Westbrook to Houston

[PCmor7]

OK, Isaiah Thomas just said it was a good trade for the Rockets, so now I'm second-guessing myself.

 

[Hoopguru]

Westbrook played the last couple of years with Paul George and he still was extremely effective.

I don't like Westbrook. But he's not as ball dominant as you guys make him out to be.

He's going to be Houston's new pg. Harden is dominates the more much more than Paul or even Durant.

 

[CupWizier]

Westbrook played the last couple of years with Paul George and he still was extremely effective.

I don't like Westbrook. But he's not as ball dominant as you guys make him out to be.

Disagree, George isn't near as ball dominant as Harden is..

 

[CupWizier]

I bet Paul is happy. He's likely to be bought out and he can go anywhere he wants. Likely the Clippers or Lakers.

So they gut their team and gut any hope for decent cap space?

 

[Chris Craig]

I bet Paul is happy. He's likely to be bought out and he can go anywhere he wants. Likely the Clippers or Lakers.

Lakers

 

[B-Roy]

Westbrook played the last couple of years with Paul George and he still was extremely effective.

I don't like Westbrook. But he's not as ball dominant as you guys make him out to be.

They got bounced in the first round when teams gameplanned for them.

They’re gonna win a ton of regular season games, Harden and Westbrook will Destroy bad teams.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Not if they keep running the same offense. Westbrook is useless off ball unlike Paul. Two near 40% usage guys on the same team seems like a bad idea, especially when one can’t shoot, and both are mediocre defenders.

Yeah. Did Houston fire their analytics guys?

 

[illmatic99]

Why would they buyout a contract worth that much money?

 

[calvin natt]

Won’t make Houston better. At all.

 

[AldoTrapani]

I bet you anything you like Chris Paul ends up on the Lakers (after a buyout)

How do u do a buyout on that huuuuge contract?

 

[PCmor7]

Disagree, George isn't near as ball dominant as Harden is..

He's not. But there are degrees to that. It's not an all-or-nothing proposition.

Paul needs the ball in his hands offensively all the time, and he's not nearly as good as Westbrook anymore. It's not close.

The post was about how Westbrook would co-exist with another star. He's not the one to worry about. If this doesn't work, it will be because Harden's ego is too big for it to work, that he won't share the ball.

 

[Chris Craig]

So they gut their team and gut any hope for decent cap space?

It would have to be a long term buyout...no way they are paying $41 mill over a couple years.

 

[PCmor7]

He's going to be Houston's new pg. Harden is dominates the more much more than Paul or even Durant.

I answered this in answering someone else's post.

 

[Chris Craig]

Westbrook and Harden didnt work the first time

 

[Titan]

so who is excited for the next Game of Zones season?

 

[Hoopguru]

Westbrook and Harden didnt work the first time

or he and Jackson.

 

[e_blazer]

Man, the Rockets are now easily my most hated team.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

At the beginning of the season...
Westbrick will be 31,
Harden will be 30.

 

[BonesJones]

I think Houston's the best team in the West now. I don't think Paul fit with Harden, but I think Westbrook can.

Westbrook couldnt even fit with Durant or PG and you think he can fit with Harden? Lol. That team isnt any better.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I hope Dantoni got a big raise in the offseason!

 

[Dom McBlazer]

I think Houston's the best team in the West now. I don't think Paul fit with Harden, but I think Westbrook can.

I like the Clippers' bench better than the Rockets. Especially in the playoffs where the combination of Pat Bev, PG, and Kawhi can turn Harden and Westbrook to Brick City (shout out to Redman)

Rockets fans are happy. OKC fans just switched to a nearby texas team or the Nuggets

I get the Texas teams, but I'm curious as to why the Nuggets. LOL, it just seems random.

 

[PCmor7]

They got bounced in the first round when teams gameplanned for them.

You're taking a response I made to a post directed to a specific post of mine and taking it totally out of context. Someone questioned how Westbrook would co-exist with another star. He did it pretty well.

But I'll address your point anyway: You are talking about how OKC did. Except Harden didn't join the Thunder. Westbrook joined a team that's advanced at least to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs four of the last five years and to the WC Finals two of the last five years.

 

[BonesJones]

Hate to say it but that's what we once said about CJ and Dame.

Anyone saying that was being silly. Dame and CJ can both play off the ball. Harden hates playing off the ball and Westbrook is a liability off the ball.

 

[Hoopguru]

I hope Dantoni got a big raise in the offseason!

Yeah, and Donavon is regretting not taking the Mich or other job.

 

[oldfisherman]

This thread is so last hour.
Hate these zombie threads.

 

[Darkwebs]

I get the Texas teams, but I'm curious as to why the Nuggets. LOL, it just seems random.

People in OKC don't know geography.

 

[blazerfan11]

Morey is a moron straight up

Houston and OKC. On

really? I know they are buddies but I don't see them meshing well together. Russ takes too many shots, and isn't a good shooter.

OKC has stockpiled a thousand picks

I can see Harden ripping the ball from Westbrook's hands, this is his team, he ain't going to be Paul George

unless every pundit is wrong, completely, this will be shitshow.

I can see it being effective in the regular season. It'll be harder for Westbrook in the playoffs when he has to take jump shots instead of layups.

 

[Chris Craig]

I like the Clippers' bench better than the Rockets. Especially in the playoffs where the combination of Pat Bev, PG, and Kawhi can turn Harden and Westbrook to Brick City (shout out to Redman)


I get the Texas teams, but I'm curious as to why the Nuggets. LOL, it just seems random.

Next closest team?

 

[wizenheimer]

It would have to be a long term buyout...no way they are paying $41 mill over a couple years.

Paul is owed 123M. Now how much of that is he going to leave on the table? Lets' say 15M. That would mean that OKC would have 36M in dead salary over the next 3 years. 36M for a player who is on another team. Why the hell would they do that if there was still the chance they could trade him and get completely out of the contract a year or two earlier

unless I'm not understanding how buyouts are handled in the CBA, I can't see any path for OKC to buy-out CP3 without completely crippling their cap

 

[maxiep]

Why would they buyout a contract worth that much money?

Exactly. $123MM over the next three years. It would screw their cap so badly as to negate the point of stockpiling of draft picks.