Woj - Westbrook traded to Houston for Chris Paul, 2024 & 2026 1st round picks, 2021/2025 pick swaps

[WestbrookGOATed]

**** you Morey, fire this dude right now. He's suppose to be chasing stars, not frauds. AND two picks, get the **** outta here.

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Westbrook is a fraud but Harden isn't. OK.

[Smitson]

Pretty good trade for Houston, I can’t imagine OKC will be better than them anytime soon and Westbrook/his contract are much better than Paul’s.

[kobyz]

OKC main motivation in this trade was to make Russ happy

[nzahir]

BROOOO THE ROCKETS WON THIS TRADE BY A LOT

How?

Transition: They improve with Russ
Half court: get much worse with less spacing and more stagnant offense
Defense: Get worse, chris is still a very good defender. Russ takes too many gambles, not disciplined, out of position

Lateral move, maybe a bit better, higher ceiling though so maybe that was the point. But Hou had GS with KD on the ropes twice, should have stuck it out another year, very stupid. And giving away tons of picks and swaps.


Other way around

[YamiRain]

Ain't no one trading for CP3.

but....

now it comes down to if OKC will play with CP3 and buy him out or not.

[Froob]

Wow feel like there’s a lot for Houston. Maybe Russ will do well with shooters.

[Black Mage]

What in the hell.. Presti is an absolute idiot.

Wait till you see him send CP3 to the TWolves for Wiggins and a 1st.

[Pet Poeltl]

Am I the only one who doesn’t hate this for OKC? They’ve pilled up 7 first round picks this offseason with multiple swaps as well. They weren’t going to compete anyways. I imagine they’ll be able to flip Paul for more picks eventually as well.

[Jcool0]

Presti is going to deal off Chris Paul for more picks. Dude is stacking chips at this point.

Uh no. No one else is going to trade for Chris Paul.

[Ballerhogger]

God the hate Westbrook gets here is INSANE

LMAO Watch the rockets be a top 3 seed

They will be really insane in the pick and roll. defensivly westbrook will have to step it up. No more triple dubs though

[teke184]

Does OKC buy out CP3? I can’t see any point in keeping him or anyone willing to take him. I guess he’s a big name who can sell tickets, but not a “locker room” guy for a rebuilding team.

CP3 is owed $120m across three season. No way he takes a buyout on that.

[ragesincemdxvi]

Oh man the West will be a car crash

The team coming out of the west it's just going to lay on the floor and die in the finals.

mistake

[Ballerhogger]

Wow feel like there’s a lot for Houston. Maybe Russ will do well with shooters.

He should

[Effigy]

Does OKC buy out CP3? I can’t see any point in keeping him or anyone willing to take him. I guess he’s a big name who can sell tickets, but not a “locker room” guy for a rebuilding team.

They couldn’t buy him out, could they? His contract goes on for years. That would be a huge boat anchor to pay a guy for years to not play for you.

[basketballRob]

I'd take CP3 over Westbrook

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[Shem]

Harden and Westbrook have a reunion. But that doesn't change the fact that there is only one basketball to play with.

[zshawn10]

Read on Twitter

[EarlyRaptor]

I like it for OKC. Houston should be bad in 2026 and 2027 as Harden and Westbrook will be well past their prime.

[GregOden]

Westbrook and Harden could be nasty. West is gonna be a bloodbath

Sounds more like they went from a 2nd round exit to a 1st round exit

[whatisacenter]

Biggest heist in Sports history lmao.

for which side? seriously.