Offseason Idea: 2020

Whether this offseason begins in August or it begins in October. If the rockets fall short, Morey will have to make another move adding another star player to give us our first big three since probably Artest, Yao and Tmac. There is a way, Morey can trade for an undervalued Blake Griffin who is super underrated defensively and who can still create havoc playing C in our offense.
Morey speaks about flexibility a lot and if we fall short whenever the finals happen. We have to make this sort of move. Harden has 3-4 years of prime ball left Russ will be 32 as an athletic guard. Who can’t shoot outside of the midrange. It would be really interesting.

technically with Gordon’s extension his contract kicking in next year his contract will be around 18 million. We can Pretty much use the money from our expiring contracts and contracts other than Harden, PJ, Covington and Russ (in a legal offseason move) to acquire a Blake Griffin. From the same team that dumped Andre Drummond for a 2nd round pick.
Now we can fill in our team with vet minimums and have our first true big three in some time. It’s just an idea and Kevin love is available out there too. I feel like Tilman will push hard for it, as it is a typical Tilman move to get these stars as well. Blake Griffin would play some pretty solid defense and fits our possessionless style of play where can can run the ball up. Bring the harden and Russ PNR back and he also shoots collectively better than 36% from three between 2015-2019. If we don’t win this year. This is a huge possibility imo.

 

With harden in his last few years of his prime. And Blake only having 2 years left on his contract u gotta take that risk