James Harden has added the Blazers to his list

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  1. Strenuus

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    Like, I want to trade cj, but not for a more ball hogging cj. We saw cj doesn't work with dame... why would a more cj player then work with dame?

    So, ill do what harden never does, and pass.
     
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    I've said it before....Portland is not a place where you get rewarded for flopping...we don't buy refs period or get calls
     
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    Hey wait. We play them on Saturday.

    Maybe.

    What if it gets postponed and harden is like "nah, im good here" and strike a trade over steak bites at the acrop?
     
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    What??? Neil has a close relationship with Harden??

     
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    I think we have too many average guys in the rotation anyway, consolidating for Harden may be the way to go.
     
    LayneStaley, Dec 24, 2020
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    When has he had better players around him than Dame and the supporting cast that would remain if the outgoing pieces were CJ, Zach and Trent? Back when he was a 6th man in OKC?
     
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    It’s not ideal. Far from it. But superstars win in this league. Name a better trio than Lillard-Harden-Nurkic. You fill in spots with the leftovers and maybe some other smaller trades or signings. Maybe they add Tucker to the deal.
     
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    Its this. Its just not going to happen.
     
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    Guys, this has no chance in hell of happening, so you're just risking upsetting our actual players if some nerd like HCP showed them your posts.
     
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    While Harden does take a lot of shots, he is a great facilitator and passes way more than CJ. He has averaged 8 assists per game the last 6 seasons with 11 assists per game in 16-17.
     
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    But if for some George Costanza opposite world reason that happened, imagine getting Harden, CJ and Melo on the court at the same time with only 1 ball.
     
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    I'm still not really sold on this idea but I'm trying to work through it in my head. If we put Harden at basically the point guard how much effectiveness does Dame lose playing off the ball? Or if we keep Nurk does it still make sense to run the offense through Nurk and make teams choose between Dame or Harden? That seems to make more sense but it would probably never work out that way.
     
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    They all have agents that are way ahead of the S2 rumor mill to give them a heads up....
     
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    If a top 5 player is available you do it no matter what
     
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    Olshey was a coach at Artesia High School where Harden played. Not sure if he actually coached Harden though.
     
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    Yea Harden shoot a lot try like CJ but both bad defenders but I would give Harden the better then too. Harden also a better passer then CJ. Plus teams would not be able double both him and Dame. I would give up CJ and Trent and maybe Kanter I wouldn't give Zach due he just better defender then Kanter and maybe one or 2 1st rounds pick protected.
     
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    well......I'm going to throw this out there.....Portland is becoming a free agent destination finally! Thank you Melo for breaking that curse!
     
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    Thats fair. I just don't believe he's a winning basketball player. Much like westbrook.
     
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    Meh. Probably a tossup. Better team maybe.

    I think trading for Harden is absolutely and abysmal idea. JMO.
     
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