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WOJ: BREAKING Westbrook to Houston for CP3 & Picks!!!

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Xerobull, Jul 11, 2019.

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  1. justtxyank

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    One is reminded of Stromile Swift, Bonzi Whales et al in the Tmac era.

    "This is the guy that will help us get to the next level. Wait, no; it's this guy....."
     
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    seclusion rip chadwick

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    Lillard is clearly better than Westbrook? Who says?
     
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    seclusion rip chadwick

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    Stop using stats to prove your point, you're scaring him! :p
     
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    Media is has no Idea what to make of this move and laughing at the Rockets. That could be a good thing since the media is always wrong.
     
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    seclusion rip chadwick

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    I never wanted CP3, I can honestly say that -- and this was exactly why. I've seen enough injury prone Houston teams across all sports to last a lifetime. He won me over with his play and I'm sad to see him go, but we dodged a missile with his contract.
     
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    Lol I disagree with some of what u said...Gordon n tucker was good last year
     
    #1407 mike2k132, Jul 12, 2019
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    People who watch and understand basketball (LOL sorry but you walked into that one).

    Also people who saw Dame eat Russ’s lunch in the playoffs this year.
     
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    New ass in. They had to get a whole new fan base. But I think he has a hard mission. To me he top 5 gm....I got the guy from the warriors, morey, presti,spurs guy,
     
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    Still not as bad as the neverending buffet of crow Lakers fans had to eat when "LeBrick" signed with LA.

    He went from "LeBum, LeBaby, Lebitch" "Will never be as good as Kobe" "Most overrated player of all time"

    To...."We just signed the greatest player on the planet" "Welcome to LA King James" "How many championships will we win with Lebron"
     
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    He's $10m/yr better? I don't think so. Also, last I checked Portland had a flat-out better team.

    It was a career low year and WB clearly didn't want to be in OKC anymore, but we'll see this season.
     
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    If you want to win games, he's clearly a fair amount better. Russ is great at the counting stats but abysmal in any measure of efficiency.

    And the difference is like $4-7M annually (varies by year), not $10M.
     
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    seclusion rip chadwick

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    Well, guess what, we had no shot at Lillard and we do have Russ.
     
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    Yes Russ did get owned by Dame last year. I do like that we have Gordon and Rivers to guard the quicker guards in the league so we should take advantage of that. Will be tough to "mask" Harden and Beard on defense against quick SG/SF's but at least both are versatile/strong enough to guard PF's if need be.

    They both also rebound well and get a good amount of steals and deflections which the front office love.
     
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    doing great guys almost at 100 pages
     
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    Yeah, I wasn't talking sh-- about HOU getting Russ. Just jumping into the conversation about the two guys.
     
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    Yeah i don't give much importance if any to the swaps either, and in an eventual rebuilding with a bit of luck we might end up keeping at least one of the two picks we gave away.

    The more i look at the trade the more i think it's not that bad, although having protections for the top 10 would've been much much better, of course.
     
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