Should we keep or trade Henderson?

Kobe won championships, I dislike the guy a lot, but he won. It is about team and talent. I think Harden on the right team is easily a needle mover. and btw Harden is not a guy I'd give away the farm for in any sense or even go after, but if there was a deal where we got him extremely cheap (extremely unlikely) then I'd do it

 

seriously, they would have won them without Kobe?

 

Only because the refs make him that way. Harden shot 18 FTA last night, and made 15 of them.

If you took away the refs, last night Harden would have had:

18 points off 7-18 shooting (38%), 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, and 10 turnovers in 35.5 minutes.

Hendo shot 5/5 from the free throw line last night, which is actually a pretty respectable number of attempts, but if you took those away he had:

11 points off 5-8 shooting (62.5%), 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist, and 1 TO in 27 minutes.

I really don't think Harden is in a different universe. He's coddled by the NBA, and they boost his production by giving him an insane amount of free throws.

 

I don't have the stats, but Harden last night scored 33. With 10 turnovers if we converted them all with 2pts...he actually only gives his team 13pts..if we got 3pt shots or and ones' he added single digit production. Even Iverson couldn't win a ring by himself...you want the ball to stick, you play Harden ball. Kobe ball. You'd essentially have to rebuild a team around him, not Dame or CJ or any of our 10 deep players. You'd gut the bench to get him.

 

He got 33 points because nearly half his points were from free throws.

 

I'm thrilled Dame is piling up double digit assists and doesn't feel the need to score 40 a game..CJ too..they're both blossoming into real pt guards, combo guards. You know why the Lakers suck? None of their rookies or sophomores ever shoots the ball or brings it up court. Hard to let the game come to you when it never will.

 

fify.

 

Probably not 'big assets', but I can 'imagine' a situation where a team might give up something decent: If he can get a team into 'win now in the playoffs' status, they may think it's worth it, and that if they do well in the playoffs and he has an important role, he may want another shot with a contender next year, so there's a pretty good chance he would want to re-enlist with them for another run. I have no idea what team that might be however, LOL.

 

To be clear, it wouldn't make sense for a team to lose a key player to pick up Henderson, for no net gain. I'm thinking more projects and lottery picks from a team in win now mode.

 

We gave up Barton, Robinson, Claver, and a conditional first round pick for Afflalo.

If we could get something similar for Hendo, I would probably do it.