James Harden has added the Blazers to his list

I don't believe Harden would put us over the top yes I would trade CJ for him but I wouldn't give a quarter of our team up plus 3 or 4 year draft picks to get him. Our biggest problem is not going to be scoring points our biggest problem is stopping team from scoring and getting Harden doesn't solve our weakness.

 

How many know what that is? Iron Pyrite magnetic.

 

I think this is wild conjecture guys. We can't rule out the possibility that Harden wants to play with Dame in an organization that is very accepting of a player's piccadilloes and for a player's coach like Stotts who might be the head coach who is the most player's coach player's coach in the league. I could see Harden really wanting to come here.

 

It wouldn't take a quarter of the team it would just take CJ, Nurk and probably two first rounders. I know that seems like a lot, to give up our second and third best players and two picks but James Harden is a huge difference maker and I honestly think that Zach and Enes can cover the 5 spot for us, Harden can run the offense when Dame sits, we would still have our two new starting forwards, Gary and Hoodie off the bench. I think that team goes a lot further in the playoffs and could even give the Lakers a really hard time in a seven game series.

 

That's the rumor; it's not that important to me. Here are some stats; a rough estimate of last three years play except three pt % is career.
3 pt % C is .355, G is .319
efg% .525 vs. .500
rebounds per 36 8 vs. 8.3
steals per 36 1.9 vs. .9
blocks per 36 1.8 vs. .8
TS% .550 vs. .528
OBPM minus -1.2 vs. .5
DBPM 1.5 vs. minus .2
TRB% 11% vs. 12.5%
assists per 36 1.5 vs. 3.5
So, Gordon a little bit better rebounder, a lot better at assisting other's baskets, but far inferior on blocks, steals and DBPM. Gordon has better OBPM for some reason, even though all advanced stats favor Covington. Since Portland has bigger problem on defense than offense, it seems that Covington is the one they would want.

 

Well for those that don't, to put it in Jake Laymans terms...

its fools gold.

 

When you say he... you mean Rafael Stone right? If Harden was choosing he'd already be on the Nets.

 

Merry Christmas!

I think coaching is more integral than 5% of the equation. I don't think it's as important as having superstars but it can be a deciding factor in the overall success of a team.

A great coach can give you the results of the Miami Heat. They were far from the best team in the league, but Spoelstra got more out of them.

Do you seriously think Stotts would have gotten those results? I don't. Not even close.

But we agree that we need to go balls to the wall on superstar talent. We should have sacrificed CJ earlier for Jimmy Butler or Paul George but didn't and we've paid for that.

Now a superstar names you when you've never been named before? Even a broken down Melo opted for Oklahoma over us. So, when James Harden, a superstar talent, names you, you say I do and make it happen.

I'm not even a fan of him personally, although he might the third greatest offensive player in history.

I'd be more excited if we got a new coach too. Harden buys Stotts another season. I have no confidence in him as a coach.

 

Olshey watching his warmup hmmm. Pretty sure that bald dude is the rockets Gm too

 

Interesting...Olshey watching Harden rather than who is that at the other end? Nurkic??

 

Fools gold!

 

I think you’re right.

 

Sorry man. I posted this on the game thread also. Didn't see you had it here.

 

Harden has no say in the matter at this point.

 

But he does. He, like Anthony Davis did, could signal to teams that he doesn't want to be there.

No team wants to trade for a guy that doesn't want to be there. Especially when giving up multiple picks and players of value.

 

Technically you are right however it takes a really brave team to trade a player like and an even braver team to trade for a player like that. So he has a lot more control than he should but thats the reality of it.

 

That could be him. Hard to tell with a mask: