D Rose, Gallinari, Eric Gordon, Ryno Anderson Keith Jones will have his hands full for a change and not his mouth full
If you dont think Keith Jones can wrap an ankle with a cheeseburger in his mouth... I think you would be mistaken sir... lol
If by "win-now" you mean winning a few more regular season games, well yeah. More competitive? We are already a competitive team. Adding a Chris Paul is not going get us closer to a championship. I'd rather be more competitive and have a real shot at the title a few years down the road than winning a few more regular season games now. Harden is only 28. He still has about 4 or 5 years of his prime. Get a younger star to play alongside him.
So you want to waste Harden's best prime years until he's closer to Chris Paul's age and hope we're in a position to have a real shot at that time? Harden and CP3 are both ready to win now. What younger star do you suggest we add instead?
Naw. If you gonna do it, do it right. Trade Ariza, Lou, Dekker, Harrell, and Taylor for three first round draft picks. Then sign Paul. Then trade Capela, Gordon, Anderson, plus two of the picks picks we received asking with our 18 and 21 picks for both George and DeMarcus. Draft Mason and Bolden in the second. Keep one of the firsts you got for dumping the other guys and draft Bell in the first with it. Sign Brandon Rush to a minimum deal. If Dotson or Jok go undrafted, sign them. Paul/Mason Bev/Jok Harden/room mle DeMarcus/Bell George/Bolden
I think the goal now should be to land PG13 in trade. Then go after Ibaka to play the 4/5. That gives us a great team defensively and both players can shoot the 3. I think EG, Trez, 2018 1st rounder, 2017 2nd rounder for PG would get it done. Beverley/Brown/Taylor Harden/Lou Williams/Troy Williams George/Ariza/Dekker Ibaka/Anderson/Wiltjer Capela/Nene/Onuaku Maybe you move a few of those young guys towards the end of the rotation and add some vets looking for rings. (Gay?)
Paul George! Kristaps Porzingis! Jimmy Butler! Gordan Hayward! Carmelo Anthony! Chris Paul! Kevin Love! Paul Millsap! Some great summer goals for Maurey!
Too many tricks up his several sleeves chins CP3 Harden Butler Paul George Porkzingis Bench: 6th man: Gordon Hayward
To be honest, I don't know. What I know is getting older stars is not going to cut it. I hope that's not Morey's plan. Again, Harden and Paul together is not going to beat the Warriors. Do you really think they can? Paul had Griffin, Reddick, and Jordan, and they couldn't even beat us, let alone GSW. Look at the Cavs. They had LeBron freaking James and Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love, and a bunch of over-the-hill former stars. They still needed a super shooting night to avoid being swept. You think Harden and Paul and a mediocre supporting cast is going to "win now"? If we are going to pair Paul with Harden to challenge the Warriors, we still need another top 10 player AND and good bench. How are you going to do that? You are assuming they can keep their core throughout their prime. I am not sure if they can do that. Klay and Iggy said they would stay. We'll see. Durant might want to bolt after winning a couple of rings to prove he could win on his own terms rather than joining a superteam. I do expect Durant to re-sign with GS for another short contract, one year or at most two. Curry will always be the face of the Warriors. Everybody sees Durant to be a mercenary now. He may be their best player. But it will never be his team. Green looks like he will stick around. So the core may very well disintegrate after a couple of years. By then, Harden will still be in his prime. Chris Paul will be 34 and going down hill fast.
Bleacher Report reporting that the Warriors are interested in Paul George now too. Glad we have all these pioneering posters telling us we shouldn't go after CP3/George/Hayward to keep us grounded
Rome wasn't built in a day. All I'm saying is adding Paul gets us closer to where we want to be. There's no denying that IMO. If you do then agree to disagree.
I don't disagree that adding Paul gets us closer. I just don't think it is nearly close enough unless we add another top 10 guy, which is pretty much impossible. Rome wasn't built in a day. By the time it was completely built, some of the original stones were already rotten. We need fresher stones, not stones that are already rotting, so that it doesn't keep crumbling when it is being built.
