Woj: Westbrook to Houston for CP3

[Chillen]

Are people really laughing at the Rockets and Thunder?

Rockets got the only way to trade Paul away. And the Thunder, in exchange for Westbrook, got Chris Paul and 4 first round picks. Now compare that to what we got for Kawhi, the best ing player in the entire World.

Raptors were very fortunate that the stars aligned with Kawhi and they ringed. Spurs couldn't get much for Kawhi because he wasn't going to stay with the team that traded for him. Raptors gambled and lost but won if that makes any sense. He still went to an LA team. Kawhi had the Spurs in a strangle hold and they got what they could get even if we all know it should have been way better.

[paperboy77]

Lets just take Westbrook and put him in a system that encourages him to shoot more threes. That will work for sure.

It will be an interesting experiment. Ultimately it'll be a great big disaster.

[dbestpro]

Maybe they will move Paul for Wall.

[talkspurs]

I am thinking CP3 goes to Miami.
http://www.espn.com/nba/tradeMachine and a first because we know OKC cant do a trade without receiving a first or 2.

[gambit1990]

always thought cp3 would get traded, bought out, and join the lakers...

but that was before the kawhi / PG thing... damn, clips would be so stacked with cp3... kawhi, PG, cp3, beverly, lou williams, landry shamet, montrezl harrell, jamychal green...

[benefactor]

Maybe they will move Paul for Wall.

[ironman2886]

PATFO need to be sliding into some teams DMs. Come on.

[timvp]

1. Presti had Durant, Harden, Westbrook all entering their primes ... and fumbled it away. Amazing failure.

2. I can't picture how Hardenball is going to work with Westbrook on the court. When Harden isos, the player who is defending Westbrook will just sag into the paint and dare Westbrook to win games with his historically bad jumper. At least when the ball is in Westbrook's hands, he's a threat. Take the ball away from him and he's a liability.

3. The picks price the Rockets paid doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not like they got out of CP3's contract -- they basically just swapped it for a slightly better contract. Houston's move would make sense if Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>> CP3 but, really, they're pretty close to even ... especially when you factor in fit next to Harden.

4. OKC has a ton of assets but they'll have to use some of those assets to get rid of CP3. I can't imagine that remains a pretty situation ... and there's too much money involved too far out into the future to cleanly buy him out.

5. Reading between the lines, the Rockets were told by Harden that CP3 had to GTFO. This was their best way to do that and still retain equal-ish value, I guess.

6. OKC has 8 first and 4 pick flips or whatever ....... but they'd trade it all for a young Durant or a young Harden. And they had them both. Plus Westbrook. Ouch.

[Big P]

Raptors were very fortunate that the stars aligned with Kawhi and they ringed. Spurs couldn't get much for Kawhi because he wasn't going to stay with the team that traded for him. Raptors gambled and lost but won if that makes any sense. He still went to an LA team. Kawhi had the Spurs in a strangle hold and they got what they could get even if we all know it should have been way better.

They could have traded him to the clips for Tobias Harris/ Avery Bradly and the 13/14 pick last year instead of trying to him over and send him off to nowhere..he was going to end up in la anyway, why not get the best package possible.

[ducks]

Chris Paul gets to end his career on a collapsing, dying team in the middle of nowhere.

Thunder trade him for more picks later

[ironman2886]

Jesus Christ, all the future picks that OKC has acquired will be used on dudes that haven’t even been born yet.

[Dex]

1. Presti had Durant, Harden, Westbrook all entering their primes ... and fumbled it away. Amazing failure.

2. I can't picture how Hardenball is going to work with Westbrook on the court. When Harden isos, the player who is defending Westbrook will just sag into the paint and dare Westbrook to win games with his historically bad jumper. At least when the ball is in Westbrook's hands, he's a threat. Take the ball away from him and he's a liability.

3. The picks price the Rockets paid doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not like they got out of CP3's contract -- they basically just swapped it for a slightly better contract. Houston's move would make sense if Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>> CP3 but, really, they're pretty close to even ... especially when you factor in fit next to Harden.

4. OKC has a ton of assets but they'll have to use some of those assets to get rid of CP3. I can't imagine that remains a pretty situation ... and there's too much money involved too far out into the future to cleanly buy him out.

5. Reading between the lines, the Rockets were told by Harden that CP3 had to GTFO. This was their best way to do that and still retain equal-ish value, I guess.

6. OKC has 8 first and 4 pick flips or whatever ....... but they'd trade it all for a young Durant or a young Harden. And they had them both. Plus Westbrook. Ouch.

[Mugen]

If all of Oklahoma pooled their money together, they could maybe afford to buy out one month off CP3's contract tbh.

[UZER]

Will OKC fans still do the dumb stand til someone on their teams makes a shot? They’ll be standing for a while.

[RD2191]

Are people really laughing at the Rockets and Thunder?

Rockets got the only way to trade Paul away. And the Thunder, in exchange for Westbrook, got Chris Paul and 4 first round picks. Now compare that to what we got for Kawhi, the best ing player in the entire World.

86 dropping truth nukes tbh

[FkLA]

Are people really laughing at the Rockets and Thunder?

Rockets got the only way to trade Paul away. And the Thunder, in exchange for Westbrook, got Chris Paul and 4 first round picks. Now compare that to what we got for Kawhi, the best ing player in the entire World.

Come on, bro. You're a lot smarter than that.

