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

He performed poorly in his 2nd year here but I wished the Rockets sticked with him 1000000%.

I blamed his poor performance on his new meatless diet he transitioned to in his 2nd year as a Rockets. Once he got used to it, he came back to being more of himself.

note: this is made up thoughts but i like it

 

At the time everyone was down on him(C.Paul), he was injured. He was at the time where he had problems, now he is healthy again and people want to say they miss him. Well funny thing is everyone was like trade "this injured bum! before, Worst Contract in History!" lol. Rockets never had the team suns had. Suns put together a great team, and Paul was the cherry on top.

Houston never wanted to develop a team threw the draft like suns did. They just wanted to ride or die with Harden. So this is where they are now, trying to scrap up a team thru the draft as they finally figured they couldnt put anyone next to "ME ME" harden to win anything. Oh well maybe Cade can be a better complete player, and lead Houston to the promise lands.

 

You gotta find the next young Chris Paul. Preferably also taller.

Of course it is 3.

See-pee- Three.

 

Are you serious? taht paul and harden team was one game from toppling a historic warriors team in 18. That summer we ignored Ariza, our glue guy, main defender and starter, ignored his bird rights, MLE, TPE to replace him and signed a james ennis as his replacement at the minimum who we then traded mid season while he was in the rotation for a top 55 protected pick, no player. A month earlier than the trade, Daniel house our dleague pick up who was also in the rotation was cut due to tax reasons. Meanwhile, Cleveland went and overpaid Thompson, Love, JR, Delly and they took a shot and beat a historic warriors team. Raptors paid 50 million for an aging gasol bc they had a window with Leonard. The ball bounced the right way on his shot and they got the ring. Meanwhile harden, who plays heavyy minutes and games in a time of load management comes back mid season to two empty lockers and an owner screaming do better with a a worse product and spreading that to casual fans who don't pay attention.

 

1-10, I miss him like 14

 

@DreamShook

 

You said it all!
As I watched CP3 do work last night, I said to myself, Tilmam, Morey and Harden did Houston in. CP3 still got it, shame the 3 stooges thought otherwise.

 

Les Alexander is the most underappreciated owner in Houston sports.

 

who cares if damn near everyone was complaining. That's why damn near everyone doesn't know wtf they are talking about which is exactly what I posted. and plenty of us saw him being damn good going forward because he is that skilled of a player with a elite level bball iq. And he's made it known on several occasions he was already prepping for what would have been his 3rd season with the rockets before surprisingly getting the news he was traded

The rockets franchise will always be trash as long as the idiot is at the helm

 

i was all for paul moving on at the time because of his age, but in hindsight, seeing how james forced his way out, i wish could of kept this version of paul instead. but who knows? if he wasn't traded, maybe he wouldn't have had the fire inside of him to go on that diet of his and keep himself in shape.

he was my favorite rocket on that team and seeing how he dissected the nuggets with those fade away mid ranges, made me wish we had kept him instead of harden.

but it is what it is....alpha males can't always get along. i blame tilman in the end for being cheap. he should of paid ariza and kept that team together....

 

I don't miss him as much as I miss Isaiah Hartenstein but I miss him a lot. I miss Trevor Ariza the most though. I am still convinced if they'd have just ponied up and paid Ariza he'd have kept Harden and CP3 co-existing. And right now we'd be looking at a possible championship (or missing it again due to Harden's hamstring instead of CP3's).

Really? You blamed it on a vegan diet rather than him suffering a devastating hamstring injury the season before and needing time to recover? You also never thought it could be decline due to his age? It was just the vegan diet?

That's just weird, man.

p.s. that vegan diet turned his career back around.

 

Hindsight is 20/20. If the Rockets knew they'd have this CP3 in 2021(and last year's CP3 who played well for OKC), I'm pretty sure that trade never happens regardless of how much Harden b****ed and complained.

That being said, we have to keep things in perspective. The Rockets were an aging team. Would they be a contender with this version of CP3 and the rest of that 2018-19 roster? Absolutely. But they'd still have to deal with the Lakers, Clippers, Nuggets, and Jazz(who are a lot better than the team the Rockets defeated 4-1 in 2018 and 2019). And the mileage is starting to catch up with Harden as evidenced with his hammy issues this season. Ironically we could've wound up with a healthy CP3 this postseason and a hobbled James.

 

And the franchise, so far.

 

The hammy got injured playing against the Rockets though, so maybe it would have never happened.

 

Paying $40M for a guy with an injured hammy is better than paying $40M (and draft capital) for a guy with an injured IQ.

 

It is weird. But I don't think it's weird to take a while for the body to adjust to a new diet. I think for elite athletes, small adjustment could make a big difference. But as I suggested, just things in my head with no evidence to back it up.

However, I do not think he performed poorly during his 2nd year as a Rocket for almost a whole season and the playoff due to past hamstring injury. He had a history of those and other injuries and recovered well. Didn't he have another hamstring injury just this year?

 

Maybe. It's one of those things we'll never know, but even before Harden's trade demand and all the drama earlier this season, I was wondering if at some point, Harden's years in the league and the way he attacks the basket relentlessly wouldn't catch up with him.

 

I think it has more to do with how much of a load he had to carry in Houston than how much he attacks the basket. He was at or very near the top of the NBA in minutes per game for like five straight seasons here, all while almost never missing a game, and usually going at least a couple rounds deep into the playoffs. And he did all that being at or very near the top of the league in usage rate, too. He was doing EVERYthing for Houston (except the ~1.5 years we had Chris Paul, which gave him some minor breaks here and there).

 

If you read this article, everyone knows cp3 maybe had what it took to lead a team if given the right roster and health prevail, Harden not really.
https://www.skysports.com/nba/news/...-chris-paul-wins-it-all-with-the-phoenix-suns


https://larrybrownsports.com/basketball/james-harden-playoff-postseason-failures-career/563533

Injury prone vs Cant do it.
I love how they sumed it up.

"The Rockets’ organization has never wavered in their belief of Harden’s ability to lead them to a championship. Still, after two coaches, three different All-NBA co-stars, and eight failed postseason runs, the writing appears to be on the wall."