Bigmouth ferntits alienates his 2nd highest paid player, goes bold and all in for Westbrook. This is how the man rolls...
They were considered favorites in vegas, first time a 7th seed did that because the only reason they fell to the 7th seed was due to injuries of their nucleus. Otherwise they'd have home court this year. Let alone theres always a energy issue with repeat champs. Given that this is the first time suns have been up here in a while I can easily see why the bets would go towards the lakers and even now its a crapshoot at 3-2.
He was injured. Sometimes injuries happen and its ust a rough year, not as definitive as people may think. He made adjustments with his diet but all in all he just didn't have the bad luck that he did that year and even his year in the thunder he was incredible and continues to do that for the suns. I didn't mind the trade straight up for westbrook, but the picks included were criminal.
I’Ve AlWayS LoVed ChRiS PaUl! AnD hIs CoNtRacT! WhY dId tHeY TrAdE hIm?! Tell ‘em @DreamShook https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/rockets-re-sign-chris-paul-to-4-year-160m-deal.292059/page-25 https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/whats-the-ing-point-of-chris-paul.298290/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/the-chris-paul-contract.296520/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...ul-and-4-firsts-to-improve-the-roster.300077/ Would you trade Paul and 4 Firsts to improve the roster? Yes 64 vote(s) 68.1% No 30 vote(s) 31.9% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/are-the-rockets-better-without-chris-paul.295237/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/chris-paul-aged-over-night.294650/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/we-owe-chris-paul-another-120-million-over-3-years.298753/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/chris-paul-needs-to-step-up.290269/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/is-chris-paul-running-out-of-steam.289162/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...triction-for-the-rest-of-his-contract.295191/ Yes, he should at some capacity, and likely will. 35 vote(s) 53.0% Yes, he should at some capacity, but likely won't. 27 vote(s) 40.9% No, he shouldn't, and will continue to be a part of the normal rotation. 4 vote(s) 6.1% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...rley-montrezl-for-12mm-yr-1st-rd-pick.295120/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/how-worried-are-you-that-chris-paul-is-a-choker.289831/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/so-chris-paul-got-40-million-per-year.292337/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...n’t-plan-on-taking-paycut-for-rockets.291502/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/trade-cp3-to-la.300061/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/cp3-declining-versus-down-year.299220/ Did CP3 have a down year or is he significantly declining? Down Year: Injury slowed him down and age made it tougher to come back sooner. 26 vote(s) 21.3% Significant Decline: Injury impacted him, but age and wear are starting to erode his elite skills 42 vote(s) 34.4% System/Team Impact: CP3 is being forced to play off guard 60-70% of the time when he's a Point God. 13 vote(s) 10.7% All of the above. 41 vote(s) 33.6% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/if-cp3-fails-to-show-up-again.298662/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/trade-cp3.294137/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/poll-what-happened-to-cp3-last-year.300320/ Why did CP3's play fall off last season? advancing age 70 vote(s) 71.4% tentative play due to the hamstring injuries 47 vote(s) 48.0% brooding over Melo's dismissal 10 vote(s) 10.2% ego clash with Harden 17 vote(s) 17.3% disagreements with MDA/Harden over offense approach 31 vote(s) 31.6% unhappy not being the unquestioned leader for the first time in his life 13 vote(s) 13.3% pressure of living up to that contract 11 vote(s) 11.2% still pissed about that damn microwave 14 vote(s) 14.3% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/riley-please-save-us-from-cp3-contract.300120/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/shams-teams-dont-want-cp3-for-free.299531/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/cp3-should-be-the-first-domino-we-trade-this-offseason.298869/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/rockets-should-trade-morey-and-cp3-to-la.297684/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/bold-prediction-cp3-will-be-traded-by-the-deadline.294877/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/would-you-consider-trading-cp3.294706/ Should the Rockets consider trading CP3? Yes 133 vote(s) 58.8% No 93 vote(s) 41.2% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/is-the-cp3-contract-already-a-negative-contract.294339/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...ntrezl-bev-instead-of-trading-for-cp3.297847/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/realistic-possible-trade-scenarios-that-include-cp3.295099/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/trade-cp3-and-rebuild-or-embrace-the-win-now-strategy.294950/ Trade Chris Paul and his enormous contract while we can? yes, move him sooner than later; rebuild around Harden and Clint 93 vote(s) 66.0% no, be patient; we'll be back in the WCF next year 48 vote(s) 34.0% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/...alk-✓-40m-y-contract-to-old-man-cp3-✓.296574/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/morey-past-prime-howard-cp3.295970/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/extend-cp3.287625/ Should the Rockets Extend CP3 Yes 63 vote(s) 77.8% No 3 vote(s) 3.7% I'll decide once I see how he performs in the playoffs 15 vote(s) 18.5% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/how-do-you-evaluate-cp3s-playing-condition-now.294834/ https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/chris-paul-traded-to-rockets.283581/ Do you like the trade of Beverley, LouWill, Dekker, Harrell, 1st rounder to LAC for Chris Paul YES 676 vote(s) 88.6% NO 87 vote(s) 11.4% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/july-2019-do-you-like-the-cp3-for-westbrook-trade.300249/ Do you like the [CP3 for Westbrook] trade? Yes 509 vote(s) 75.6% No 164 vote(s) 24.4% https://bbs.clutchfans.net/threads/poll-do-you-like-the-john-wall-trade.308798/ Do you like the John Wall Trade? yes 207 vote(s) 37.7% no 125 vote(s) 22.8% wait and see 217 vote(s) 39.5%
I agree..they still can even with the injuries which si why lakers are still considered contenders. Bron is like that, Harden l evel. Gives a team a chance.
Knee jerk reactions, not surprising. They really though chris paul had an off year because he felt too much pressure from his new contract? A 6 foot who dominated in high level hs, high level college, got R.o.y, dominates the league and has been a max contract the entirety of his career all of a sudden felt pressure on his new contract? Thats almost as dumb as tilman saying He is going to teach Chris paul a killer mentality.
What does this honestly mean? Why would anyone want a burner to sign off on another account to simply post a non controversial post that shows a fact that vegas had lakers to win the series. And who would even care about that on a rockets board. A burner for that? I don't get it.
This is crap and you know. Morey even told Harden deal wasn't happening. Harden even said the original trade was to pair Westbrook with Paul and Harden...
Dear Buddha. And to think I even enjoy posting in this place. These polls are on crack. And that last one is a huge sample size. #teamNO
Yeah lets pretend fanidol did nothing wrong and new bad owner did everything thats bad lol. „I know exactly what we have to do” right after barking at CP an right before trading him for his friend Westy
Who did we lose because of CP3’s contract? We could have kept Ariza. We still could’ve made trades to bolster the roster. The issue is that doing all of that would’ve cost money and made us a luxury tax team, so the billionaire owner said hell no.
As I mentioned in the John Wall thread.... players will opt out for the right situation. There's at least hope John Wall would opt his player option to sign a team friendly-ish deal with the Knicks (if the Knicks strike out on Kawhi, etc) . I was actually surprised to see John Wall will only be 31 years old at the start of next season while Kyle Lowry will be 35.
As far as CP3..... we were committed to a highly variable timeline once we signed the CP3 deal. In hindsight, watching Harden and Kyrie co-exist makes me wish we had traded for Kyrie in 2017. Oh well.
