Would the Houston Rockets say yes to this Victor Oladipo trade?
If there is a legitimate belief within the Los Angeles Lakers organization that THT might get priced out of LA then we know that the team would be willing to make this offer. THT would be going to a team that could afford to bring him back and the Rockets would get a 20-year-old with a lot of potential.
They would also get two tradeable assets in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Markieff Morris. The Rockets could flip KCP and Morris to other contending teams for more draft capital. All-in-all, the haul for Oladipo would be bigger than just the Lakers side of things as it makes business-sense to loop more teams in the deal.
Unless some other team comes in with a grandfather option that the Rockets cannot say no to then I do not see why the Rockets would not say yes. For half a season of a player that they just acquired they would be getting an exciting young player (THT), a first-round draft pick and two second-round picks if they flip KCP and Morris.
In fact, the perfect situation exists for the Rockets. While the Los Angeles Lakers wouldn’t willingly help the Brooklyn Nets, the Rockets could flip KCP to Brooklyn for the injured Spencer Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie isn’t playing this season and has a near-identical contract to KCP. Brooklyn owns the 40th and 41st pick in the draft (as it currently stands) and would likely trade both for KCP.
That is a first-round pick, Talen Horton-Tucker and three second-round picks for half a season of Victor Oladipo. The Rockets would be silly to say no.