Christian Wood Teams Up With Bradley Beal in Washington D.C.
The Houston Rockets are rebuilding right now after trading James Harden last season and they have done a great job at adding young talent to their roster over the last year. Kevin Porter Jr. and Jalen Green are two standout talents in the backcourt and Christian Wood has turned himself into one of the league’s most underrated big men in the frontcourt.
Wood signed a three-year, $41M deal with the Rockets ahead of the 2020-21 season and in 86 career games with Houston, Christian Wood has averaged 19.1 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.0 blocks and has shot roughly 50% from the floor, 37% from three-point range.
There is not an immediate interest to trade away Christian Wood within the Rockets’ organization, but he is set to become an unrestricted free agent following next season and there are some concerns within this organization that Wood could entertain other offers around the league.
Trading Wood while his value is high makes a ton of sense for the Rockets and there is no better spot for the 26-year-old big man to end up in than the Washington Wizards.
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Bradley Beal is the only elite-level contributor on the Wizards’ roster right now and while they have talent in Kyle Kuzma, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Spencer Dinwiddie, Montrezl Harrell and a bunch of young talents, Washington is just 23-25 on the season.
After blowing a 35-point lead over the Los Angeles Clippers the other night, it is very clear that the Wizards need to make a big move at the trade deadline and it would not be surprising to see them target a big name like Christian Wood because they desperately need core talent around Bradley Beal.
While he has spent all 10 years of his career now with the Washington Wizards, Beal is now 28-years-old and is definitely thinking about his future in this league, especially given that he is in the prime of his career.
If the Wizards want to have any shot of keeping Bradley Beal long-term, they have to add some other high-level talents around him and bringing in Christian Wood is certainly a great start.
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Wood would hold things down in the frontcourt with Daniel Gafford and Montrezl Harrell by his side, as well as create a more attractive destination for future free agents heading into the offseason.
This addition would not make the Wizards a real contending threat in the Eastern Conference, but there are no possible moves that they can make this season to do so. Washington needs to add some more high-level talents moving forward and Christian Wood would certainly make an impact for this team.
