Outrageous news? The Rockets believe that the Cavaliers substitute forward has higher priority than the high-quality 3D forward generals?

According to US media reporter Brett Siegel, before the free agent market opened, the Houston Rockets and the Cleveland Cavaliers had in-depth trading negotiations around forward player Dean Wade. According to Siegel, the Rockets were willing to provide Wade with a full middle-class contract renewal, but the Cavaliers finally chose to reject the deal, and the full middle-class contract ultimately gave Dorian Finney-Smith, a free agent after leaving the Los Angeles Lakers this summer.

In the middle of last season, the Lakers chose to trade with Brooklyn. The Lakers got Smith from the Nets through D 'Angelo Russell. After joining the Lakers, Smith made a total of 43 appearances in the NBA regular season, averaging 28.8 minutes, averaging 7.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.3 blocks. He also had 0.9 turnovers and 1.9 fouls. His shooting percentage was 44.2%, three-point shooting percentage was 39.8%, and his free throw shooting percentage was 71.4%. In the playoffs, Smith played 5 games in total, with averaging 33.9 minutes per game, averaging 6.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 0.2 steals, and 0.4 blocks. He also had one turnover and 3.4 fouls. His shooting percentage was 41.4% and his three-point shooting percentage was 36.8%.

In the NBA regular season last season, Wade played 59 games in 82 games, averaging 21.2 minutes per game, averaging 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.3 blocks, and 0.4 turnovers and 1.7 fouls. He shot 41.3%, three-point shooting percentage 36%, and free throw shooting percentage 53.3%. In the playoffs, Wade played 9 games in total, with averaging 15.8 minutes per game, with averaging 1.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists, 0.3 steals, and 0.1 blocks, 0.3 turnovers and 1.1 fouls, with a shooting percentage of 33.3% and a three-point shooting percentage of 21.4%. We can also intuitively feel from the performance of the two players that Wade's situation is not ideal. His performance during the playoffs has led to his very bad market conditions, and his value is obviously not comparable to Smith.

Personally, there is a high level of doubt about Siegel's statement. On the one hand, the Cavaliers are facing huge luxury tax pressure. Considering Wade's performance last season and his salary worth $6.62 million next season, under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers seem to have no reason to refuse the Rockets' offer, even if they need to be forced to post a second round pick; on the other hand, Smith has proved that he is an excellent 3D type forward player last season, he can play his role well on both offense and defense. He is an excellent role player, and his value to the Rockets is obviously much higher than that of Wade. It is already a very surprising thing for the Cavaliers to reject the Rockets' offer, and it is even more incredible that the Rockets have given priority to Wade between Wade and Smith. The possibility of two low-probability things happening at the same time is very slim, so we can basically believe that the credibility of this news is very limited. The Cavaliers should not be able to send Wade away at a smaller price. They need to find a way to attract more buyers in the market as soon as possible?