I watched the Houston game and it's one game...it's against Chicago...but....
First Impressions
--- John Wall is still John Wall...every bit.
--- Boogie Cousins is like 20-30 pounds lighter, no more baby fat (for the first time I've ever seen him) and in the first 1:50 he had 5 points (a 3 and a breakaway dunk), 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 block and was extremely vocal on defense.. That could easily go away, but he showed it all today.... 3-4 from 3, he did it on the block, and he drove to the basket. He took two charges...
The centers for Houston --- Caboclo and Cousins went 8-12 from 3....67% W...o...w And that's with NO Christian Wood and no PJ Tucker...and NO James Harden. They were sharing the ball and playing better defense than I've seen from Houston...granted Chicago, but I look at rotations and effort more than the opponent. Were they in the right place? Did they get to the shooters?
You have to think...it's pre-season, but I'd be entertaining the opening thought "Does James Harden's lack of leadership and cancerous attitude and complete NON-winner mentality make us worse than his talent and ball domination makes them better?" Could they get another player like a Ben Simmons, kick up their defense, have a roll man in the pick and roll...I'd ship that overgrown toddler out to whatever would give me a bag of soccer balls and a pile of picks and say "Good riddance, moron".
If I'm a Houston fan, I'm looking at this game as hope to say not only does this allow them to trade James Harden, but they might be almost as good (or even better) after they trade him...and be set up for the future in picks that they had to trade to get Westbrook and Paul.
First Impressions
--- John Wall is still John Wall...every bit.
--- Boogie Cousins is like 20-30 pounds lighter, no more baby fat (for the first time I've ever seen him) and in the first 1:50 he had 5 points (a 3 and a breakaway dunk), 1 rebound, 1 steal, 1 block and was extremely vocal on defense.. That could easily go away, but he showed it all today.... 3-4 from 3, he did it on the block, and he drove to the basket. He took two charges...
The centers for Houston --- Caboclo and Cousins went 8-12 from 3....67% W...o...w And that's with NO Christian Wood and no PJ Tucker...and NO James Harden. They were sharing the ball and playing better defense than I've seen from Houston...granted Chicago, but I look at rotations and effort more than the opponent. Were they in the right place? Did they get to the shooters?
You have to think...it's pre-season, but I'd be entertaining the opening thought "Does James Harden's lack of leadership and cancerous attitude and complete NON-winner mentality make us worse than his talent and ball domination makes them better?" Could they get another player like a Ben Simmons, kick up their defense, have a roll man in the pick and roll...I'd ship that overgrown toddler out to whatever would give me a bag of soccer balls and a pile of picks and say "Good riddance, moron".
If I'm a Houston fan, I'm looking at this game as hope to say not only does this allow them to trade James Harden, but they might be almost as good (or even better) after they trade him...and be set up for the future in picks that they had to trade to get Westbrook and Paul.
"There are no friends on the court." - Luka Doncic