Shams: Harden has added bucks and heat to “preferred destinations”

I agree with this, and it is part of the reason the Rockets want Harden practicing and playing so that they can at a minimum hold onto Harden until there is a better market. For example a desperate good but not great team at the deadline or the off season where a big name free agent can say they will only sign if Harden is added via trade.

 

Nah they won’t give up Murray. More like MPJ, Barton, and Harris and picks.

 

RIP Paul Walker.

 

Herden didnt want John wall he just wanted to get his boy westbrook out before him

 

So the Rockets get the worst package? **** that

 

Was a Rocket fan yesterday, will be one tomorrow. Grew up in LA, listened to the San Diego broadcast on a POS transistor radio. Lots of peaks and valleys over the years. If/when Harden leaves, so be it. I am still a Houston Rockets fan.

All this speculation of Harden for Simmons, well that's a start. We do realize with the moving of RW & JH we are losing, even on a bad night, 50 points, 15 rebounds, & 15 assist a night. How does Simmons and whatever the 76ers have replace that. "Well if Cousins and Wall are just 80%..."

No! Those guys were brought in to replace the production of RoCo, Rivers, and Green. Again 50-15-15 gone. We shouldn't expect more than 15-10 from Woods as a first year starter. I'm optimistic about Brown and Nwaba contributing. And Silas if anything like his mentor Carlisle, he goes deep into his bench.

People complained about RWs empty stats. Well the object of the game is to outscore your opponent. Add a departure of JH we need more point production.

I don't have any trade proposals, but if we move JH we're gonna need A LOT more than Simmons. Plus frp capital.

 

Harden putting in more teams is a good sign that the Rockets will be able to make this work for them, and Harden is smart enough to understand the situation. All these teams being in the East is not subtle. Harden is worried about his legacy, and knows he needs final appearances in order to boost his legacy... NBA title or not. He's scared of the Lakers for sure, and probably a couple other teams in the West.

He obviously also wants to get moved before the season starts so the Rockets have some leverage here to put pressure on Harden's agent (his mom???... uhh... okay) to call up GM's of these other teams to help broker a deal like other stars have done in the past.

Stone has the leverage here, and should be able to get a kings ransom of picks, and swaps... unless it's Philly who has the best player to offer. However he shouldn't overthink this. If the deal is right, pull the trigger. The Rockets could relatively flip those picks, and players for another star in the future, and they can potentially have some good quality picks in the future to put solid young prospects around Wall to have a pretty fun younger team at the very least.

 

You just summed up all of society under the age of 35 (Lebron is the exception regarding age).

 

I’d make giannis our PG. I don’t think harden and giannis will get along so they have to think about sending giannis out, since he hasn’t commuted to the team either.

 

It's totally mind-boggling to me how BAD sports media is at coming up with potential trades. They are equally as bad as Twitter casuals at only looking at it from one team's perspective instead of flipping the deal to see if it's something THEY would take for an All-NBA player still in his prime. It's so frustrating, and such a ******* waste of time to read articles centered around trying to find a viable solution to this mess.

 

They wasted all their picks acquiring Jrue Holliday. They have nothing to offer.

 

Harden will not go to Miami or Milwaukee. He wouldn't fit with Giannis or Butler. I think he knows this.

 

Honestly, that's my take. It's something that Milwaukee should evaluate heavily. It's risky for the Rockets, but maybe we can convince Giannis to stay if we give him the God treatment that Harden enjoys here.

I'd take the risk personally.

Harden in Milwaukee with the cast there, minus Giannis, is still a championship contender. It's a team built incredibly well for Harden since he would have shooting all around plus you have Jrue Holiday to take the load off Harden in creating. Automatic championship contender.

Giannis can then come here and be hated and never win an MVP again lol (granted he stays with Houston).

 

If Milwaukee is willing to part with Middleton and every single pick they can feasibly move, that's at least not the worst offer I can imagine. The Heat are actually more exciting to me, though. I don't think there's a chance they'd offer Bam, but a package based around Herro and Robinson and whatever picks the Heat have left would be intriguing to me. It allows you to at least have a competitive roster now while still building around a young core of Wood and Herro down the line. It's a gamble, though. Guys like Simmons and Jaylen Brown, we at least know they're already All-Star caliber. Herro has great potential, but he's still a pretty big question mark. He could end up being a 20-25 point guy down the road, or he could just be JJ Reddick.

 

I hope this gets done before the season starts. Either James comes out publicly and say “I want to be in Houston, I want to win/ sign extension etc....” or Stone just trades him. Either way I hope this is done before 12/22.

 

I am guessing that a trade with LA Clippers would make lots of sense. Houston gets PG, Clippers get Harden, the problem is solved quickly.

 

Bucks? Didnt Harden say something like Giannis isn’t skilled or something of that nature? Only was good because his size. Funny how his opinion has changed.

 

Anything is better then playing for Tillman

 

Yeah, but is making the playoffs by getting to a lower seed really that enticing?

But might as well flip Harden for picks and youngins to rebuild.