Would you trade Gordon for a possible Paul George rental?

you could easily stagger the minutes so that CP3 and PG are the 2 main guys for the bench unit...Morey would just need to find another guard since our guard rotation would be really thin...he could possibly do that through a buyout

 

only under the scenario where George isn’t willing to re-sign there so they’re forced to move him or he’ll walk for nothing

 

PG is better than Ego offensively, no debate

I doubt his percentages will be as low as they are in OKC if he was in Houston, and even then, he still shoots better percentages than Gordon does

last year he shot 39% from deep on 6.6 attempts a game, and this year he’s shooting 41% from deep on 7.3 attempts a game

A high volume 3 point shooter that shoots it from deep at a great percentage, is very good defensively, is capable of creating his own shoot, and can give u 20 points every night? Good bye, Ego...

 

Yeah, probably?

5 months ago we were trying to figure out how to acquire George for Gordon, Beverley & whatever but now we don't want him? (Even if it is 25+ games?)

I do get some of the concerns though.

• Not that Tarik would be some huge loss but I don't exactly trust Nene to stay healthy/be available. (Unsure on the potential big man buyout market)

• Ariza is not that off the bench scorer that Gordon is. (Maybe you start George/Ariza and move Anderson to the bench?)

• While many don't care("Who cares? It'll be 25 or later! Who cares? Morey sucks in the first round!"), I don't like giving up picks(especially for what could be a rental). As @Beardaholic13 mentioned, what if you need that pick to move Ryan Anderson later?

 

Yes. Just because it will be cool to have Chris Paul George. And if Lebron comes here next year, we’ll have Lebron James Harden.

 

While all this is hypothetical and we probably wont land PG, you cant help but think how perfectly the 2 points mentioned lines up.

1.It would seem the buyout market for big men this year will probably have one or 2 very capable vets that fit what we do.( Tyson Chandler,Koufos,Mozgov,Bogut) all good backups who can replace the insurance black gives us.

2.That lineup change is what i would do. i would like to limit harden and rynos minutes together, therefore having 4 + defenders at the court at all times.

 

EGo = George at this point in their careers.

No to this. Wouldn’t trade Paul for Westbrook.

 

wow, u can’t be serious...

 

No, our chemistry is great as it is...and this would push Ariza out...

You don't **** with a winning streak.

DD

 

EG has one thing over many players -- he's ridiculously explosive. Whether he's driving in for a layup or spotting up for a 3, you're gonna be sure to have a great chance to score.

That said, PG is a better all-around player than EG. And also, we're not gonna be able to get him for EG straight-up. We'll need to shed Ryno's contract.

I'd think there's a better chance of a 3-team trade, and it will be complex blockbuster at the trade deadline if it's even possible, with other fillers involved. I guess it will be if OKC can't even be the 8th best team in the WC by that time.

The question is do the Rockets do this trade? If we're giving away EG + Ryno, yes, it's a deal too good to pass up. If we have to give away like 4 rotation players, I'd rather say no, esp if we're replacing them with bad contracts.

BTW, it's way more probable that they fire the head coach as sort of a patch job instead.

 

Do we really need to discuss this? You obviously do it if possible and if he's willing to resign here, i love Gordon but George is a true star in his prime, same age of Harden (which is always a plus) and he's probably the best defender you can put on Durant with Kawhi Leonard, it's really a no brainer...but like others have said, i don't see Presti trade him to Houston, if he's going to trade him at all.

 

I miss the old Woj. This one just says things any one of us could say. Basically no info, only opinion.

 

you're insulting OKC by offering ariza fool

 

No one can argue with this sound logic.

Close the thread

 

George Hill is unhappy as well...

Double down with Chris Paul George Hill

 

the Harden trade will make OKC say no.

 

I don't think anyone is debating that, in a vacuum, Paul George is a better player than Gordon.

But with how good the Rockets have been so far this year and with how smooth our chemistry has fit together, there would be legitimate concerns about giving up any of our major pieces for another player- even a player as good as George.

George is basically a much better, more versatile, more talented Ariza. And we also have similar players in Luc and Tucker. (which, by the way, I would love to see a lineup of CP3, Ariza, George, Luc and PJ- with every defender switching on everything!)

But that trade would leave us terribly thin at the guard position and also thin at the center position given Nene's injuries. And having a first round pick gives us more flexibility for moving contracts if we need to this offseason. There would definitely be upside, but it would be taking a risk that George's talent would overcome any potential chemistry issues.

It is definitely an interesting thing to think about. but I don't think it will matter honestly. I think OKC will be reluctant to trade away George, if they do decide to trade him they would probably be able to get a better offer than from us, and even if they didn't I think they wouldn't want to trade to us.

 

**** NO

 

so PG's offense as a 1st option has been relatively easy when he gets a opposing teams best defender is being compared to a primarily catch and shoot 3rd option EG in a 3 pt friendly offense. yet you're not completely sold pg13 is a better offensive player. wow