No.... I'm not concerned about that at all. That's a rich man's problem. 'Oh no, one of our two superstars has to work off ball a little."
I also wonder if the Rockets' motivation for anonymously sourcing this article is to combat the narrative that if Dwight/Paul want to "team up", the only option is Atlanta. We know Dwight in particular is a very impressionable guy, and there have been a few in the media over the past week (especially Chris Broussard, king of the idiots) to say that those two "teaming up" in Atlanta is the best basketball situation. I think leaking this story, in a small way, is a nudge to Dwight and Chris, reminding them that Houston is an even better option should they choose to go that path.
This. Sounds like they're preparing to recruit both. If Howard doesn't sign we still have a shot at CP3 but I'm sure Morey is also finding ways to sign CP3 if
Is it even possible with a 58.5 cap to do this without gutting the roster? I might be in the minority but that's a lot of money in the backcourt for only one ball to be shared. Would rather spend the money in at the pf spot.
Could you imagine turning on ESPN on July 10th to find that "Chris Paul and Dwight Howard have agreed in principle with the Houston Rockets"?
Hey Dwight, Kobe ain't going anywhere. http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports....ints-he-will-play-beyond-next-season/related/ Get used to him jacking up shots or join the Rockets and play fewer minutes and get more scoring opportunities.
You beat me to posting this part of the article. Although I wanted to point it out because, well, it shows just how wily Morey can be, and how unfortunate our players' carousel can be, too. Not to pity these men making millions of dollars to play a sport. But they really are just pieces on a chess board for Morey. "Welcome to Houston. You're great. You're wonderful. You'll love this organization." (4 months later) "See ya, dude. Hope you like (Cleveland/Charlotte/Chicago/Whomever)." And if it helps land that second star, then....sweet.
Nope. At $58.5 million cap the only way to give both guys their max deals would be to gut the roster of everyone but Harden. That means losing Parsons and Beverley, the PFs, and Asik/Lin. So to get both one of two things has to happen: 1. One or both of Dwight has to accept less than their absolute max. I can see this happening. If both guys would accept about $500k less than their max, we could keep both Parsons and Beverley and build out from that base of 5...Paul/Harden/Parsons/Dwight/Beverley. We could bring back Anderson and possibly Ohlbrecht on minimum deals, bring back Garcia with room MLE draft a PF (Murphy) with #34 and be off and rolling. 2. We use the threat of signing both guys outright to get at least one of the Lakers/Clippers to cooperate on a sign and trade. In my opinion, you wouldn't have to convince the Lakers. They know we can sign Dwight outright very easily. They'll want to do a S&T. And I believe the Clippers would come around to a S&T involving Lin. Lin would be a good market draw in LA and he's a very good point guard. Give the Clips a little more salary, and we can get a S&T done with them. Then it's a matter of finding the bending point where both teams are willing to S&T.
having paul would mean the end of the teen wolf set, as no way cp defers to harden unless harden is moving off the ball. Dream case scenario but it won't happen since we'll probably just end up with one... Center:Asik/Dwight PF:Howard/Omer SFarsons/harden SG:Harden/lin Pgaul/lin six man rotation, if they die they die. 43 minutes each+
lol, take CP3 and Dwight (with their agreement for pay cut) and we have championship team, atleast finals team for next 4 years.
I don't think the article's saying we're gonna wind up with both. We'll make sure we chase both in case we whiff on Howard. We can land Howard if we move Robinson for no money returned (future draft pick). That's not too much gutting. Of course, I haven't had coffee yet. Gotta read the article again.
