I never wanted Butler here. He's basically Eric Gordon with less handles, a slightly worse shot, and better D. Not sure why y'all wanted to give up everything for that
I don't agree with giving up 4 firsts but I look at this from a different angle. It's not about how good Butler solely is as a basketball player it's really about how good Butler's talent is within the Dantoni system.
Not a sweep until Rockets put the put down the Bucks. Hunting season has started. And Houston will be firing Rockets.
Harris is nice but Aaron Gordon is younger, improving 3ball but most importantly is a defensive fiend at PF and can guard 1-5. Would have used the Butler offer to snag AG instead. Harden/EGo CP3/Rivers PJ/Shump/Green AG/Faried/Clark Capela/Nene Faried, AG and Tucker can all back up as small ball 5 too. Lineup would have been postseason Infinity Gauntlet. Even without AG, Rockets will go Thanos on NBA.
Woo Hoo! What a great run with a 7 game winning streak and winning the last 3 gauntlet games. Rockets got DESTROYED on the boards *64-49* (without Embiid and with Capela) and still won due to a 13-3 3pt FG makes edge. Gotta clean up the rebounding.
Butler is significantly better than Gordon. He carried that Minnesota team. Gordon could never do that.
They did have KAT putting up big numbers, so it wasnt a total carry job like you make it seem. He is better than Gordon, I agree. But id rather have House, Gordon and four firsts
The Timbercubs record supports the notion that Towns’s numbers are empty. They were in the top four until Butler went down. The Timbercubs then fell out if the playoff picture until Jimmy returned and drug them into the 8th seed. Gordon isn’t capable of doing that.
