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Tince said:
Not at all, never had, never would.

I'm pointing out a HOF coach like Pop has really struggled (to even make the playoffs) with only 1 HOF/all-star player on his roster, proving that even a HOF coach can't carry a team. On the flip side, some average coaches can win it all with a 2-3 all-stars. Some love to go on and on about who should be the #10 and #11 guys on our roster and who should carry a clipboard, but gloss over the lack of top end talent on this roster like it's no big deal. Top end talent is 95% of the problem, so why is the obsession on the other 5%?

I will be sure to copy you down as a reference the next time I'm looking for a PR job. Would it be safe for me to assume that when you go to look for a house, you focus on interior paint color and ignore the foundation and layout?

Edit: My banter is intended to be all in good fun, Merry Christmas!
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Merry Christmas!

I think coaching is more integral than 5% of the equation. I don't think it's as important as having superstars but it can be a deciding factor in the overall success of a team.

A great coach can give you the results of the Miami Heat. They were far from the best team in the league, but Spoelstra got more out of them.

Do you seriously think Stotts would have gotten those results? I don't. Not even close.

But we agree that we need to go balls to the wall on superstar talent. We should have sacrificed CJ earlier for Jimmy Butler or Paul George but didn't and we've paid for that.

Now a superstar names you when you've never been named before? Even a broken down Melo opted for Oklahoma over us. So, when James Harden, a superstar talent, names you, you say I do and make it happen.

I'm not even a fan of him personally, although he might the third greatest offensive player in history.

I'd be more excited if we got a new coach too. Harden buys Stotts another season. I have no confidence in him as a coach.
 
Harden has no say in the matter at this point.
 
Cugel said:
Harden has no say in the matter at this point.
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But he does. He, like Anthony Davis did, could signal to teams that he doesn't want to be there.

No team wants to trade for a guy that doesn't want to be there. Especially when giving up multiple picks and players of value.
 
Cugel said:
Harden has no say in the matter at this point.
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Technically you are right however it takes a really brave team to trade a player like and an even braver team to trade for a player like that. So he has a lot more control than he should but thats the reality of it.
 
Scalma said:


Olshey watching his warmup hmmm. Pretty sure that bald dude is the rockets Gm too
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That could be him. Hard to tell with a mask:
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UKRAINEFAN said:
From some site called Clutchpoints:
"To summarize, the best trade package the Blazers could offer would include McCollum, Collins, Little, Simons, and two future picks.

With Ben Simmons reportedly off the table in Philly, this is one of the best hauls the Rockets could get for their unhappy superstar, elevating the Blazers while Houston fully embraces a rebuild."
UKRAINEFAN said:
From some site called Clutchpoints:
"To summarize, the best trade package the Blazers could offer would include McCollum, Collins, Little, Simons, and two future picks.

With Ben Simmons reportedly off the table in Philly, this is one of the best hauls the Rockets could get for their unhappy superstar, elevating the Blazers while Houston fully embraces a rebuild."
https://clutchpoints.com/the-best-trade-blazers-can-offer-rockets-for-james-harden/
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I'd do that in a heartbeat. Keeping nurk would be great.
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UKRAINEFAN said:
From some site called Clutchpoints:
"To summarize, the best trade package the Blazers could offer would include McCollum, Collins, Little, Simons, and two future picks.

With Ben Simmons reportedly off the table in Philly, this is one of the best hauls the Rockets could get for their unhappy superstar, elevating the Blazers while Houston fully embraces a rebuild."
https://clutchpoints.com/the-best-trade-blazers-can-offer-rockets-for-james-harden/
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Hard to take that seriously, when they weren't even able to figure out what the best trade package the Blazers could offer is. Imagine thinking that Simons (or, for that matter, Little or Collins) makes the package better than Trent does.
 
I bet you anything Neil is lowballing the rockets for Harden and when he finally gets dealt to someone else everyone on this board will be like “What!? We could have beaten that deal! Why didn’t we beat that deal!?”

Book it.
 
Maybe going after Gordon would be better....
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Dame/Simons
Trent/Ross/CJ2
RoCo/DJJ/Hood
Gordon/Melo/Nas
Nurk/Kanter/Giles
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
From some site called Clutchpoints:
"To summarize, the best trade package the Blazers could offer would include McCollum, Collins, Little, Simons, and two future picks.

With Ben Simmons reportedly off the table in Philly, this is one of the best hauls the Rockets could get for their unhappy superstar, elevating the Blazers while Houston fully embraces a rebuild."
https://clutchpoints.com/the-best-trade-blazers-can-offer-rockets-for-james-harden/
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Blazers package aside, if Boston won't include Tatum, Philly won't include Simmons, Brooklyn won't include Kyrie, etc, all of a sudden, the Blazers don't seem as much of a longshot. Excellent audition by CJ in front of the Houston GM last night....well done.
 
oh great, now we're going to get a lot of bitching about CJ being untouchable. Reading the quote from Jason Quick, it sure doesn't seem to relate to this trade. More of a why he's rejected moving him in the past.
 
Hood/Jones/Zach/GTJ/Kanter/3 1s ???

Dame/Simons
CJ/CJ2
Harden/Nas
RoCo/Melo
Nurk/Giles

Bench would straight up suck. Same with D
 
LayneStaley said:
Hood/Jones/Zach/GTJ/Kanter/3 1s ???

Dame/Simons
CJ/CJ2
Harden/Nas
RoCo/Melo
Nurk/Giles

Bench would straight up suck. Same with D
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Much better than the current team, but this roster could MAYBE get to the WC finals in the playoffs...
 
Say what folks will but CJ defended the hell out of his job against the Rockets!
 
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