********* 2018 Rockets Offseason **********

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Nino Brown said:

It's officially time to ditch the Eastern and Western conferences and just have a 16 team playoff system


I would take the GS warriors starting 5 over the 5 best from the east.
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Money Ag said:

Hickory High said:

1876er said:

I imagine he'd have taken less to stay here. Maybe not, but he seemed to have good chemistry here and the Suns are awful.

We offered. He chased the money. Story of his career.


Hate it all you want but I will never blame a pro athlete for chasing that cash.

I simply stated a fact. No feelings towards it one way or another.
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Problem with reseeding 1-16 at playoff time is the eastern conference still has a much easier season.

You'd have to blow up the schedule and start over during the season
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Farmer1906 said:

Nino Brown said:

It's officially time to ditch the Eastern and Western conferences and just have a 16 team playoff system


I would take the GS warriors starting 5 over the 5 best from the east.

Not even sure who the starting 5 from the east would be.
Wall
Kyrie
Hayward
Giannis
Embid
Farmer1906
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That's the line up i was thinking. It's damn good but I'd still pick GS.
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Money Ag said:

Hickory High said:

1876er said:

I imagine he'd have taken less to stay here. Maybe not, but he seemed to have good chemistry here and the Suns are awful.

We offered. He chased the money. Story of his career.


Hate it all you want but I will never blame a pro athlete for chasing that cash.

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Carter-Williams shot .351/.236 over the past two seasons. What is his role going to be?
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Guitarsoup said:

Carter-Williams shot .351/.236 over the past two seasons. What is his role going to be?


This hopefully.

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Guitarsoup said:

Carter-Williams shot .351/.236 over the past two seasons. What is his role going to be?

I think he's a bench body who can play some PG minutes in an emergency (like if CP3 goes down). Hopefully he never sees the court though.
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Ryan34 said:

Guitarsoup said:

Carter-Williams shot .351/.236 over the past two seasons. What is his role going to be?

I think he's a bench body who can play some PG minutes in an emergency (like if CP3 goes down). Hopefully he never sees the court though.
MCW is a poor man's version of last year's Joe Johnson.
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I'm picturing a guy who can d up on Golden State guards and play like a Shaun Livingston type. I know...wishful thinking. But just trying to picture Morey and MD's vision of him.
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superaggie73 said:

I'm picturing a guy who can d up on Golden State guards and play like a Shaun Livingston type. I know...wishful thinking. But just trying to picture Morey and MD's vision of him.
I actually get why Morey is chasing him. He has a rare set of physical tools that you often don't find in bargain basement buys.

That being said, I would be surprised if Pringles actually wanted him. If you are a guard who can't shoot, I don't think Pringles wants anything to do with you.
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Guitarsoup said:

Carter-Williams shot .351/.236 over the past two seasons. What is his role going to be?


4th guard and PG opinion if there is an injury.
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For fun...... I think that the West would win if you assume that they had time to practice, etc. The Warriors would slaughter the East.

Warriors
Steph
Klay
KD
Draymond
Cousins

West
Westbrook
Harden
Kawhi
Lebron
Davis

East
Wall (or Kyrie, or Simmons)
Oladipo
Giannis
Porzingis
Embid
CreedBratton
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1876er said:

Still don't understand letting Ariza walk.

I might be in the minority, but I don't give two ****s about losing Ariza. He can take his 0-12 shooting from 3 and enjoy Phoenix
gibbs2016
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CoachRTM said:

For fun...... I think that the West would win if you assume that they had time to practice, etc. The Warriors would slaughter the East.

Warriors
Steph
Klay
KD
Draymond
Cousins

West
Westbrook
Harden
Kawhi
Lebron
Davis

East
Wall (or Kyrie, or Simmons)
Oladipo
Giannis
Porzingis
Embid
How the hell did they sign Cousins? That is nuts. Who really wants to watch the NBA with a team like that? Nobody really has a chance against them now, Rockets probably win if CP3 doesn't go down but now we won't get close. Gonna have to roll someones knee or something
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That's basically all you can root for at this point. Stay healthy during the season then hope that the Warriors have an injured KD or Curry.
Farmer1906
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Obviously they did it without KD first but I wonder if they could again.
Guitarsoup
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Lots of Melo to Rockets chatter.
3rdGen2015
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It's worth a gamble if we can sign him to the MLE. Hopefully it goes better than the Ty Lawson experiment.
Aggie09Derek
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Tony Parker to Charlotte for 2 years/10 million
Guitarsoup
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3rdGen2015 said:

It's worth a gamble if we can sign him to the MLE. Hopefully it goes better than the Ty Lawson experiment.
More likely the vet minimum. And he won't cost you a #15 pick.
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Its pretty sad for Melo when you can make a case you would rather see Tucker starting, but he could be a valuable piece if he is cheap and doesn't mind listening to Dantoni this time around. I would love to see us find a way to pluck Korver away from Cleveland.
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CFTXAG10 said:

Its pretty sad for Melo when you can make a case you would rather see Tucker starting, but he could be a valuable piece if he is cheap and doesn't mind listening to Dantoni this time around. I would love to see us find a way to pluck Korver away from Cleveland.
He'll never listen to any coach, plays no defense, won't come off the bench, and won't pass the basketball out of the post. His style of offensive basketball is cancerous to team success as he takes inefficient shots, and needs to "play his game" just like Dwight Howard.
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3rdGen2015 said:

It's worth a gamble if we can sign him to the MLE. Hopefully it goes better than the Ty Lawson experiment.
He's a negative on both ends of the floor and the locker room. Not worth anything other than the vet min especially considering that we spent the MLE on Tucker last year who turned out great on both ends.
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Guitarsoup said:

Lots of Melo to Rockets chatter.

Not sure I like the idea of this. He has skills but he is a headcase. If it happens, hopefully CP3 can keep him focused and in check
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Only way I sign Melo is for the veteran's minimum and have him come off the bench. Could actually see a role for him to come off the bench and drain threes on the second unit of the other team. I give him a short leash and tell him if there's any kind of friction he is gone.
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OKC is paying millions to Melo to just go away? because they feel it would be an 'addition by subtraction' situation for their team? Best not to hope For too much if picking up that kind of player.
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Pumpkinhead said:

OKC is paying millions to Melo to just go away? because they feel it would be an 'addition by subtraction' situation for their team? Best not to hope For too much if picking up that kind of player.

They're paying millions to save a ton more millions. Their tax bill is insane.
Guitarsoup
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Depending on how much Melo takes in the buyout, OKC can save about $100,000,000 by paying Melo to not play for them.
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Ryan34 said:

Pumpkinhead said:

OKC is paying millions to Melo to just go away? because they feel it would be an 'addition by subtraction' situation for their team? Best not to hope For too much if picking up that kind of player.

They're paying millions to save a ton more millions. Their tax bill is insane.
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Guitarsoup said:

Lots of Melo to Rockets chatter.
Chatter like the chatter that your homeboys bring up in the group-text, or is it credible chatter? Because I've heard plenty of the former but nothing substantive from the latter.
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Harden and CP3 should probably be playing about 60 games during the meaningless regular season anyway. So during those games, Carmelo should be able to shoot the team into a 30 point loss; who cares. He's happy, he gobbles meaningless minutes, and everyone wins.
Hickory High
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Bet all this "Melo chatter" is completely manufactured by media and fans, not the team.
lil99chris
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....anybody go to International Smoke yet?!?!?
 
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