[Chinook]

1. Presti had Durant, Harden, Westbrook all entering their primes ... and fumbled it away. Amazing failure.

2. I can't picture how Hardenball is going to work with Westbrook on the court. When Harden isos, the player who is defending Westbrook will just sag into the paint and dare Westbrook to win games with his historically bad jumper. At least when the ball is in Westbrook's hands, he's a threat. Take the ball away from him and he's a liability.

3. The picks price the Rockets paid doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not like they got out of CP3's contract -- they basically just swapped it for a slightly better contract. Houston's move would make sense if Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>> CP3 but, really, they're pretty close to even ... especially when you factor in fit next to Harden.

4. OKC has a ton of assets but they'll have to use some of those assets to get rid of CP3. I can't imagine that remains a pretty situation ... and there's too much money involved too far out into the future to cleanly buy him out.

5. Reading between the lines, the Rockets were told by Harden that CP3 had to GTFO. This was their best way to do that and still retain equal-ish value, I guess.

6. OKC has 8 first and 4 pick flips or whatever ....... but they'd trade it all for a young Durant or a young Harden. And they had them both. Plus Westbrook. Ouch.

Yeah, on RealGM, some are jacking Presti off for the trade, but eventually you gotta just win games. Hinkie also won every trade he did, but he wasn't a winning GM either. Players aren't trading cards. You can't just keep buying and dealing until something works out.

I'm thinking it'll be Paul, a first and a swap for a bad contract, a meh contract and a young player with okay value. Something like Paul, one of the Heat picks and a Houston swap for Olynik, Waiters and Winslow. Miami would have Dragic's expiring and some assets left to chase a third piece, and OKC would still have a good net-victory from the Westbrook trade. , Winslow may get a first back in a trade by himself.

[Mugen]

Inherit Durant, draft 2 future MVPs, guys like Adams/Ibaka, get the most bull calls in the last 10 years...and absolutely nothing to show for it.

RefKC

[Trainwreck2100]

Why keep him? Just go into the tank.

because they'd have to give him 9 figures to go somewhere else. Buy outs aren't some magic tool, you still have to pay the player to leave.

[td4mvp2k]

morey

[Ron Swanson]

[MaNu4Tres]

1. Presti had Durant, Harden, Westbrook all entering their primes ... and fumbled it away. Amazing failure.

2. I can't picture how Hardenball is going to work with Westbrook on the court. When Harden isos, the player who is defending Westbrook will just sag into the paint and dare Westbrook to win games with his historically bad jumper. At least when the ball is in Westbrook's hands, he's a threat. Take the ball away from him and he's a liability.

3. The picks price the Rockets paid doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not like they got out of CP3's contract -- they basically just swapped it for a slightly better contract. Houston's move would make sense if Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>> CP3 but, really, they're pretty close to even ... especially when you factor in fit next to Harden.

4. OKC has a ton of assets but they'll have to use some of those assets to get rid of CP3. I can't imagine that remains a pretty situation ... and there's too much money involved too far out into the future to cleanly buy him out.

5. Reading between the lines, the Rockets were told by Harden that CP3 had to GTFO. This was their best way to do that and still retain equal-ish value, I guess.

6. OKC has 8 first and 4 pick flips or whatever ....... but they'd trade it all for a young Durant or a young Harden. And they had them both. Plus Westbrook. Ouch.

To be fair, OKC was dealt a lot of tough hands with injuries. Let's not forget the runs they played without KD, Westbrook, and Ibaka for the first 2 games vs. SA.

And OKC got likely 4 lottery picks( 2 1sts and 2 pick swaps) since Harden will be on the decline.

Presti does deserve blame for paying Perkins and letting Harden go. But yeah, OKC had tough breaks those runs with KD, Westbrook.

[slick'81]

86 dropping truth nukes tbh

When in doubt make fun of laker or rockets tbh

[MaNu4Tres]

1. Presti had Durant, Harden, Westbrook all entering their primes ... and fumbled it away. Amazing failure.

2. I can't picture how Hardenball is going to work with Westbrook on the court. When Harden isos, the player who is defending Westbrook will just sag into the paint and dare Westbrook to win games with his historically bad jumper. At least when the ball is in Westbrook's hands, he's a threat. Take the ball away from him and he's a liability.

3. The picks price the Rockets paid doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's not like they got out of CP3's contract -- they basically just swapped it for a slightly better contract. Houston's move would make sense if Westbrook >>>>>>>>>>> CP3 but, really, they're pretty close to even ... especially when you factor in fit next to Harden.

4. OKC has a ton of assets but they'll have to use some of those assets to get rid of CP3. I can't imagine that remains a pretty situation ... and there's too much money involved too far out into the future to cleanly buy him out.

5. Reading between the lines, the Rockets were told by Harden that CP3 had to GTFO. This was their best way to do that and still retain equal-ish value, I guess.

6. OKC has 8 first and 4 pick flips or whatever ....... but they'd trade it all for a young Durant or a young Harden. And they had them both. Plus Westbrook. Ouch.

To be fair, OKC was dealt a lot of tough hands with injuries. Let's not forget the runs they played without KD, Westbrook, and Ibaka for the first 2 games vs. SA.

And OKC got likely 4 lottery picks( 2 1sts and 2 pick swaps) since Harden will be on the decline.

Presti does deserve blame for paying Perkins and letting Harden go. But yeah, OKC had tough breaks those runs with KD, Westbrook.

[paperboy77]

WB is now on a roster that has shooters / obviously younger and more athletic than cp3.

Yeah that sounds logical but it's going to require WB to fundamentally change his game. Good for Houston if that happens or if Harden fundamentally changes his game... then it may work. I just doubt it. Nothing about those two players tells us they can change.

MAGA!