Im not denying Spurs and GSW are the model. But like I said thats just not practical or realistic man cuz those teams built on backs of best players in history which dont appear every year. More likely chance you become the next Minny, atlanta or sacramento than GSW or Spurs. Maybe you are immortal but I want the Rox to be good again in 5 years not 15.
Yes leading the conference is pretty ok, we as fans should be in favor of our team doing it, on the whole.
Again how you know 13%? What is this based on? Most superstar players win their rings with different teams than the teams that drafted them. Even if you lucky to get the next Lebron keeping him around to win a ring is gonna be a challenge.
So that's why you should be in favor of tanking now. The returns from the Harden trade don't fully vest for a decade
Rox just 0.5 games from leading their division thats prac the same thing you get a banner and everything.
Bro what are you talking about???? You think its practical or realistic to think Woods will get more FAs here than James Harden? No. We arent creating a super team here either, not without a real franchise piece. Its not happening this year or next year. You give yourself a chance to draft great players and run with its. Minny just got Rosas, they will be fine. They are smart. Atlanta and Sacremento have a brighter future than we do. They have players who have potential to be top 10 and they are both younger than Woods. What XDDD, Im advocating for the quickest way possible, you want the Rockets to be mediocre for 15 years, not me. You are the one who has pie in the sky FA dreams, not me.
You act like Minny and Atlanta just starting this year lol You realize Horford came from Atlanta tanking days right? They on the xth xycle of tanking dating back from Josh Smith. Minny been tanking since Klove is a rookie he about to retire tell me again how thats the fastest way to be good.
They arent a player today just got pounded by GSW for 30 pts. Doncic is on yr 3 so you only got 2 more years till the 5 year deadline.
Minny JUST got Rosas. They have had bad management for a long time. That will change. Atlanta tanked for 3 years, it got them John Collins, Trae Young, DeAndere Hunter, and Cam Reddish. They have great pieces. But even then, I wouldnt say Atlanta is in the top tier for management or at least they havent been for a long time. Minny has had incompetent management for a while. Again, they just got Rosas. Context is everything.
I don't know/bother to know the exact numbers but the relative value is extremely obvious based on the course of action and professed statements of the people that do this for a living and crunch the numbers like Morey and his gang - theres a reason why Anthony Davis went from NO to LA. Theres a reason why Durant and Harden went to Brooklyn. There's a reason why OKC is solely about draft capital. Houston is closer to Oklahoma and New Orleans than Los Angeles. Ask Chris Bosh or Carmelo (non washed version) or Jimmy Butler and the other stars who spurned Houston for years. Ask Deshaun Watson. The presumption should be on you to prove that you can just hoover up other teams stars in free agency in Houston like they tend to do in LA or south beach. Very little in the history of the Rockets (whose glory days were based on an egregious tank to acquire a homegrown superstar,) suggests this.
They will turn it around. He has the potential to be one of the greatest players ever, that's how good he is. They have a VAST amount of time to build around him. LOL, bro he's gonna resign in Dallas. They will pay him more than anyone else. Its very very VERY unlikely he leaves Dallas. Mark Cuban is also a great owner and Rick Carlise is a great coach. Donic is in a great situation.
Right, Houston is close to Oklahoma and Cleveland than LA. So just like those teams even if they luck out on a superstar that star is gonna leave them anyway for a glamor team. OKC got 3 MVPs and they all left before OKC got a ring. The point Im making is getting the FA, when you ge the FA you know he will try to get a ring. Getting a Lebron, he will stick with you till the first renewal and then go to a different team. Its the ultimate pie in the sky like a girl dreaming of the bad boy and thinking she will be the one to change him, this time will be different lol. Look just use math like Morey if tanking leads to rings how come majority of superstars get their first ring with a different team? If you cant answer that then don tell me tanking is the surest way to a ring. Cmon man.
