Us Cam 🤔🤔🤔…. Ummm Yea This Guy Is A Cornball. 🤡 👶 🤪
Well it seems like they got duped by Lopez they sent out Tyty Garuba and the others to make room to sign Lopez but once he decided to change his mind Stone had to pivot fast.
That’s just once again shows that Stone is terrible at maneuvering and navigating if one plan fails. If Lopez didnt sign he should have gotten multiple ideas on who they want as a backup center.
So yeah so far Stone has been meh as a GM and honestly if he gets fired I wouldn’t loose sleep he has not been that impressive as a GM to me.
But I do like bringing back uncle Jeff and Landale in even though how they got there was shitty.
Overall man this is Stone last dance if we don’t start winning he going to get the boot real soon
Gonna sting a bit to see some of those youngsters we lost go in to be solid players, but we badly need some vets to lead, teach, and give our team credibility to attract future free agents.
When we did all that tanking and waiting for the time we had all this cap space…if you told me 3 years ago that who we'd spend that cap space on was FVV and Dillon Brooks I would have said you're crazy. I'm very underwhelmed with the signing and this team. The only thing that makes this offseason a hit is if some of the youngsters still on the roster step up.
It's imee udoka there's no tomorrow for it's now for him. Feel great as a h town fans.
I look forward to these videos everyday especially in the offseason love the content. Thank you.
Per Woj Dillon Brooks had interest from MIL & LAL, so adding that the Rockets "bid against themselves" for Brooks is fodder to add a lil spice to the narrative. 🙄
I totally agree with your analysis and assessment JG; I would have wanted to see KJ, Usman, Josh and Tyty develop under Udoka and if they don’t pan out under his system then we can trade them midseason; if this means not getting Dillon Brooks then so be it; FVV, Uncle Jeff and Landale are enough veteran presence to guide our young guns