How James Harden may have helped Lou Williams become a Rocket

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/index.php?threads/behind-the-scenes-of-the-williams-trade.280750/page-6

 

Further proof that James Harden is the real GM of the Houston Rockets.

Triple chinned Maury just a placeholder.

 

For the record, Morey is on record saying he had been talking to the Lakers for months about Lou Williams. He said trades often require planting seeds months in advance and letting the talks grow over time.

So, a call by Harden 10 days before the trade might just have been part of final due diligence. Would go so far to guess Morey asked the Lakers if Harden could talk to Lou, and said he'd even throw in Brewer if they would allow the two to talk privately.

 

Looks like OP actually posted first with the pic too, but regardless, thx for posting and deserves its own thread.

 

Harden also made the call for Bobby Brown.

It went like...

James - Ay bruh u want free money n party at strip clubs from Nov to June?

Bobby - Make it happen.

James - Done.

 

Also of interest is to reread cyberx post-trade info he provided

 

Well so much for all that BS about Harden being selfish and not wanting to share the ball, he actively got another playmaker on the team.

#YuleC

 

Nice find. TBH I really like the way Magic is handling the Lakers, I think he is gonna be like Jerry West, one of the few NBA superstars who also became superstar GMs. He wants to build a foundation and set the culture right rather than being like Billy King or NYC FO and just get big names left and right.

 

Harden dipping his toes in the GM game.

GM Lebron > GM Harden right now though.

Harden is young; so many moves to make.

 

pretty anxious to see how he handles the young potential on the roster vs bringing in established star players. Will he be patient and let these guys develop together or chase some names out there

 

Notice you won't find any articles about "How Russell Westbrook may have helped Taj Gibson become a Thunder." He's too busy trying to count to 10 every day, and doesn't have time for trades to help improve the team for a playoff run.

 

Taj went from grabbing 12.5 rebounds per 100 possessions pre all-star to grabbing 9.7 rebounds per 100 possessions post all-star lol

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But, anyways. Lou has been good for us so far. He adds needed fire power. Honestly, I'd rather have Taj over Lou, but I understand that Mike would probably want Lou more than Taj because he fits the system better. Taj would have been forced to play center instead of his natural position of a power forward because MDA likes the 1 in four out rotation.

Still, Lou has been our 2nd leading scorer these past 15 games and he's been shooting at a respectable rate even if he got in a REALLY bad 3 or 4 game slump. Lou replaces Trevor as a shooter because Trevor has been in the longest shooting slump ever although I think he's starting to come out of it. At first I was worried about Gordon, but in these past 15 games he's been shooting at 34.5 percent which honestly isn't great, but it's good when you consider the volume he's taking which is 8.1 threes these past 15 games.

Trevor these past 15 games is shooting only 32% on 6 attempts which is bad. It'd be ok if it was like 2 attempts a game, but on that volume that percentage is bad. This is why Lou helps a lot because he offsets that poor shooting by making 37% on 6 attempts.

Patrick and Anderson are the real MVPs for our shooting. Anderson attempts 7.4 threes and makes 38.5%. Beverley attempts 4.1 threes and makes 42%. Of course in these past 15 games. (I use last 15 because I don't want to take account of games that happened in January or February when legs were tired. Nor in November and December when we were going lights out. In November no one shot less than 37%. In December no one other than Trev and Harden shot under 39% and still they were both at 36%. That type of shooting is unrealistic for a duration of a playoff run. These past 15 games are a better sample of what we can expect. If we shoot like we did in November or December then we have an extremely high chance of winning a championship unless another team also goes nuclear as well lol.)

I think Trevor and Gordon are all getting better though. In the past 10 both are at 36%. (Lou is at 29% lol) and these past 5 Trev and EJ are hovering near 38% (with Lou back up to 40%.) The more I think of it having Lou helps because we're always gonna have a guy or two having a bad shooting night. I mean in these past 5 games Ryan and James have been shooting poorly, but we have Trev, Patrick, EJ, and Lou all shooting lovely. You have more margin for error when you have so many shooters. Lou has been good for the offense.

 

GOod job Morey leaking this story. This just screams hey FA's if you are a star and you come here you can have all the control you want.

 

GM James Harden > GM Chandler Parsons......tbh

 

People blamed Lawson's terrible play on Harden be conveniently forgot the little fact of Lawson's issues with alcohol which has reared it's ugly head again this very season. People who hate Harden will find any little thing to attack him.

 

This. This is exactly why Morey made the move for LouWill. Better margin for error in 3 pointers as that is the element that is the biggest ceiling for the Rockets to advance deep in the playoffs. Double, triple down on shooting.

 

Is it a good thing to publicly say Harden did this while he was with Lakers? I know players do that, but the opposing team(management,ccoach, fans) gotta hate this kind of stuff.

 

Because it's almost a guaranteed trip to ecf. Not that hard to sell

 

Harden should have went straight to the media like Lebron