I'm never been a fan of bringing Rondo to the Rockets but since his getting a hard time finding a new home maybe a 40 mil for 4 years for a guy who can make 12 assist 6 rebounds and play defense as a point guard in this DAntonis sistem may work what realy worries me is his shooting but if we surround him with shooter and make Harden (this is the hard part) play offball maybe we can be relevant.
Taking ball out of Harden's hands doesn't work unless he's surrounded by elite players. Rondo is no longer in that class.
How many point guards avg 12ppg 12asst 6rbd 2stls in todays nba? His numbers this past season are the same or higher than his Celtics glory days. So if he managed to handle the ball with RAllen PPierce and Garnet maybe Harden could share besides Harden will always gets his chance for his isos.
Neither Allen or Garnett are ball handlers, let alone primary ball handlers. It's like bringing in Mookie to run point for showtime Lakers.
Trade Ariza and fillers for Rudy Gay considering his contract is great right now, sign Seth curry. Bev/Curry/GP2 Harden/Gordon/KJ Gay/KJ/Anderson Anderson/Montrezl/Wiltjer Capela/Onuaku
I submit to you that the overriding majority of Hardens turnovers weren't from poor spacing. Even though our guys couldn't shoot a lick they were still all spotted up in the corners and at the arc. Hardens massive mountain of turnovers were caused because he forced the action to the rim and then if he didn't get the foul call he'd turn it over you the defenders by thrusting a wild pass or simply dribbling into them. The only way Hardens turnovers are going to drop significantly is if he actually yields to playing off the ball when the defense clamps on him, which last season was much more often than not. We simply have to have a better playmaker that takes pressure off Harden to create so much and force so much and let's Harden do what he is great at, which is use his prestigious talent to put the ball in the hole as often as possible with even more extreme efficiency than he has exhibited so far in his career. If we don't, if all we do is surround Harden with shooters/shooters, we're going to be right back here next summer wondering why our team underperformed with many of you puzzled over what it's going to take to win a ship.
Throw Ariza/Bev and whatever else necessary (picks, one of our youngins apart from KJ and Capela) at Phx for Bledsoe.
1). Trade Ariza. Gordon is superior player and if we want to maximize his minutes we have to get him and harden on the court at the same time, which means harden will need to log more minutes at the 3. Ariza should have good trade value and fetch a good return. 2). Trade Beverly. Pat Bev is a good player, but he's not really a point guard. We need a pure point to run MDAs system; distribute the ball, take care of the ball, shoot efficiently. Bev would be great off the bench for us, but we need a starter and he's got great trade value. 3). Trade Brewer. This is a contract we need to move for cap space. Brew isn't as bad a player as people make him out to be, but he can't shoot, he can't finish, and he gambles too much on defense. He needs a new start somewhere else to get his career back on track, he's done here. 4). Trade the dead wood. What I mean by that is, if you aren't gonna develop Dekker, trade him. If we aren't gonna develop KJ, trade him. If we aren't gonna bring Llull over, trade him. If Gentile isn't gonna be a rotational player for us, trade him. 5). Sign DMo and develop DMo or trade DMo.
Trade #1 Bev + KJ for Okafor + Landry Philly needs to clear up the log jam at PF/C. This allows them to get rid of Landrys contract as well. Pat is exactly what they are looking for at PG and KJ is developing into a decent SG. We get the starting center we need. We bring Landry in to back up Anderson. Trade #2 Sign and Trade DMo +1st rounder for Eric Bledsoe This clears up there plethora of point guards while giving them an ideal stretch four in their system. We get s starting caliber point guard who plays well without the ball in his hands. Bledsoe/Gordon Harden/Gordon Ariza/Beasley Anderson/Landry Okafor/Capella
Houston gets: Bradley, Okafor Boston gets: Covington, Noel, Brewer, Thompson, rockets picks 76ers get: Bev, Sullinger, Crowder, Hunter, DMo, rockets picks Sign Jennings and Jerebko Ariza and a first for Rudy Gay Bradley/Jennings/Payton Harden/Gordon/McDaniels Gay/Jerebko/Dekker Anderson/Beasley/Harrell Okafor/Capels
I just can't see the Cavs trading Love after winning a freaking title. If I'm Morey I'm putting together the best possible offer for DeMarcus Cousins.
