Sounds like a bad move for both teams to me. Westbrook hero mode > CP3 hero mode Westbrook ego > CP3 ego Not entirely sure Westbrook and Harden can win a championship together - they already tried that...plus they had Durant as well.
agreed, but the picks are the part they'll care about most. For example, Teague + Covington (rerouted to us, of course, this IS a blazers forum) + pick for Paul, with us sending an expiring and a pick.
Clippers team makes far more sense and as you say they are equipped very well to handle Harden and Westbrook.
maybe we don't know yet what the Clippers will have as their opening roster. They only have 12 players right now so they have to add 2 say they somehow sign Dwight Howard. Their starting lineup could then be something like: Patrick Beverly PG13 Kawhi Harrell Dwight that's looking pretty awesome to me. And it leaves Lou Williams, Landry Shamet, Mo Harkless, Rodney McGruder, Jamychal Green, and Ivaca Zubac on the bench...wow
I don't think Dwight has anything left. Starting him diminishes your lineup. I think Harrell's real value is off the bench. Beverly's a gnat ... defensively, that's as good a group of three on the perimeter as you could want, but it's only got two offensive threats, no shooters around the big two.
Even as a stretch, without looking it up I think it would still be around 20 mil a year for around 6 years
Fair enough. I get that, but the way I see it? Both have been notoriously underachieving for years now in the playoffs. To me, Harden will have his moments but will have his moments of of-shooting nights. Westbrook's BB IQ isn't that great when it's close in the 4th. Just that combination along with the defense that the Clippers will have won't bode well in HOU's favor. Just my two cents.
yep, when teams that this kind of shake up many times the coach goes. Or in Portland case, the GM & coach has done a heck of a job improving in a 4 year span.
