Cleveland Cavaliers: Three potential Rodney Hood trade options

A potential Hood trade to the Bucks

For the second time this season, these Central Division foes will come together and make a trade. The first trade brought fan-favorite Matthew Dellavedova back to the Wine and Gold. This trade would be less about the player being acquired and more about the draft pick.

Jason Smith is a veteran, journeyman forward on the last year of his contract, per Spotrac. He has only played in six games since being acquired by the Bucks in early December in that Dellavedova deal from Washington, and with a plethora of talent at the forward position in Milwaukee, Smith is a reasonable candidate to be moved.

Milwaukee could pair Hood with Tony Snell to come off the bench and provide a scoring threat when Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton are off the floor.

In an era of positionless basketball, Hood could be part of a four-guard rotation that could cause teams problems. Playoff teams are all about having depth, and Hood adds great depth to an already-great Eastern Conference team based on current record.

The 2020 second-round pick Cleveland would be acquiring is a pick Milwaukee got from the Washington Wizards in the previous Cleveland-Milwaukee trade from earlier this season along with Smith. With the Wizards struggling to figure things out, their second-round pick might come early on, and this would enable the Cavaliers to pick a young player they could develop and insert into their rotation.

Or like the previous two trades mentioned in the article, the Cleveland Cavaliers could use this pick later on down the line to acquire a better draft pick.

What the Cavaliers do exactly before the February 7 trade deadline remains to be seen, but it’s all but certain the Wine and Gold will be moving a piece or two in order to add picks and potential players that will help them out later on down the road.