Well, Kawhi also makes 7 million less if you include his Trade kicker, 10 million without TK. Money to sign role players. If you sign Ryan Anderson for big money, and CP3 for ridiculous money, that is what you get. Can't be excused. https://www.spotrac.com/nba/toronto-raptors/kawhi-leonard-8066/ https://www.spotrac.com/nba/houston-rockets/james-harden-6312/
Nobody said Harden is scrub players. For my part, Harden is much better than Tmac. But Harden has some weakness that stop him from being the greatest legend.
They trust Kawhi as the leader. Our players perhaps not trust Harden. Look at his body languages, when your leader played like disinterested, your role players would lose momentum on the court.
exactly, our team is 100% effect of Moreys decisions. That were his choices to put all of the money in narrow spectrum of players and to sign minimum-type of scrubs to fill out the roster
Are you ****ing kidding me? Never mind. I can’t even get into the dumb ass ****ing logic that the average fan spits out. This thread is a hot bed of completely **** takes.
He’s one of my favorite rockets of all time. Loved every minute he was here. Unfortunately we don’t get James harden without converting him into a mid-lotto pick as the centerpiece of that trade. But god bless Kyle Lowry I hope he wins finals MVP!
It’s absurd isn’t it? Kawhi doing what a real superstar does = getting carried by his teammates. Max Kellerman logic
People just don’t think before opening their mouths. Or lack the ability to process information correctly. This isn’t just about Harden, the whole Morey should be watching “insert this team” is asinine.
This. You're one million percent right!!!!!! Our team is too damn small and when Capela goes "Capillow" it compounds the problem.
Raptors have a much better supporting cast for Kawhi then we have for Harden. Every player is better at their other positions or around the same. Except Gordon > Danny Green. You could still argue Danny would be a better fit with us cause he is taller than EG and a better defender. Siakam > Tucker Cp3 = Lowry ( sorry at this point yes) Gasol > Capela Ibaka > Capela ( not to mention our backup pf/c options) Van Vleet = Rivers Our team has 5 NBA worthy players to support Harden and the only one above 6’6 is Capela who is unplayable against GS. So 4 playable players to support Harden against GS and 3 of them are small guards lol. And Tucker who is an undersized PF. Rest of the bench is bunch of scrubs and g league players. You can’t defend Golden State with a bunch of small guys. Sorry but you can’t not enough length. Not to mention the rebounding issue. Without James Harden the rockets wouldn’t even make the playoffs with roster
Van Vleet is better than Rivers, just my 2 Cents. Shooting is really important. The Raps are on a roll.
We need players taller than 6’5” PJ Tucker is a 3 not a 4 and certainly not a 5 Pascal siakam=Capela+ball skills I hate drake MDA probably needs to go
I wanted Ibaka when he became a FA! I thought he would fit perfectly here but several members on this board was saying he was older than he was, his skills has diminished and he would not be a good signing....He would have been the perfect fit next to Capela, rather than Ryan Anderson I have been stating this for the longest!!! No way in hell you're going to win a Championship with short players.....YOU NEED LENGTH! Morey can not get past the urge to bring in short players; The Aaron Brooks, Luther Heads, Chuck Hayes and this yrs. lineup of CP3, PJ Tucker and EG. They are good players but out of position. We've wasted 3 to 4 yrs of Harden's Prime! Fortunately, he has 2 to 3 yrs left but Morey has NO MORE ROOM FOR MISTAKES!!! I would keep the starting 5, unless you can trade Capela and future draft picks for AD, add a 6'10" or taller PF who can score AND we need a SF, I would love Kelly Oubre.
