I don't think they have announced, but no way they play on WED. I think they have to wait until FRI so they can show a game each day for the next week at leastIs Game 1 WCF next day or Friday?
I don't think they have announced, but no way they play on WED. I think they have to wait until FRI so they can show a game each day for the next week at leastIs Game 1 WCF next day or Friday?
Since they're alternating days between the series, one of the conference finals had to go on the sunday. If the ECF goes 7, its Game 7 will be the following Sunday.Game 1 is Friday and Game 2 will go up against Patriots-Seahawks on Sunday night. I would have avoided Sundays if I was the NBA.
https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2017/6/28/15886854/chris-paul-houston-rockets-trade-no-cap-space-nba-free-agencyTechnically, Paul is only making a one-year commitment to the Rockets. He can become a free agent again next summer and command the same maximum contract on the open market that he bypassed this year to facilitate this trade.
But there are ways the Rockets can work around that to keep Paul around for the long haul.
The most obvious is to agree to a wink-wink arrangement and agree to pay Paul a full five-year maximum deal next summer. Because Paul is being traded rather than signed, the Rockets would have his full Bird Rights.
Houston DOES have one of those players; but Houston never was able to maximize their team even while having a Top 5 player, MVP winner and durable superstar. This wasn't a team like Indiana trying to scrape together a competitive roster with nothing; this was a team with a super-duper star.Your point about the Paul extension is entirely fair. I will once again say that when you don't have a LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Steph Curry or Kevin Durant and the road to a championship runs through them, you have to be creative. I don't fault Morey at all for what he was trying to do. Its amazing that he even took the risk on some level.
Harden is not one of those guys. That much is clear. Again, the last eight championships have involved one of James, Leonard, Curry and/or Durant. While many metrics and traditional stats show Harden as being in their class, its clear to anyone who watches the sport that he just isn't as good as them.Houston DOES have one of those players; but Houston never was able to maximize their team even while having a Top 5 player, MVP winner and durable superstar. This wasn't a team like Indiana trying to scrape together a competitive roster with nothing; this was a team with a super-duper star.
It seems like we are going to just disagree on this, but I don't buy this at all. Harden isn't just some super strange player that can only play one particular way and Morey did his best with those limitations. Harden is one of the most skilled basketball players in the history of the sport; Houston chose to play a particular way and my belief is that it ended up handicapping the team overall which is why people view Harden as not being on the same level as the people you mentioned, because that style did not win in the playoffs and at the end of the day, was fairly easy to defend by a well-orchestrated playoff defense.Harden is not one of those guys. That much is clear. Again, the last eight championships have involved one of James, Leonard, Curry and/or Durant. While many metrics and traditional stats show Harden as being in their class, its clear to anyone who watches the sport that he just isn't as good as them.
My point, which I am apparently not clear on is this - you have this unique generational offensive talent with Harden but he is also a misfit toy in terms of size, style of play etc. Morey could have kept going with what Houston was doing with Capela or even gone more traditional but that wasn't likely to yield different results. So Morey decided to go all-in and I am glad he did if only because we got to see something different. I suspect we won't see a move like that - where a GM essentially experiments with a nominally contending team - for a long time.
Harrell is on the short list of worst player in the bubble. Downright awful in every aspect of the game.Harrell minutes alert
Yup. They've quit. Denver getting an open 3 every time downIs this really happening?
He looks turrible.Paul George’s rep may never recover if they lose this
You changed your prediction quickly.This Denver team loses in 5 to the Lakers.
About as quick as your opinion on Wiggins...You changed your prediction quickly.
They can absolutely beat the Lakers playing like this. Jokic can drag Davis around the perimeter and wear him the hell out.This Denver team loses in 5 to the Lakers.
Closer to how quick you last in bed.About as quick as your opinion on Wiggins...
Damn, that cold. Considering how quick you switched on Wiggins. Good for you, you are king of "hypothetical" trades like JA.Closer to how quick you last in bed.