CP3 traded to Rockets

[daslicer]

Injury prone, his age and the megamax deal are the reasons I doubted he would have been worth it for the Spurs. To be fair to him, Pop wouldn't be playing him on shortened 8 men rotations in the regular season and he's be on Pop's super careful rest/injury management schedule.

Knowing our luck he would still get injured.

[r0drig0lac]

LMAO PRINGLES IS SO STUPID

[exstatic]

Paul left the game last night with a left leg injury. It was his left knee that kept him on the shelf earlier. Stay tuned.

[gambit1990]

warriors are 42-13, rockets are 41-13. rockets lost their first game with cp3, harden, capela as starters last month (they were 19-0). and they just lost by 2 points.

[gambit1990]

get it cp3.

[TheGreatYacht]

Never wanted him, as I've been saying for months..too old and his style of play helps role players but hurts other stars..can't even imagine how 2 of the 3 most ball-dominant players in the league will fit together..

[DAF86]

Folks thinking this wouldn't work

[Budkin]

They're still going to lose to the Warriors in the playoffs. Harden and CP3 are two of the biggest post season chokers of all time.

[DAF86]

Harden was a PG last year in D'Antoni's system. Yes your right about Harden deferring to Durant and Westbrook but it wasn't about Harden deferring in this situation. It was about CP3 deferring to Harden and that's what most people did not believe could happen since CP3 has always been a ball dominant player. There's no history in his career of him having to defer play making duties to another player. Plus there was no history of him playing off the ball. Anyways I'm done with this discussion. Also there's no reason to be a ing asshole if someone has a different view then yours.

Oooh, now I know why this guy is so mad at me.

[SAGirl]

I didn't think it would work, but I stand corrected.
I was always more concerned about Spurs problems and had no real beef or fork in this debate.

[daslicer]

Oooh, now I know why this guy is so mad at me.

Wow your still butt hurt about me insulting you on the other thread. Anyways Manu I don't respect you because your a Manu fanboy with idiotic takes.

[DAF86]

Wow your still butt hurt about me insulting you on the other thread. Anyways Manu I don't respect you because your a Manu fanboy with idiotic takes.

From the guy that said that CP3 and Harden wouldn't work together. At least choose a different thread to blame others of having idiotic takes son

" no reason to be a ing asshole "

[coachmac87]

I mean other than his knee issue/ bruise CP3 has been phenomenal this year. He’s just the best pure point guard that’s played in the last 10-15 years..

That position was and still is Spurs biggest weakness and hopefully some of y’all have a change of heart regarding PATFO interest.. Things would’ve been so much different if he came here..even without Kawhi.

I made it obvious why I wanted him so bad...and now maybe others also see that lol

[HarlemHeat37]

I was wrong about the fit of Harden-Paul(salute to Paul for taking a backseat), 100%, although all my other posts ITT were correct, they were obviously going to improve significantly..

However, 3 things:

1. Their offense actually isn't that much better than last year(3rd to 1st) and their net rating isn't much better when Paul and Harden play together..signing defensive role players and improving their defense to 9th has been their most impressive progress(along with Harden taking another leap)

2. They look mediocre without Harden and with Paul as a #1 option(4-3 record), which is what he would have been for the Spurs..his contract is going to look horrible in 2-3 years..Houston is still extremely reliant on Harden, this isn't a Curry/Durant situation..

3. All this is completely meaningless during the RS on a team led by Harden, Paul and D'Antoni..

[daslicer]

From the guy that said that CP3 and Harden wouldn't work together. At least choose a different thread to blame others of having idiotic takes son

" no reason to be a ing asshole "

Yes this is coming from the same re who believed the '02-'03 Spurs could have won 50 games without Duncan. Your butt hurt coming at me like a woman. We got into an argument a few weeks ago in another thread and it's evident your still hurt about it hence you bumping my old post in this thread. On the other thread you were crying "Why does this guy hate me." Sounds like a to me.

I'm sorry I hurt you Manu . Manu you are Will in this clip.

[Nathan89]

They're still going to lose to the Warriors in the playoffs. Harden and CP3 are two of the biggest post season chokers of all time.

Losing to a far more talented team isn't choking.

[DAF86]

Yes this is coming from the same re who believed the '02-'03 Spurs could have won 50 games without Duncan. Your butt hurt coming at me like a woman. We got into an argument a few weeks ago in another thread and it's evident your still hurt about it hence you bumping my old post in this thread. On the other thread you were crying "Why does this guy hate me." Sounds like a to me.

I'm sorry I hurt you Manu . Manu you are Will in this clip.

Never said that and you know it. This is when I know a guy is mentally beat, tbh. When he has to lie to try and keep up.

[DAF86]

Yes this is coming from the same re who believed the '02-'03 Spurs could have won 50 games without Duncan. Your butt hurt coming at me like a woman. We got into an argument a few weeks ago in another thread and it's evident your still hurt about it hence you bumping my old post in this thread. On the other thread you were crying "Why does this guy hate me." Sounds like a to me.

I'm sorry I hurt you Manu . Manu you are Will in this clip.

Not really, I just saw this thread was bumped and I started reading the old takes. Then I found your posts and realized this was the reason you were so butthurt at me. If you recall, I mentioned that I didn't even remember why you were so butthurt towards me (i didn't even knew you existed actually), then I saw this and it hit me. I just found it very funny son, sorry for bumping your post.

[daslicer]

Never said that and you know it. This is when I know a guy is mentally beat, tbh. When he has to lie to try and keep up.

Manu that was you on the Aldridge thread.

[DAF86]

Manu that was you on the Aldridge thread.

Go bump when I said the Spurs would win 50 games without Duncan in '03, tbh. Go, I dare you.

[DAF86]

Manu that was you on the Aldridge thread.

Go bump when I said the Spurs would win 50 games without Duncan in '03, tbh. Really, go, I dare you.

[DAF86]

Stop your futile search son, here are the comments:

Not surprised I didn't expect a good comeback from you Manu . Manu do you honestly believe the '02-'03 Spurs could have won more than 30 games without Duncan?

Tony, Manu, Jackson, Bowen, Robinson, Malik, Pop. I don't know, maybe. But I was clearly referring to the Manu and Tony prime years.

That somehow, in someone's head, means I said the Spurs would win 50+ games without Duncan in '03.

[daslicer]

Stop your futile search son, here are the comments:





That somehow, in someone's head, means I said the Spurs would win 50+ games without Duncan in '03.

Manu I'm clearly in your head or your wouldn't have bumped my old post in this thread.

[Phenomanul]

You were downplaying how great both Tony and Manu were, saying their success was solely a byproduct of playing alongside Duncan.

The argument was made that during their shared peak prime (Manu from 2004 - 2012, Tony from 2007 - 2013; i.e. a shared time period between 2007 - 2012) the Spurs would've managed to win 50 games (Pop, Manu and Tony).

You're the only one who tried to suggest that their prime period somehow included the 2002 - 2003 season - no one else did given the context of the statement.

[daslicer]

You were downplaying how great both Tony and Manu were, saying their success was solely a byproduct of playing alongside Duncan.

The argument was made that during their shared peak prime (Manu from 2004 - 2012, Tony from 2007 - 2013; i.e. a shared time period between 2007 - 2012) the Spurs would've managed to win 50 games (Pop, Manu and Tony).

You're the only one who tried to suggest that their prime period somehow included the 2002 - 2003 season - no one else did given the context of the statement.

Wow a fellow Manu defending another. He doesn't need your help. Anyways we had this argument in the other thread. Leave it at that it's pretty much dead.