I know this guy has his faults(personality wise that is) but hes all ABOUT winning and one of the greatest competitors of all time. And with out a doubt the best SHORT PLAYER OF ALL TIME one of the best players of all time. Im hurt that it coulndt work out but I wish him well(but i hope we murk OKC though haha).
There is no reason to boo. He didn't do Houston wrong. He wasn't able to bring us a Championship so he was traded. It's how it goes. I hope he does well for the rest of his career, but not well enough to ever beat the Rockets or stop them from dominating and winning a Championship. I wouldn't boo the guy. I won't cheer for him during a game against the Rockets, either. That's for sure.
Pretty much. You are only booed if you pull **** like Tmac did. Otherwise, you'll always get love in Houston.
Spoiler In honor of Chris Paul, the fans will miss the game. Spoiler In honor of Chris Paul, the first 100 fans in attendance get a fancy dress suit. Spoiler In honor of Chris Paul, all fans will be dressed in street clothes. Spoiler
Good question but I would guess yes, and he should be appreciated for sure !! That said hope he plays as lame as he did most of last season
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...tebook-Chris-Paul-s-return-looms-14566453.php Chris Paul’s return to Toyota Center as the Oklahoma City Thunder point guard might not seem odd to the Rockets, with Paul having spent just two of his previous 14 seasons with the Rockets. The challenge, Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said, will be defeating him. “He didn’t wear (Rockets colors) that long,” D’Antoni said. “I was kind of used to him in Clippers (colors.) “Knowing how dangerous he is and how good he is and how competitive he is and how he great he was here in Houston, that’s for sure, it's always bittersweet. Anytime there's trades or deals that go down, it’s almost ‘the king is dead, long-live the king.’ It’s like you go on to the next one. You love the guys you have and try to compete against the guys you don’t have. But what he did here in Houston was special and we're definitely indebted to him." The Rockets plan to show a tribute video, but D’Antoni said that with all the player movement in the NBA he did not expect to feel extra emotion just from seeing Paul with another team. “Emotions? Nah,” D’Antoni said. “Normal, not anything (emotional). If I did that – if I’ve coached about three-fourths of the people in the league – I’d be an emotional wreck.” https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sp...ook-doesn-t-have-to-say-anything-14566456.php There will perhaps be different feelings, the sort that are difficult to predict in advance and impossible to deny in hindsight, when Russell Westbrook steps on the floor Mondy night for his first meeting with his former team. But if Westbrook has any extra emotion for the occasion, how would anyone be able to tell? If his 11 previous NBA seasons and first two games with the Rockets had demonstrated anything, it might be that he never lacks for the emotion that fuels him. When other players say such events are “just another game” they usually find that they are not. Westbrook makes a convincing argument. “Not during the game,” he said of the chances something within him will be stirred by hearing Billy Donovan call plays still so familiar or feeling Steven Adams hit him with the sort of hard screen he so often set for him. “I compete and play, do what’s best for my team at the time. That’s the Rockets and that’s all I do during the game. “There’s no talking coming from me. That’s just who I am. They know that, so they’re probably not going to expect me to say anything to them.” He will almost certainly feel differently Jan. 9 when the Rockets play in Oklahoma City, where fans will celebrate his time as the beloved face of the franchise. It will be the Rockets’ only trip to Chesapeake Energy Arena this season. That night could make it impossible not to reflect on the past and the relationships. Monday’s game does bring a chance to play against former teammates, but that is far from unusual in the NBA where teammates become opponents and, as with James Harden and Thabo Sefolosha, back again. “I play the same way every night regardless of who is on the floor,” Westbrook said. “I got friends on other teams. Obviously, it is different, my first time playing against Oklahoma. That’s how it is. But I play the same way every night.” [...] His team and city have changed. He will face an opponent on Monday he never had before. But some things, Westbrook pledged, will never change. “I don’t change the way I play or do anything different,” he said. “I’ll say stuff to the guys after the game or before the game if I see them. In the game, I’ll play. That’s that.”
Money first, winning after he gets paid. If he was all about winning he would have signed for a more reasonable deal.
Yes if he signed for half of the amount he would still be on the Rockets and we could have a better bench.
I think that’s the only smart way to be an NBA player. This guy has seen first hand how subject to **** luck winning a title is. Why make a gamble on that? He made the right choice and really nobody loses. Westbrook looks rejuvenated somehow and CP got his money.
CP3's career is basically over now. His contract is untradable and OKC are clearly tanking. I bet he puts all the blame on Harden and Morey for shipping him out of there. I wouldn't be surprised if some dirty plays happen in this game.
