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Rafael Stone trading Christian Wood is chess not checkers

We have now had a couple of days to process the Christian Wood trade that came out of nowhere on Wednesday. The trade in itself wasn't shocking, but the trade's timing caught people off guard.

The Rockets are trading Christian Wood to Dallas for the 26th pick in the 2022 draft, Boban Marjanovic, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 16, 2022

Rafael Stone and the Houston Rockets completed a trade where they sent Wood to the Dallas Mavericks for the 26th pick in this year's draft, Boban Marjanovic, Trey Burke, Marquese Chriss, and Sterling Brown.