On a scale of 1 to 10, how much do you miss Chris Paul?

How people forget.......he wanted to leave as well
https://bleacherreport.com/articles...ts-pg-kyle-lowry-wrong-to-want-out-of-houston

 

I don’t miss Paul. Just because the Westbrook trade was bad, didn’t mean Paul was good enough to bring a championship to Houston. The fact is, Harden is the primary ball handler, which negates Paul’s true PG skills. Not to mention he didn’t have a good contract that allowed the Rockets to make any significant moves. Then consider how injury prone he’s been over the last 5 years despite not having any last year, which was likely due to a short season. He’ll be 36 this year, so the likelihood of him declining soon is real.

Nope, the Rockets weren’t winning a championship with Paul. The mistake the Rockets made wasn’t trading Paul. It was trading Paul for the wrong player and giving up draft picks at the same time

 

20. Easily one of the dumbest trades in nba history. I’ve said that for the last year plus and I’ll continue to do so

 

Lol how can you say they couldn't win a championship with Paul when they were a hamstring pull away from it?

 

but ViNcE GoOdWiLl iS fAkE nEwS!

 

It should have been clear from day one that's what happened. Harden comes out saying "I know exactly what needs to be done" then shortly after that, CP3 is traded for one of Harden's friends.

Harden the GM overruled Morey the GM and it destroyed the team....now Harden the player wants out because he screwed everything up.

 

I don’t miss Paul. Just because the Westbrook trade was bad, didn’t mean Paul was good enough to bring a championship to Houston. The fact is, Harden is the primary ball handler, which negates Paul’s true PG skills. Not to mention he didn’t have a good contract that allowed the Rockets to make any significant moves. Then consider how injury prone he’s been over the last 5 years. Despite not having any last year, it was likely due to a shortened season.

Nope, the Rockets weren’t winning a championship with Paul. Trading Paul wasn’t the wrong decision. Trading Paul for Westbrook and attaching 1st rd picks was wrong decision.

 

The Paul for Westbrook trade was terrible. But that doesn't mean that Chris Paul was the right star alongside Harden. It just means that Westbrook wasn't right, either. Paul was the right guy in 2017-18, but not in 2018-19.

Ideally, what Harden needs around him are off-ball, defensive minded players who can shoot. As many of those guys who you can get. And hopefully at least some of those guys can handle the rock a little, and run some offense when he's not doing it. Other than his ability to create, Westbrook brought none of the qualities they needed.

 

5

Rocket River

 

Always confirming your lack of class .... you are what you are and you can't help it - that **** don't wash off.

 

I miss a few minutes of traditional point guard game because that's how I like the game. CP3 was the last one to do that for us, so yes, I miss him as a player. I don't miss his attitude or overall energy around the team and our rivals.

I think we will fall in love Wall just because we have not seen any resemblance of traditional basketball for a long time

 

I.D.I.O.T.

 

For me it was never about how good CP3 was for Rockets but his age and injury history. A prior of injury history with getting on the back end of an NBA career usually doesn't bode well. Usually...

 

I knew that was coming.

 

IMO that trade to OKC added a few more prime years to CP3's career. That traded triggered him to prove everyone wrong that he was done as an All-Star level point guard. If that trade never happened I think we probably would have seen the same hobbling Chris Paul we saw in 2018/2019 and not the CP3 that played in OKC. That being said, would I have kept him knowing how everything would have shaken out over the past 2-3 months? Most likely but that turns into a "hell yes" given the fact that we lost so many picks just to move Paul and then only to end up with a John Wall.

 

Wow. Good luck CP3 and Phoenix in the Conf finals.
A master class by CP3 against Denver with a very inexperienced team.
I'm guessing Phoenix fans aren't complaining so much about his contract.

Still can't believe we traded CP3 for Westbrook, who we then flipped for John Wall.

 

We would have won at least 2 championships by now and be on our way to three.

 

As usual, thanks Fertits, for pushing that Westbrook trade through!