This post is completely bogus. We have more assets (expiring contracts, Young Cheap talent, Draft picks) than any team in the NBA. If you can find another team that will take on Okafor and take CP3 while giving up that much let me know. Paul has NO LEVERAGE at all. He's under contract for 2 years. The team will do what's best for THEM and that's dumping salary and getting cheap assets for new ownership. After these embarrising statements do you think the owner really want to help Paul and do whatever paul wants? I doubt it.
A couple of things. 1. The Bosh comparison is stupid. Paul has two years left on his contract. He has no leverage. If he really hates the Rockets, we can always trade him at the deadline a year from now. 2. To me, even more so than AI or Granger or Wallace, CP3 represent the biggest, most risky move the Rockets can make. His injury history is nothing to scoff at. Honestly, I would rather have AI/Granger/Wallace than CP3. I don't want to suffer through more star injuries as a Rockets fan. I would welcome a trade for Paul, but not nearly to the extent as I would with Bosh signing on.
Well looking at recent history I think the only team that was really on Bosh's list was the Heat from the beginning, plus he was a free agent and had a choice. Paul's destinations are more of a if I could choose anywhere it would be blank. Who wouldn't want to go to arguably the two best teams in each conference. And NY is just NY. I think he would be open to coming to Houston if a deal was being setup. He gets a a chance to win and we get two years to sell him on the team. Just because a player wants to come doesn't mean that it will turn out all that well and we should know that best from the Pippen experiment. If you can get a top player at his position for at least two years i say you take it. Plus with the new CBA there is a chance that there will be new exceptions that will deter players from leaving in free agency even more.
Out of the three teams he prefers to go to which of those teams have the players to get the deal done. Lakers will not break up their team which is going for its third title in row, Knicks don't have anything left to bargain with, Magic maybe the only one left that NO may trade with. I just don't think the Rockets need him. Lets see what this current Rockets roster can do by the trading deadline before making any deals. I for one would wait till then.
it looks like everyone is teaming up against you.. and they are all wrong. you are right. these fans have no idea how powerful agents are. also,the rockets do not a superstar that attracts paul. paul doesnt need china votes for allstar game,and also what are the chances NO trades in the division? there are like 7 reasons why the rockets have no shot at paul,and only 1 that works,assets....which btw are overrated. the hornets destroyed the rockets the last game of season in houston. you think they are sitting around wanting our bench players? come on. a trade exemption is worth more than taking on jeffries+hill hornets dont need anything except picks. and once carmelo goes to NY nx year those knick picks will be worthless, not to mention when paul goes there also this summer
the more i think about it, the more i think we should have gone all out for cousins or even iggy.. paul looks like he is going to knicks,this making picks worthless, and the same thing will happen with melo,granger,like bosh...they want to play next to a young,hip,superstar not a coming-off-major-injury yao
We have a very deep team! If the guy doesn't like our roster and wants to go play somewhere else, TO HELL WITH HIM! All of this team jumping to play with buddies will cease if a team like Houston, Orlando, or Chicago breaks through and wins the title! Then it'll be about team building.
i think the only one would be iggy. Bird is said to want a superstar for Granger,and Wallace isnt on the block. It was bosh or bust now its iggy or bust.
I don't think you have any idea how all of this works out. Chris Paul is under a 2 year contract. It really doesn't matter if a agent tells the owner "WELL...Well...If you don't accept this trade for Chris you can't have any of my players!!!" What if one of 'his' players wants to go to NOH? If the Agent doesn't get him there the Agent is fired. The Agent only has as much power as the player(s) allow them to. Period.
Luis flops in the post when someone lowers their shoulder. CP3 is the second coming of Derrick Fisher. He runs through a pick, throws his legs out like retro Reggie Miller and exaggerates any type of body contact like Many. Just not my type of player. I'm not saying he's a top 5 point guard, but rather, I like what our team has in Aaron Brooks. Plus, I think we would have to give up WAY too much for his services. It won't be like a Kwame Brown/Pau Gasol give-a-way.
