I always get sick to my stomach with the whole, "What could have been" when I think of B-Roy, LA and Greg. The crumbling of OKC over the past 5 years makes me feel a little bit better.
A guard wothout the ball can create space for the guy woth the ball by being a shooting threat. Harden shouldnt let Westbrook have the ball. Westbrool with the ball is better than Harden with the ball. But now Harden with the ball is hurt by Westbrook wothout the ball because CP3 is better off the ball that Westbrook is (due to his ability to space the floor and hit shots). Plus, Westbrook is a guy who is known for freezing out his better star teammates. How will Harden be any different? I dont see how Westbrook/Harden/Capela is any better than Westbrook/George/Adams. The first is a little more talented but the second group is a better fit. Depth wise, Grant and Tucker are equal. Gordon is solid but not a difference maker. They have no one else worthy of mentioning. Houston is a slightly better 2018-2019 OKC.
There's also the "what could have been" if Portland had drafted Kevin Durant. Aldridge and Durant alone would have been good.
Wtf, Morey is dumb as fuck. Killing his team's future for a disfunctional squad that will be lucky to make it passed the 1st round in a stacked west.
I don't think Presti is unhappy about turning his 1st round exit team into something like 8 first rounders and 5 swaps
Man ... this is so sick. Why was Houston compelled to give them draft picks? Houston is taking on more salaries and a player who wanted out. Morey is indeed an idiot.
What if LeBron offered to pay part of CP3 money, if CP3 gets an unfavorable buyout? Let's say for example, CP3 offers to take $40 millions less in a buyout. OKC will do it in a heartbeat. And LeBron talks to CP3 and pays him back $20 millions from his own money if CP3 joins the Lakers. LeBron could be a billionaire if he wanted. Does the CBA have something to prevent this?
You understand the league and the guy that had the ideas for the new CBA (Paul) would never allow such things to happen. Presti would probably end without a job if they proved he said such things to a star.
Facts. Russ ain't gonna change. I've just been checking out both team's Reddits, and there are so many bandwagons moving over to Houston's fanbase that it's pathetic. OKC seems to be made up of nothing but fair weather douchebags. TTFU? How about STFU.
IDK. I think spacing matters, but do you need five shooters on the floor? For one, D'antoni's current offense doesn't even use any motion at all so it's fine that Russ doesn't move without the ball. Dantoni will try to sell Russ on running the show on the break (lots of easy points, Paul was too old to do this well and it's not Harden's forte either) and occasionally cutting to to the hoop off the ball on offense. Russ isn't a shooter but he's no worse than Tucker, he just shoots so many damn contested threes. Dantoni's gonna park him in the corner on O, have him back cut the shit out of the offense and otherwise rest for open corner threes, then play hero ball with a bunch of shooters when Harden rests. I think it'll work much better than Paul and Harden did last year but who knows I guess.
You're going to be seeing Westbrooks man digging hard on Harden taking away lanes, reducing Hardens effectiveness. Westbrook will alsontake the ball out of Hardens hands more than Paul did, which is a worse situation for Houston. Westbrook is worse than Tucker. Look up their %s on open shots. Why would westbrook be able to backcut if his guy is digging correctly? It's not that simple. All thenways you said theyd use Westbrook, Paul woupdve been juts as effective at. Yet Paul knows when to defer and can actually space.
