No wonder the Rockets are a joke throughout the league when our own beat reporter is making trades like this. I wouldn’t even trade Sengun for those two straight up

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1. Wow! This is an embarrassingly bad trade!

2. If this is another Kelly Iko trade he should be put down

3. We gotta start assuming Iko got hacked

4. It’s not like there are reporters out there who have sane trade proposals. They probably don’t even watch most of the games.

5. These are just insane, Myles turner has been on the trade block for the past 5 years, we could probably get him for #20 and like KJ Martin Jr.😂 whoever makes these doesn’t know ball

6. I would trade Sengun for them straight up

7. Does the Athletic test their reporters for drug usage?

8. Those two couldn’t even lead Indiani to a playin game. What can they do for our younger roster?

9. Who did this? This shit is stupid. If this one of our writers we need to message them cause this some laughing stock shit

10. What is up with undervaluing all our talent? I get we were bad but our players aren’t

11. Both things can be true but separate. I don’t think NBA insiders are making definitive judgments about the franchise based off one goofy beat writer.

12. Assuming we also get James, this ain’t too too crazy… especially if the pacers send us picks and/or role player

13. I don’t think most league decision-makers conflate beat writers and front offices.

14. Yeah all of his proposed trades are pretty fucking stupid

15. This was a recent cohort of Iko trades. Wouldn’t call the Rockets a joke re: one beat writers **unsourced** trades:
    >[poking fun at himself re: those unsourced trade ideas](https://twitter.com/kellyiko/status/1661803951933587466?s=46&t=IVwCnWBGBmlVtsz55wyv1w)

    And Iko having to respond to the fanbase absolutely sh!tting on him on Twitter (he also occasionally shows up here):
    >[[Iko] I’ve literally written a hundred times that this team can take a bunch of different options. Literally have a big board coming Monday assuming they keep the pick. Like relax.](https://twitter.com/kellyiko/status/1662537784219795456?s=46&t=IVwCnWBGBmlVtsz55wyv1w)

    >[[Iko] And you guys are historically dramatic lol. It comes from a good place, but sometimes emotions take a wild turn. Some of the stuff I’ve gotten over the past 72 hours is insane.](https://twitter.com/kellyiko/status/1662538470823284737?s=46&t=IVwCnWBGBmlVtsz55wyv1w)

    Random Turkish fan
    > [don’t know man, feel like someone needs to slap his stupidity in the face](https://twitter.com/sardunyaya/status/1661821484015271938?s=46&t=IVwCnWBGBmlVtsz55wyv1w)

    There’s so much more but it got out of hand…

16. This fucking awful. A great young center, great upside guard, solid future starter, a top 4 pick, and a 1st round pick from a bad team for a good starting center and an old role shooter?

17. Throw in Jalen Green and we got a deal!

18. Kelly Iko is a 🤡

19. Kelly Iko is an absolute moron. I guess anyone can be a beat writer these days

20. Dude must be a pacers fan cause this trade is very one sided 💯

21. Sometimes I wish these trade machine websites didn’t exist. So dumb lool.

22. Bro has figured out how to get attention finally

23. Maybe we had no idea that we’re supposed to be a charity and hand out young prospects for free. Bunch of 🤡

24. Theres too many outlets for “journalists” these days. Its no wonder the first job AI threatens is putting together a coherent story.

    But writers will continue to complain about the lack of pay in their oversaturated market.

    Learn to code.

25. No way this is real

26. What type of regardedness is this?

27. It’s beyond rubbish.