On February 16, according to the news, although the deal between the Lakers and the Rockets about Westbrook for Wall was not completed, the two teams did have some contact, and even the Rockets planned to use Wall + Wood to exchange For Westbrook. But the reason for the ultimate failure is that the Lakers don't want to accept these big contracts, to put it bluntly, they don't want to pay too much. Although Wood's statistics are good this season, he has been one of the rockets' potential trading chips, the Hornets have quoted Wood, and the Heat have also been interested in Wood, but in the end the Rockets did not send Wood, but sent away substitute center Daniel Theth.
Compared with Wood, who has averaged 17.6 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game this season, the "Rocket veteran" Tess, who has become a member of the Green Army, has not looked good this season. And Theis's position in the Rockets is also high and low - at the beginning of the season, Wood played the starting big forward, Theis became the starting center, and the two formed the Rockets' inner starting twin towers. It was probably Silas who saw that the two-tower combination of Wood + Olynyk had performed well last season and decided to do so.
However, due to the fact that Theis and Wood did not match, the Rockets directly abandoned Theiss. By the middle of the season, Theiss had largely fallen out of the Rockets' rotation system and could only make occasional appearances in some games. Tess played only 6 minutes against the Kings on the 15th of last month before the Rockets Green Army trade was completed 5 days ago, after which he was directly hidden by the Rockets for a month.
But the Theth, who had returned to the Green Army, finally ushered in an outbreak. After returning to the Green Army, Theis, who has averaged 8.3 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season, not only made his Green Army debut in today's away game against the Celtics, but also ushered in a small explosion. Throughout the game, Theis played as a substitute center, and he shared playing time with the main center Horford. In this game, Horford played 20 minutes, and Theis, as a substitute center, also played 20 minutes, but compared to star center Horford, Thetès did not fall behind.
Theiss shot 2-of-2 in 20 minutes and hit a three-pointer to get 5 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, plus or minus as high as +14! Although the offensive possession is not much, Theis used his best basketball defense to help the Green Army win over Philadelphia. Even under the defense of Theis, this season's quasi-MVP center Embiid, who only had 19 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in a single game, performed slightly abnormally.
Theis was so successful in the Green Army that he not only returned to rotation, but also became one of the most critical players in the Green Army's interior line. In contrast, the Rockets were too bad to keep Wood. Although Wood's data is good, he is more like a data brush, and he can't turn data into a victory. Especially in the previous Rockets' loss to the Jazz, Wood was like an "air man" on the defensive end against the Jazz's interior leaders, and even big forward Kenjan Martin Jr. couldn't help but shout at him after Wood defended to break the leak.
If the Rockets had sent Wood to stay with Theis before the trade deadline, the Shenjing + Theiss combination seemed to work better — in short, it would definitely not be as messy as Wood was in the game. Raphael Stone, the rockets' general manager, appears to have miscalculated the deal.