Les Alexander: If they don't respond and play hard they're not staying

THIS WONT HAPPEN, AND I DONT WANT IT TO HAPPEN BUT....

Ok lets play along then, since we all assume he is mostly talking about Harden, and on top of that in another thread it says that "Harden's style creates tension between players" "IF" we were to trade him what would we get for him? Best case?, worst case?

 

Yawn. More empty threats.

 

ahem..harden
ahem..ariza
ahem..lawson
ahem..beverley
ahem..brewer
ahem..jones when your opening season hot streak is over

ahem..bricking counltess wide open shots
ahem..giving no f***s on defense
ahem..not abusing the pick and roll

ahem ahem ahem

 

To be fair, the Texans seem to be turning the season around, starting with their defense and the head coach clearing the air by admitting he made a mistake.

 

Les earned a lot of respect/support from me today, that's for damn sure.

 

It seems pretty clear that Les is directing his criticism directly at Harden. Maybe I'm overthinking it but everything is pointing directly at him. I know I was certainly thinking trade Harden after the last game.

Zero idea of what you could get in return but Morey would demand a king's ransom for him.

 

Not sure best case scenario, but I know what the worst case is:

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=qfwk8f5

 

If Harden continues to play like this with 0 effort then do you want to build around him?

Honest question here. Superstars FALL and sometimes FALL quickly. If Harden thinks he can be hollywood then he can GTFO. The Rockets will be here long after he retires (or so we hope.) and he either wants to represent the Rockets or not.

Les is on the money. Send notice to EVERYONE. If you play like you don't give a ____ then you can go. Morey can get a bounties worth of assets from a Harden trade and we can rebuild right away. I know it sucks to hear that but if Harden is going to be wishy washy like this then he's not a guy you want to build around.

With that said, I think Harden is going to wake up and set things right.

 

I LOVE THIS. This makes me feel much better about the decision, tbh. Send a message that their asses remain on the hot seat.

 

Trade Harden for Kevin Martin and a prospect

 

Whoops didn't finish. I meant trade Harden for Kevin Martin + Andrew Wiggins

 

Trade Harden to the Sixers for the #1 pick, BEN SIMMONS.

 

Can we trade Khloe?

 

Showing Uncle Bob how it's done, and I agree. That's Les calling out Harden in billboard size letters. Wow, that's rare, so rare in professional sports, but Les went through this crap with T-Mac, and he's obviously determined not to let it happen again.

 

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/3032977/giannis-antetokounmpo

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grin::grin::grin:

 

It's going to suck when we trade Harden and Howard for a bunch of gritty white dudes.

 

Trade Harden to the Sixers for Okafor.

 

Big props do da BOSS

 

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