Kevin Durant & Houston Rockets are READY TO CONTEND with NBA free agent moves | Hoops Tonight

Kevin Durant & Houston Rockets are READY TO CONTEND with NBA free agent moves | Hoops Tonight

what’s up guys thanks as always for supporting the show it would mean a lot to me if you would take a second to scroll down and hit that subscribe button so you don’t miss any more of our videos also make sure you follow us all over social media so you don’t miss any of our content or show announcements houston lot of interesting stuff from them retaining some of their lower level role players they reuped with Jabari Smith like we mentioned 5 years 122 million dorian Finny Smith they’re trying to poach him away from the Lakers uh Mark Stein reported that they’re going to try to put together a four-year offer that it might be around that like $60 million range i really like the idea of Dorian Finny Smith in a Houston context where he’s surrounded at by just a ton of athleticism and physicality that’s a team that desperately needs shooting you bring in a Kevin Durant and a Dorian Finny Smith it just gives you so much more lineup flexibility with the UA to with the ability to put different types of shooters in different spots on the floor houston’s going for it man and you know I am always going to I’m always going to to advocate for teams that make these types of decisions especially when you’re self-aware this was a Houston team that has an Amend Thompson that is a super exciting young player that I think has the potential to become an allNBA level type of two-way talent but his offensive development puts him in a situation where he’s years away he’s years away from being that type of player and in the short term he’s still a super useful role player as this point of attack defender who is a vertical spacing threat who can I think you’re going to see a lot more fouron-ree like short roll stuff from him this year playing off of Kevin Durant like you have a short-term utility with a men Thompson but you look at it and it was like Jaylen Green wasn’t a starle ball handler in any sort of like dependable sense neither was Fred Shangon you know has his certain limitations this was a Houston team that looked in the mirror and went we’re not good enough but we have a really strong foundation and one specific weakness in terms of high level ball handling i’ll give you two high level ball handling and offball shooting they’re making aggressive moves to try to address those specific needs they’re shortening their window obviously but they still have tons of assets in terms of first round draft compensation for a pivot so you go after Dorian Finny Smith you get a Kevin Durant you make an attempt to try to win the title over the next year or two but then you still have Shangon you still have Amen Thompson you still have Reed Shepard and you and Cam Whitmore and all these young athletes you still have a future that you can pivot to while also having a short-term window to try to make something happen i think it makes a ton of sense and you know Houston I checked this morning on DraftKings they have the second best championship odds at this point in the entire NBA they’re putting themselves in a really really strong position on that front lastly so Milwaukee Bucks Bobby Poris signs a three-year $44 million deal this is a really favorable number for Milwaukee and opens up a lot more options for them this summer i’ve been kind of a Bobby Portoris defender for a while there are a lot of Bucks fans that are not a big fan of his i understand the shortcomings i have seen some of the worst defensive tape that I that I see around the NBA from a big when I’m watching Bobby Portoris at times he can be frustratingly inconsistent on that end of the floor but he is a backup power forward center hybrid and when it comes to backups there’s always going to be that level of inconsistency and you know just more of a of a like a up and down type of approach right like guys if if Bobby Portoris was a good defender he’s a $35 million player like because he can shoot threes at a high rate because he can beat switches on the block because he’s a pretty solid read and react player bob Bobby is a his defensive shortcomings are what allow you to get him at a number like three years and 44 million now the Bucks need some perimeter athleticism i’d be calling on guys like Bruce Brown and Carris Levert and doing whatever I could to try to bring in some guys i think Caris would be great for them as a guy who can handle the ball and can guard on the perimeter bruce it’s a little bit more clunky with the spacing fit but they just need to bring in some guys that can really uh uh def dribble shoot pass and defend on the perimeter but actually run the floor and cover ground in transition bring just more of that athletic pop on the perimeter bobby taking that discounted deal just gives them a little bit more flexibility on that front all right guys that’s all I have for today as always I sincerely appreciate you guys for supporting us and supporting the show we will be back i’m not sure if we’re going to go tonight or tomorrow morning i’m on the road in Denver uh house hunting i’ve mentioned this uh a couple weeks ago but my wife and I are moving up here this summer so uh kind of depending on just how shocking the news is we’ll either go tonight or we’ll go tomorrow morning i’ll let you guys know keep a an eye on my Twitter feed but we will have a video reacting to all of the free agency news from today no later than tomorrow morning again I appreciate you guys for rocking with me and for supporting the show and I will see you guys next time

Jason discusses the flurry of moves from the Houston Rockets including giving Jabari Smith Jr. a new contract, the rumors about them trying to sign Dorian Finney-Smith, and why these moves plus the addition of Kevin Durant from the Phoenix Suns make them NBA title contenders.

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