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The only player available so far come January is Kevin Love

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Jump Ship, Nov 26, 2018.

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  1. Jump Ship

    Jump Ship Member

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    Is he worth a pick? We know the greedy cavs will want at least 2 for him which is too much. His contract is like his defense. He is a better version of ryan anderson when he was hitting his shot, but ryan had more range and shooting. Love has better outlet passing and rebounding.

    We could have used him tonight to get beal off of harden, but can we use him against the warriors? He can guard draymond, but on switches he will get cooked.

    This move makes us better in the regular season and may help us win a playoff series or two, but i feel like it solidifies us into a ceiling of second in the west for the next few years.
     
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  2. James Gabriel

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    I dunno mang, he's like an injury prone Ryan Anderson.
     
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    Pass.
     
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    Kevin Love would be of limited to no help.
     
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  5. DaDakota

    DaDakota If you want to know, just ask!

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    Hell yes, he can rebound, pass and hit the 3.

    DD
     
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    BHannes2BHonest 2 SOLID FOR WEIRD AZZES

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    Well I know one person that would welcome that LOVE

    @Carl Herrera
     
    #6 BHannes2BHonest, Nov 26, 2018
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    napalm06 Huge Flopping Fan

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    He can rebound and hit the three ^^

    However, he does nothing to solve our largest problems, which are interior defense and secondary ball-handling.

    He just signed a 4-year $120M extension with the Cavs (if I'm reading correctly).

    There's no way I would add him to our already super top-heavy roster. We committed so much money to the Harden-Paul-Capela trio that we need to be really strategic about how to get playoff-worthy role players at number 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 on the roster.
     
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    (And he is white, so DD loves him!)

    ;)
     
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    no
     
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    3 team trade for what we need? Sure. But he'd tie up our cap worse than it already is.
     
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  13. Mr. Space City

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    Kevin Love is unplayable vs the warriors
     
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    Bad defender and not versatile. Hard pass. His contract is also monstrous. Dont need a huge chunk of money relegated to the bench against GSW.
     
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    Morey would do it for sure if Tilman was on board.

    His defense really isn’t much of an issue as it has improved greatly.

    The main problem with Love is that it feels like he is always either hurt or pouting.

    Offensively he would be a great fit and would help on the boards.

    I wouldn’t assume the Cavs will move him though.
     
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  16. Nook

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    Kevin Love would play 35-40 minutes a game against the Warriors... handling all the back up center minutes and a majority of PF minutes. Love is a match up disaster for the Warriors. His defense has greatly improved over the last 3-4 years.
     
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    so lock us into a Big 3 of Harden, CP3, and Kevin Love

    Harden’s prime officially wasted...
     
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  18. Jump Ship

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    You see tonight if we had a love/anderson type player who is big enough to set screens, and stretch the floor with catch and shoots then you can run pick and pops and easily get whoever is sticking harden off him. That means beal gets switched onto love and morris gets destroyed by harden. The problem is on defense they are going to do the same thing right back to you and get love switched on to wall and beal.

    Sure, harden can cook better than beal and wall combined....but against the warriors all you are doing is switching green onto harden when you run that same play to take klay off. Meanwhile love gets cooked on the other side all game.
     
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  19. Mr. Space City

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    No he hasn’t.

    Playing Love at center is a death sentence. Straight layup line towards the rim.

    Love has been terrible vs. the warriors in the last 3 finals. He turns into a b**** when he plays draymond. He can’t finish inside at all when he plays the warriors.

    Go look at his percentages. And he’s a terrible shot blocker.
     
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  20. Giant9erRocket

    Giant9erRocket Hakeem Olajuwon Status

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    I hate reading stupid posts like this.

    Don't you remember 2016 when the Cavaliers won vs the Warriors? Who was their 3rd best player on the team?

    If anything I would bet CP3 at his age/lost of athleticism/injury risk is unplayable against the Warriors in a 7 game series.
     
    #20 Giant9erRocket, Nov 27, 2018
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