Houston Rockets Trade Targets After Amen Thompson Injury: Furkan Korkmaz, Alex Caruso & More
Host Jackson Gatlin (@JTGatlin) discusses the Houston Rockets bench depth issues now being compounded by Amen Thompson’s injury (likely to miss 4-6 weeks) and possible trade targets the team should look at, including Philadelphia 76ers guard Furkan Korkmaz, Washington Wizards guard Landry Shamet, Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso, New York Knicks guard Evan Fournier, and Portland Trailblazers guard Malcolm Brogdon, the likelihood and possibility of each target, cost, trade proposals or if the team should just hold off and see what Aaron Holiday can do with the backup guard minutes, Tari Eason update and more.
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20 Comments
Jabari need to come off the bench he can score 20pts off the bench
Amen is not contributing to winning yet so I don't think an emergency trade is necessary but we could just want to add a player just to get more wins. Aaron Holiday is 27 years old and extremely quick. The guy might have a breakout season. Out of all the players you mentioned I think Brogdon is the best player for us since he can play point guard and shooting guard. But I have read Portland is not looking to move him or he would be gone already. Caruso would be good too. I don't think Korkmaz, Fornier or Shamet move the needle at all.
I don't think Chicago will give up Caruso, Furkan can be a good option, his contact is cheap and only one year, he will be fine for 10-15 minutes and he played well last night..
There is no tension between Korkmaz and Sengun. They were just top 2 options on the offense and coach just wanted Korkmaz to play as a score first kind of guy.
Can cam touch the ball before we worry about scoring off the bench? 😅
Paging Cam Whitmore. Would the real Cam Whitmore please stand up?!
No, it is not like the Rockets will be in the Final this season. Stay the course and develop your top six or seven players. Give Cam Whitmore playing time.
No need to trade first round picks for role players, Furkan Korkmaz seems to be the best value of the bunch.
Everyone getting hurt this season already I'm over
If I were the coach, I would only play Amen Thompson, Tari Eason, Cam Whitmore, Jasean Tate, Jack Londale off the bench.
Holiday and Cam W should be enough.
They’re dumb if they trade for depth. Shouldn’t have given Kenyon Martin JR away for free. Let Cam Whitmore play. Don’t give up assets.
Uncle Jeff, and Tate are OK performers.
But Reggie and Landale has to go if poor performances continues.
I highly doubt Aaron will be enough, I would go for a cheaper combo guard right now. And look at the picture at deadline again, trade Oladipo to fill-in the gap, etc.
Caruso would be the best option but depends on the cost.
Let's give some minutes to Cam and see how it goes.
Korkmaz and Sengun know each other, Korkmaz on 76ers is completely different player than what he is in the national team. If he gets anything close to that it would be huge
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Alperen should do some lobbying with Rockets management in order to trade Korkmaz. I hear that Chicago is also after him.
Insert Whitmore, Nate Williams and Holliday. Problem solved.
Bullock really shouldn't see the court again. I'm also extremely down on Jock Landale. It's just a notable difference of the teams effectiveness when those 2 come in. Landale may just need an extrended recovery time but at this point I'd like to see them go deeper into the bench and give a younger player his minutes.
I’d say trade for brogdon and Robert Williams. Portland is rebuilding we have the assets to trade for them easily