I got nothing on Mitch. I'm guessing he was mentioned in initial talks. I do know that talks have been had about Westbrook. I know they have talked to New York. Most of this just sounds like hearsay at the moment with other teams but I am not privy to that info. My guy mentioned that if Westbrook is moved, it will be in an attempt to get another star to pair with James. Russ and James are good friends and it would need to be another star player to get the Rockets to bite on a move at the moment. Again, take with a grain of salt, but I think Stone is prying around, not as sneakily as Morey did, trying to get a solid 3rd option or upgrade their 2nd option. I will say this, if the season ends in a first round exit or worse, expect the implosion to begin with James. These things are always fluid. Stone is new but he isn't stupid. I am hoping just like all of you for a championship. I just pass along what an agent in the league gets from some other agents and meetings. Sometimes it's right, sometimes its bs.
Would y’all do this trade? I mean I would prefer Barrett or Robinson thrown in as well. Maybe DSJ or Kevin Knox?
Harden is a SG and Paul is a PG. it’s totally different scenario. Their backcourt would be way too small.
Promise plus relatively quick regression is what has happened with him, more often than not. He is athletic, but not all that quick. I feel sorry for him, because of his injuries, but I would send him to the G- League so he can earn a contract. That’s my opinion. I value your posts very much, but I respectfully disagree with you here.
Several saying this now. Stone needs to be smarter and make this a much bigger trade: LAC: Russ Westbrook, Danuel House, Hamidou Diallo PHI: Kemba Walker, Gordon Hayward (opt in) BOS: Chris Paul, Paul George, Pat Beverley OKC: Al Horford, Josh Richardson, Romeo Langford + Celts FRP + 76ers FRP HOU: Ben Simmons, Marcus Smart Every team gets what they want: Clips - Kawhi gets his PG superstar, young wings 6ers - get more spacing, ball handling & 3ball shooting Celts - upgrade to HOF PG, add another 3-D wing superstar Thunder - add more picks to their dragon horde + 2 young players + Horford allows team to trade Adams for more assets Rockets save $$ and start rebuild early w/out having to lose games by adding 2 young stars at critical positions to starting 5 who both complement Harden and Super Saiyan Rockets defense. Smart (26)/McLemore Harden/EGo RoCo/Nwaba PJ Simmons (23) MLE: 6'10 Harry Giles (22) or 6'8 Josh Jackson (23) Still have EGo & BMac for trade deadline if necessary
I like. Who was our distinguished colleague insider that posted in puzzles? Struggling with cancer? Name escapes me?
Or better yet, keep Morey out of it entirely. BOS: Paul George, Pat Beverley LAC: Russ Westbrook, Danuel House ORL: Gordon Hayward (opt in), Ben McLemore, Romeo Langford HOU: Aaron Gordon, Marcus Smart, Mo Bamba, Terrence Ross Smart (26)/Nwaba Harden/EGo RoCo/Ross AG (25)/PJ Bamba (22)/Giles (22) - MLE Rockets now have 4 players that can create: Harden, Smart, AG, Giles Much more difficult doubling Harden now.
Looks good. Can Smart shoot? Is he really a stretch 5 if Simmons can't shoot? Pj isn't exactly light out either. We tanking? If we are trying to win now this seems to compound our problems.
Man nba news is so dry rn it feels like NBA In august on a non Olympic year. I miss having the draft 2 weeks after the nba finals. Cuz 1 week after finals u have the celebration news. Then 1 week prior to draft rumors and trades start happening. I really hope and do believe the nba will come to a resolution at some point. Lebron definitely isn’t trying to waste another year when he’s trying to chase 6 rings. So I do feel like we’ll get some sort of compromise. Even in NBA ends in early July. Hopefully this resolves after the election then we can finally start nba transactions
That’s why I’d rather keep him. U get more value keeping him than trading him. Trading ur star when they are hurt is the dumbest thing u can do. Has anyone not learned their lesson from Cp3. Westbrook is gonna rehab get himself healthy and be a better player than anyone we can trade him for.
