You guys acting like WB is NBA scrubs, Lol. WB is still NBA all star player, while CP3 was not in 2 season before.
Who said Capela will still be here?...He's part of the Westbrook trade. Btw, CP3 and Tucker not going anywhere.
Huh? Westbrook doesn't make any sense if we keep Paul. Literally none whatsoever. CP out, Westbrook in. Only way it makes sense financially and on the court.
Okay I can understand why you'd think the risk is worth taking. I just don't evaluate the risk the same way. No reason to think PJ will decline in his performance given the tasks he has on this team (stout defense and corner 3's). Gordon you could argue is in contract year and has every reason to perform well. Even if Capela doesn't improve, he fits perfectly with Harden and against anyone not GS. I'm not opposed to moving any of those player, but it'd have to be a much more sure thing with less risk and better fit. Butler wasn't the best fit, but I could see taking the risk because the fit was better than WB. In poker terms, when you're one of the big stacks and close to winning, you make conservative bets/moves. If you're way behind, you have to be aggressive and riskier. I guess I don't see us as short stacked compared to the other contenders enough to be that risky.
Westbrook is the Carmelo Anthony of point guards. Tons of raw talent, but just doesn't contribute to winning all that much, for whatever reason.
I think we pursuit every free agent out there and we land no one. However, this is the only one that I'll be happy about coming up short.
I think Westbrook is worse even in vacuum than Butler or CP3. But let's assume he's just as good as those guys for a second. He's still a TERRIBLE fit with Harden. Horrible defender, horrible shooter, extremely ball-dominant and can't play off the ball... It's an abysmal pairing.
Fair enough, curious how far behind do you think we are? Use dollar amounts for the stacks if it helps quantify. Clippers - $10,000 Rockets - $9,000 Lakers - $8,000 Warriors - $8,000 Utah - ??? I think an addition of RoCo or Iggy puts us right there. If the Clippers or whoever you think is front runner is $10K, where do you have the Rockets?
Hard to say as the Lakers have really filled out that roster but I’d put us behind the Clips/Warriors and slightly ahead of Utah. I don’t see either of the above players coming to Houston.
In your eyes, WB seems like NBA scrubs. Lol. From your description, even MCW is better. Does he have something good?
A change of scenery can help too. He shot career highs in FG% and 3PT% when Harden was on his team in OKC.
Zach Lowe: Best fit? And where might he actually end up? Best fit is with another team who doesn't have a guy who handles the ball all the time so I don't know how that would work in Houston. There is something to putting talent together. That's what Daryl does. I don't love it. If I had to predict a team, I would say Miami. They seem hungry for a shakeup. Problem is, OKC owns a couple of their picks. Do they want to give Miami a really good player? I don't know. Paul Pierce: The team that's had the worst luck this year, you didn't get Zion, Kyrie or Durant. The New York Knicks. Just to have some star power in New York is good for the league. Send him to the Knicks. I don't want to see Russ on OKC anymore. That team is expired. He's done all he can. Move him to the Knicks. They need him more than anyone. I feel bad for them.
