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Could CHRIS PAUL be bought out?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by TheRealist137, Feb 20, 2025.

  1. coachbadlee

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    Many of you are saying CP3 wouldn't want anything to do with Houston after the Hardhead debacle. I think Ime changes that. Getting Durant would also help. Ime alone makes Houston an attractive team to many stars.
     
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    CP3 and Harden at it....

     
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    CP3 going back to the Clippers and playing alongside Harden will be wild...he wins a championship with Harden there I'll be sick
     
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    ill bet my bottom dollar they don’t win a championship with or without cp3
     
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    yea not sure why folks are slobbering over the Clippers. Powell is better than Beal. And all those dudes are always hurt. They’re not winning ish.
     
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    You’re ignoring the face they signed Lopez who will allow Zu to rest without them getting touched. Collin’s actually gives them an athletic natural PF and Beal gives you 80% of what Powell gave you. They had a great off season.
     
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    Powell benefitted from playing alongside Harden. And Beal will too.
     
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    Perhaps you’re right. In my mind all I see is a bunch of injury prone old cats headed nowhere fast. I could be wrong, but there are at least 3-4 other teams out west I’d be more worried about. Clippers don’t really worry me to be honest. I have zero confidence in that core being healthy for the playoffs anyway…
     
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    Yeah I don't know on the Clips, very old and injury-prone.
     
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    The Clippers are there to fill the seats of their new Intuit Dome and make Ballmer happy without actually winning one.

     
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    Whether it is the Warriors or the Clippers, I expect one of the old teams in the West to have enough health to be a tough opponent in the playoffs for someone.
     
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    It would funny as hell if they got into again and CP3 gets Harden traded
     
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    It actually won't. I'm sad they couldn't figure it out in Houston. But this Clippers team if healthy is going to be really good.
     
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    I think they are generally underrated.

    They had a knock down /drag out fight with Denver ... Who took OKC to 7 games despite having a chunk taken out of them by LAC.

    If the playoffs were sequenced differently , DEN and LAC could have been the WCF.

    Veteran smarts always plays.
     
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    As usual some other team takes my idea and runs with it. If Hardhead has softened up at all then the Clips will be dangerous. The Rockets are kinda giving some other teams to gain some steam. They still lack that k****r instinct.
     
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    Harden and game 7s dont usually in good results for the fans or the owner.
     
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