Yep.
I laid that hypothetical out a week ago. Paul may not want to come if they hang on to parker and aren't in a position to make changes to benefit the team.
there were reports that cp3 had an issue with doc rivers showing austin favoritism. and doc didn't want to send his son to ny for melo.
pop thinks of tony as a son... and wouldn't trade him to make the team better either.
meanwhile, morey's fine with making moves.
Morey has always been fine making moves; the question I'm asking you is who has had more success in the past 3, 5 or even 10 years?there were reports that cp3 had an issue with doc rivers showing austin favoritism. and doc didn't want to send his son to ny for melo.
pop thinks of tony as a son... and wouldn't trade him to make the team better either.
meanwhile, morey's fine with making moves.
Which team, HOU or SA had to make moves to become a WCF team for a shot at GS?
what you're asking isn't at all relevant to the point i made.
morey will make will try to make his team better at any costs.
doc and pop will... as long as it doesn't involve austin/tony. not trying to beat a dead horse but tony's contract is a hinderance.
CP3 will be injured more often in that system. Pringles will run him into the ground
Its very relevant. Making moves does not in itself make the team better. If it did, Morey's teams would be better than SA and they aren't.
Sometimes the right move is a small move and continuity. Drafting well. Etc..Its not fantasy basketball and just about trades.
You aren't making any sense in trying to draw that weird parallel even though we all know that TP's contract *could* be hindering the Spurs.
It's only hindering if a free agent truly says yes and SA can't move him which remains to be seen.
I don't know about that considering harden will be there to share the load with him.
There's a real possibility of that. CP3 has been in the league 12 years, and 5 of those he's missed 18 games or more. And D'Antoni teams only run at one speed.
they lost their best d playerI'll never believe that Houston is a real contender until I see it, but you'd have to be a delusional homer to ignore that they improved their roster, tbh..they lost a replaceable role player(Beverley) and the easiest type of player to find in the NBA(Lou Williams, volume shooting, no D type) in exchange for a top 3 PG..
I get it, though..there were many here arguing that the Warriors were making a mistake by signing Durant and losing scrubs, despite Durant being a far more natural fit with GS than Paul is with Houston
The best defensive PG in the NBA is still just a PG, limited impact in today's league..
What would it take for the Rockets to face the Warriors in the 2nd round instead the Spurs? Is this even possible? Would be a shootout.
Exactly. The "best defensive PG in the NBA" was getting torched by 35-year old Tony Parker before he went down, and couldn't even contain single-threat Patty Mills and a rookie.
Assuming Golden State will be the 1-seed again (fair assumption), Rockets would have to finish either 4th-5th, and the cards would have to play out right.
rockets 13-0 in games cp3 has played.
adding an all time great PG that's hungry to win and some people are here like, "i don't see how it's gonna work."
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Good call gambit. Wished we could have gotten him.
Houston is 14-0 with Paul, breaking a tie with Dennis Rodman of the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls for the most consecutive victories by a starter to begin a tenure with a new team, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Wow, the Spurs had a hand in both those records. They traded Rodman to the Bulls and the Spurs didn't do enough to get Paul. He said there was uncertainty with Pop staying on and the Aldridge situation was unsettling to him.
Looking like they have. I'll take my crow fried with corn on the cob.
He's playing great with Harden. I didn't think both could co-exist but they have proven me wrong. This has to be the first time in NBA history where a team has had 2 players averaging over 9 assists game. IF he takes out the Spurs or Warriors during the playoffs than I will eat crow.
Nobody wanted to touch Rodman in the summer of '95 outside of bulls. CP3 was never going to come here. Houston is bigger market than SA thus making it more attractive and he would not have come here out of respect for Parker. They are both very good friends and I couldn't see him wanting to take Parker's spot while being on the same team. Spurs never had a chance with him much like they had no chance with Durant in the summer of '16. Don't be naive and assume a star player is coming to SA because you here the players representatives throughout SA as one of their possible destinations. That's just a bargaining tool used to scare other teams into signing the player quicker.
I thought that too, but I saw a video of him discussing his free agency with a friend of his. In that video, it seems like the Spurs were a legit consideration. Have you seen that video? It was an older guy that he was discussing it with, but I can't remember what line of work he was in.
I didn't see the clip but since he was on camera I wouldn't take it seriously because it was probably all for show. A lot of guys express love for Pop and Spurs but they never come here. I can guarantee you that if the Cavs lose again in the Finals this year to the Warriors that we will here Lebron's people leak out the Spurs as one of the possible teams that Lebron wants to play for. Just watch how Lebron will then sign with Houston or some other team. Like I said before throwing the Spurs name out in FA discussions is a great bargaining tool to scare rival teams into signing the player immediately.
I thought the same thing. I expected a collapse of personalities on court but they started great, I guess this long winning streak has helped them to mesh.
But I still wonder how they would look after having a couple of bad loses in playoffs
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