Hoops

Clippers trade CP3 to Rockets for Beverley, Williams, etc

Crawford has gone to the Hawks as the Clippers get Gallinari.

So Clippers could of had Carmelo with not having to give up much to the Knicks. Yet deal didn't go through to keep sonny boy around. Also Doc on $50/mil for five years is the highest paid coach in the NBA... lol wtf? Sounds like the Rivers clan are well looked after in Clipland.

http://nba.nbcsports.com/2017/06/28/report-favoritism-for-austin-rivers-led-chris-paul-to-despise-doc-rivers/

Big decisions for the Clippers. You'd think Redick and Crawford are both gone. If they keep Blake, they're probably a 40-45 winning team tops. If Blake leaves, do they trade DeAndre and bottom out? I'd say yes.

They were offered pick 4in the draft for DAJ, but turned it down. If you knew CP3 was leaving a week later, you'd probably take it.

Smart move by Paul tryout Houston for a year if he likes it they've now got his Bird rights and he can re-sign for $200m+ if not he and LeBron will both be free-agents this time next year and can pick a team to play together on.

Paul
Harden
Ariza
Anderson
Capella


Need some better forwards.

I think teams would both be happy to add either Williams or Crawford, so they have value as trade pieces. Seems like a case of get as much as you can because he walks anyway. not a bad result in that case.

What will LAC do with Williams and Crawford? Are they somewhat similar players?

Getting Beverley is probably not awful, right?

Not convinced this will work. Both very much ball dominant PG's, so not sure who controls the ball the majority of the time. Harden has just produced a fantastic season as the primary ball handler. Feel like PG13 or Hayward would've been a much better fit.

The positives - they didn't have to give up much for him, although a threadbare bench just became more threadbare. Not sure how comfortable i'd be in giving CP3 $150 million, if i was the Rockets though.

Big day in the NBA in general with this trade, Phil finally getting the flick in NYC, Woj moving to ESPN!

They have tried to pair Harden with another playmaker before (Lawson) and that didn't work, but probably more to do with Lawson than anything. You need multiple playmakers to be successfull in this NBA, so it was definitely worth the trade.

CPs PnR game will flourish in Houston, but Mike D will want him to speed up the pace and he and Harden will need to take a slight step backwards in terms of having the ball in their hands.

What else do they need to content with the Dubs?

Carter has confirmed he is 95% sure he is going to sign a contract with the swede's.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/carter-looks-forward-to-swede-contract/story-e6frecj3-1226053610489

he asked for more money in attempt to delay or even have them say its too much but sounds like it didnt stop them at all which has made him more interested. almost seems as though we are going backwards?