Woj: Rockets want to trade Harden "sooner rather than later"

If they could get along, harden and giannis would wreck the league.

 

Bucks: Uh yeah. We’re just placing a courtesy call. We have some interest in Harden.”

Stone: *looks at assets Bucks have*. “You know, I think we could work out a deal that doesn’t have any picks or prospects in it, since you don’t have either. Is Giannis available?

Bucks to media: “Harden isn’t a fit for our culture”

 

If Denver is interested i wonder if you can get MPJ + Siakam in a 4 way trade?

Rockets Recieve : P. SIakam, Micheal Porter jr, T.Bryant , 3 FRP.
Nuggets Recieve : Bradley Beal, Ish Smith
Wizards Recieve : W. Barton, G.Harris, N.Powell, 2 FRP
Raptors Recieve : James Harden.

 

Hot Sauce alert

 

Who is this person?

 

Trevion De'Rico

 

Simmons/MPJ would be ideal but there just isn’t likely a way to appease Denver.

 

That would be nice but think the Wiz get fleeced in that deal. Seems to me Miami is more likely with the Nuggets. Maybe:

Miami gets: Harden
Denver gets: Precious, Robinson, Olynyk, 2 FRP from Miami
Rockets: MPJ, Herro, Iggy, Barton

You’d need a few other pieces to make salaries work but that seems desirable to the Rockets. You get two young guys with upside under control for several years. You get two expiring contracts. That means you clear $35+ million after this year. That allows Tillman to save money or pursue a free agent or star salary dump from another team

 

I agree with you 100% that the Bucks really don't have the pieces to execute a trade for James (they certainly don't have any players or picks that I would want other than Greek). But I think it's a little more deeper than that. Milwaukee has basically put all their chips in the middle of the table on Giannis. He is the back to back MVP, if the Bucks are not interested in Harden I'm more than positive a lot of the push back is coming from Antetokounmpo. If Giannis wanted to play with Harden I think Milwaukee would try to move Heaven and Earth to make that happen. I don't think every team is as high on James Harden as you might think...

 

Harden and Giannis would be terrible fit. Yannis can’t shoot whatsoever. It’ll be Westbrook all over again.Harden will be triple teamed again and Yannis will continue his brick laying game

 

By the way, I've said this before on Twitter, but for those asking why Denver might move MPJ without getting Harden, I think there are a couple potential reasons:

1.) They definitely need more perimeter defense, and they're very top-heavy with offense (Jokic, Murray).

2.) In the macro, if Porter continues to blossom, they could be looking at having to pay three $30M+ max salaries (near max, at least) between Jokic, Murray, and Porter. There's not a ton of precedent for a non-major market team doing that. Jokic will get a big raise in a couple years, too. And if MPJ doesn't blossom, or if he has further back issues or whatever, then they sold high.

That doesn't mean they'd trade him just to trade him. He's 22 and very good, they aren't crazy. But I do think if you could bring them into better offense-defense balance and ease some of their long-term cost concerns, that they'd consider it.

 

At the minimum.

 

He’s legit....looks like their patching up their differences. Harden is a perfect fit for Houston and loves it here. We as fans are the winners because we keep Harden and it puts Tilman on watch to ensure he doesn’t do a firesale at the trade deadline.

 

if this is at all true then Stone/Tillman need to go all in and see if they can get AGordon. Not sure if we have enough value in Ego and picks but you’d have to demonstrate commitment. Even if you have to trade harden, it’s still a move to pair a young big with Wood.

ego + whatever picks we can spare for AG

 

I would be VERY happy with a return of OG Anunoby and MPJ, and would take minimal draft compensation if Toronto can make that happen. It would be complicated because of the poison pill, but it is possible.

I’m sure Toronto wants to pair Harden with Siakam, and I don’t think Houston would want him anyway. Toronto does own all of their future 1st round picks. Still not sure what could be packaged for Denver, but it’s worth exploring.

 

Twitter is too easy lol.

 

His homeboy knows Harden’s homegirl who got the big promotion and the cook cooked the seated dinner.

 

I love these articles like "Rockets would probably want (team X's) 3rd and 4th best players in a trade." The price for a superstar should always be, you give up whatever it takes, and fill in the pieces afterwards with ring-chasing veterans. Duncan Robinson is a 26-year-old shooter, not a superstar-in-waiting.