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Congratulations to the Rockets organization on the successful trade deadline!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by acshen, Mar 25, 2021.

  1. BHannes2BHonest

    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    Breh, we were contending and doing this dumb sht... the marathon continues
     
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  2. vince

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    How can you forget the poster "Popey"? He was a Clutchcity.com legend, he was around during the "Save my Rockets campaign". But he could have been before your time....
     
  3. YOLO

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    lmao at the would you pay LT with this roster posts. ok so when do you pay it. Apparently not when you have a 65 win team fresh off putting a GS dynasty on the brink of elimination. So the answer is never :rolleyes:. Scrapping the bottom of the barrel for players just praying to be rotational players and making the least amount of money possible. Cutting and dumping guys left and right because they flat out suck for that LTS. Lets also just sit on unused mle money and letting tpe's expire since 2018 is just plain pathetic, all while having a top 5 mvp player in his prime. The Tilman bootlickers still lurking around are quite interesting indeed

    but we knew that already. LTS champs on 3. 1, 2, 3.........LTS CHAMPS!
     
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  4. Nook

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    You mean skrimp* (TM patent pending)

    *Skrimp is not an actual food product under current US guidelines and is meant only for decorative or festive purposes.
     
  5. Mathloom

    Mathloom Shameless Optimist
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    Can I also add: there's nothing wrong with ducking the luxury tax UNLESS it's the ONLY thing you do. It's really amazing how little they got for an MVP and several Finals-calibre role players.

    Almost unanimously considered the worst performers at the trade deadline. I hadn't even considered it would go this poorly lol.
     
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    Did we just 3 peat in LT ducking. Take that rest of the league
     
  7. xaos

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    Yeah, and now we aren't contending. I criticized Tilly 2018 & 2019. Now it's just plain stupid for the Rockets to pay luxury tax
     
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    Harden was halfway out the door. I know Harden nut huggers(not saying you in particular) need a reason for Harden to have left. When really he just didn't want be here. No way he made up his own mind after being unable to lure significant talent here.(notice the sarcasm). Somebody has to be influencing him. (more sarcasm). Harden was given everything he needed and still didn't get it done.
     
  9. YOLO

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    yeah it was stupid not to when Harden was a mvp here too apparently. LTS champs. woooooooo. 1st ballot HOF for sure
     
  10. BHannes2BHonest

    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    Agree w all three of y’all. Hopefully when we do have a contender again Scrooge McDuck realizes the error in his previous ways
     
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    And here I was looking forward to the Oladipo Only Fans being known as OOFs. Oh well
     
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    Two steps cost savings

    Step 1
    Trade Harden for Oladipo and Exum to save $10 million

    step 2
    Trade Oladipo to save $3 million


    Two options
    Option 1
    Cost savings

    option 2
    Good young players
     
  13. Le$$

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    They smash the payroll alright look at the loss column. lol
     
  14. iNoseBleedRed

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    LTS is a consummate individual and I hope it retires a rocket.
     
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    Hey Luxury Tax Savings.....[​IMG] !!!!
     
  17. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    You know, now that you mention crab, Tilman's eyes are so small that you can kind of see them extending on stalks. We'll have to see if we exits the stage sideways from his next (if ever) presser.
     
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    Rockets have a 11m Harden trade exception. They have 1 year from when Harden got traded. They won't use it.
     
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    honestly I’d be okay with it if the approach wasn’t to literally sell 1st round picks and pocket the money, which he did twice while we were contending. Now that we are rebuilding it’s more understandable, but one can’t justify coming away with nothing at the deadline to help the rebuilding process.
     
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  20. TEXNIFICENT

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    This is silly because the Warriors TEAM were better. The Warriors built a better team. You can’t blame one guy.

    The Rockets won 1 playoff series in 15 years before Harden & haven’t won a championship in 26 years. What was the excuse all those years before?
     

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