Trading either Harden or Dwight is a suicide mission, it's delusional to push for on the board

Status quo is suicide.

They still have tradeable value for now.

Unfortunately you are largely right and we don't have any good options.

 

The only reason i wouldn't be excited at all about a tanking team is Daryl Morey.

He hasn't shown me that he's a good talent evaluator. Outside of Parsons he hasn't drafted anyone significant. Larry bird is a better talent scout then he is.

 

Even a team of Durant and Curry would fail if they had Bickerstaff as their coach. Lebron might be able to get to the Finals however, he doesn't need a coach.

 

It's a fair criticism. We haven't had great first round picks.

He's been good at free agency and second rounders though.

 

So we are waiting until Dwight walks and get nothing back like the Lakers. Mavs are looking to give Dwight the max in off-season.

 

if you dont think a player is worth the max i dont think this type of thinking applies to that player.

 

Sacramento is imploding.

Just saying

 

What do we have to lose?

 

I can see us trading Howard and being better...notice how Rockets struggle offensively when he's on the court. Half of our turnovers are trying to pass it to him?!

 

Not true. The Rockets traded Moses Malone and ended up in the finals with Ralph Sampson, Rodney McCray, and Hakeem. The Rockets were fortunate with some coin flips, but luck always plays a role.

You have to ask yourself. Can the Rockets build a team around Harden in the next two years that will be better than the Warriors? If the answer is no. Then it's best to start a rebuild while our assets still have value.

 

Harden isn't going anywhere, yet, though he's well on his way to being labeled an empty stats hero ball scorer, just like AI. Dwight, on the other hand, should be shopped, especially if he's not happy.

 

if championship is the team's true aspiration, then trading anyone, incl. those 2, s/b an open option.

if the goal is just to sell some tickets and some merchandise, having a watchable (barely) team, and maybe getting fans excited in the playoffs for a short while once every 5-10 years,,, then yeah, status quo isnt too shabby...

 

its simple - harden proved this season he can be a 2nd and not a 1st. no 1st is wanna go here after this season. dwight can re-sign for cheap and can do a lot better in a real system. harden cant, so trade him only for equal value which can happen.

 

No they're not.

 

You just watch! Rockets better get what they can for Howard.

 

5-10 years

 

.... and what was the highest draft pick Morey has had to work with?

And what has Larry Bird done with the Pacers in the Eastern Conference that is so much more significant?

 

Trade Howard.

DD

 

I was wondering if we were to trade Harden what we could get back for him. Would it be a player like an Andrew Wiggins or Jimmy Butler? If we were to get either of those 2 I would make the deal in a heartbeat. I just don't think Minnesota would be willing to make that deal and I am not sure Chicago would either. As constituted I don't see this team winning a championship because Harden has to have the ball in his hands. If he were willing to give up control to an actual PG (ala Ty Lawson/Jeff Teague) and play some God-damned defense I could maybe start to see it. Look at the Celtics back in 2008, Pierce, Allen, etc. To a large extent they did not play all that much defense before they got there. Doc Rivers sat down with them and told them hey if you guys want to win a championship you have to play defense. If we could get a coach that the players respect and will listen to and play for that would be fantastic. Hopefully in the summer we get Thibs and our defensive and even offensive philosophies change for the better.