Clippers trade CP3 to Rockets

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  1. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    San Antonio is gonna land Rose now I bet
     
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    Any truth to the rumor that Adam Silver is blocking this trade and sending Chris Paul to the Lakers?
     
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    Wouldn't that just be the funniest thing ever!
     
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    Wait so is a a man named Beverly going to live in Beverly Hills
     
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    Spurs are fucked, stuck with Aldridge
     
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    I hope we get to play the Clippers in the playoffs now....if they even make it
     
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    What does this do, if anything, to our back courts position as top 2 or 3 in the league?
     
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    It's theoretically better--Harden is an excellent shooter, Paul is a very good one, and both have to be accounted for because even off the ball they could be the true initiator if the current action is a decoy. The question is how much better and whether D'Antoni will scheme creative enough sets to maximize their ball-dominant skillsets.

    The worst case scenario is that they don't improve much on offense (because their skillsets prove to be redundant) and they get a bit worse on defense (Paul is a very good defender, but arguably not as good as Beverly) and there are tensions over the course of the season.
     
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    In the future, historians will recall that the basketball lexicon was increased in the summer of 2017 with the addition of the term "Flopcourt"., e.g. "Houston has the best flopcourt ever created."
     
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    The flop twins won't score more. :dunno:
     
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    Does it really matter? Neither Dame or CJ get All-Star nods these days. Such a dubious honor when it never translates into anything useful on the court.
     
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    If we're now at a place in the NBA where you no longer can just have 3 stars, but need 4, who is Houstons 3rd and 4th stars?
     
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    The universe works in mysterious ways. Dear Clippers organization, One Jordan Hill is currently available as a free agent.

    Beverly Berverly Hills Hill is a thing the universe wants. Don't fuck with the universe Clippers - or you will be cursed and be as successful as, the Clippers.
     
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    Well I didn't see this one coming. Thought Houston was just involved in more big rumors as always. I don't know why CP3 so badly wants to play with Harden. Harden is a great player but very ball dominant. Also don't understand it since Harden played better at PG. I don't think it will work but one thing that will work in CP3's favor is the spacing
     
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    This makes no sense. There's only one ball.
     
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    Whoa. So apparently, the Knicks are buying out Melo who is going to sign with Rockets.
     
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    Why would you want 3 players that need the ball in their hands? I hope they suck.
     
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    We can laugh but D'Antoni is going to thrive with Harden, CP3 and Melo on that team...Melo was built to play D'Antoni ball...I'd like to get Lou Williams from them
     

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