2017 NBA OFFSEASON

not the most outlandish predictions there i realize...

Paul had a strong desire to play with Rockets All-Star guard James Harden, which led to the Clippers working out a trade with Houston, league sources said. Los Angeles was able to secure several tradable assets and a draft pick in the deal. The Clippers risked losing Paul for nothing in free agency.

Paul and Harden discussed the possibility of a partnership at length, believing they can find a way to thrive together, league sources said.

from woj story

welp

if he decided on the rockets w/o ever meeting it's clear he was just going w/ whatever team he thought gave him the best chance of beating the warriors

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:00 PM (seven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah also he cldve talked to them, after trade negotiations begin youre allowed to, this def happened through an intermediary at least since paul had to agree to accept the his contract option

its def his best shot at a ring w/o taking a paycut

I like this deal for the Rockets, but I don't think this makes them THAT much better.

I was off by a week, I had bet that the wheels would start coming off the clippers at the draft

Doc gonna be good on tv this year but not sure who has a spot open for him

Maybe he joins pp and doesn't do games so he can get more golf in

the thing is that it would take something remarkable to beat the warriors and i don't know of any better idea for the rockets outside of trading for paul george

I like this deal for the Rockets, but I don't think this makes them THAT much better.

― nice cage (m bison), Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:12 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

they added one of the best players!

Haha Adam silver shd kick it old school and void this CP3 deal

Xp

― nice cage (m bison), Wednesday, June 28, 2017 11:58 AM (sixteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This would be hilarious after the deandre emoji saga a couple summers ago, I like how morey swings for the fences but I also enjoy when he falls on his face

Goon just adding the best players doesn't make you better. Look what happened to the Warriors oh wait

really still tho the best plan for beating the warriors is for them to have injuries

Steph going from made of glass to dependable iron man crashing the boards in the finals is like the fifteenth biggest factor in their run but it's a fascinating factor

the rockets still need more wing players. ryan anderson prob can't be on the floor vs the warriors unless he's shooting 50% from 3

guess harden doesnt mind going back to the 2

Chris Paul and James Harden were determined to play together, and found a way with Rockets-Clippers trade agreed upon today.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 28, 2017

If it's a clipper fire sale I really hope the cs take a long look at either Blake or deandre (deandre)

the rockets still need more wing players. ryan anderson prob can't be on the floor vs the warriors unless he's shooting 50% from 3

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:20 PM (fifty-seven seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah. defensive-minded wings.

cp3-harden-gordon-ariza-capela is a team that could like maybe test the warriors for 6 games which is prob better than anyone else in the west has right now

they shd trade for dre next

CP3 finally gonna make the conference finals

lol rude

trading one of anderson or gordon for better D seems like the next move

since cp3 opted into his deal he doesn't need to sign a new one, will be interesting to see if he waits to see how this works out or if they just go ahead and get something done now

if i had to guess id say wait and see

but it also means that if he gets the max from the rockets he'll be 33 and on a 5 year contract going into the 2018-2019 season...

theres some sort of formula there with money and championship opportunity where catastrophic injury is the only risk

Spurs didn't show significant interest in Chris Paul, source told ESPN. Already have an aging point guard in... https://t.co/yoX8jXqDQg

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanESPN) June 28, 2017

LMBO

wow theyre not mad

i mean even if he has a down year the rox wld still max him out what other option do they have except losing him for nothing

+angering harden

cp3 got the keys to the estate baby!

i guess they could let him walk and try and use the cap space on whoever else is a FA next offseason but that seems fraught

trading one of anderson or gordon for better D seems like the next move

― lag∞n, Wednesday, June 28, 2017 9:31 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Gordon is a solid defender no?

has CP every played off ball once in his career?

yeah the clips have rolled out a bunch of 2 pg lineups over the years with set for cp3 off the ball

Gordon is a solid defender no?

― down that brown path (Spottie), Wednesday, June 28, 2017 12:37 PM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah but hes small for the 3, prob makes the harden-gordon wing pretty vulnerable, on the other hand harden cld just try i guess

This is fascinating stuff, next seasons gonna be great. Rox likely to add some ring chasers too

i would keep gordon and try and move anderson

yeah that wld be best prob

no one is taking that contract

you know who wld be amazing for the rox, jae crowder

jae crowder fits on every team

tru

Until I see CP3 sign a HOU extension or his LA house pop up on Zillow, im now even more convinced Laker Banana Boat is goin down

Stay woke

— Agent of NBA Chaos (@World_Wide_Wob) June 28, 2017

heh love it

i wonder if the rockets can still make a move for paul george

really too bad for them melo won't get bought out now

o damn truuuu

isn't ariza already a jae crowder

i guess you can't have too many

exactly what im thinking "two jae crowders" "tremendous flexibility"

doesnt seem like they have the pieces to get george