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

[CS707]

CP3 to the Lakers for Danny Green / KCP / Avery Bradley on Dec 15...

He’ll be out for the season by December.

[FNQ]

Fan. There are only about a few hundred of us. Stop giving us to much credit.

I’d rather be a Hawks fan right now. What a future you are looking at..

I hope so man. We're ATL, we always find a way to screw up something. I do like the way we our headed though. *crosses fingers*

We miss Schlenk. Y’all will be good.. I’m betting heavy on ATL’s O/U this year

[Lilseb93]

Those people consider the haul light.. I wouldn’t look too deeply into it. Miami can still be in play for CP3 which is probably better for ya anyways.

No thanks to CP3. He's on the decline and his contract is even worse.

I can def see fans not liking it, but gotta do something w Butler. In terms of value/talent trade offs, won’t do much better than CP3

We're still poking Washington to get Beal. That was the original plan before this. Washington keeps saying no, but they keep trying. This is the case I can see Miami trading their young players for.

[ocelot17]

People don’t realize that after starting off the season 7-11, harden had to average nearly 40 ppg just to keep the rockets afloat. A lot of that stems from the fact that Paul was no longer an all star and he couldn’t carry the offensive load anymore.

Now with Westbrook, harden doesn’t have to carry the team on his back.

[Lilseb93]

Those people consider the haul light.. I wouldn’t look too deeply into it. Miami can still be in play for CP3 which is probably better for ya anyways.

No thanks to CP3. He's on the decline and his contract is even worse.

Westbrook has one more year and he wasn't exactly lighting the world on fire this past season. He looks to be on the decline himself and his should be much steeper considering how much of his game revolves around athleticism. Paul should still, at the very least, be a top 20-25 player in the league the next two seasons. He's also a much better fit next to Butler. The biggest issue with him is actually making it onto the court. I see him having a very strong bounce back season now that he isn't stuck just watching Harden dribble around and launch 10 step back 3pters a game.

Even if he's good next year, the contract is too big for such an old player. I'd rather have the flexibility.

[teke184]

Westbrook must’ve preferred Houston. They probably could’ve gotten more. CP3 is a negative in itself

One of the tweets says Westbrook wanted Houston and they wanted to do right by him.

I’d have rather gotten better talent back or shed more money than one $40m season but that’s just me. There had to be someone offering better than CP3, two picks likely to be late firsts, and some swaps.

[scrabbarista]

Anyone have the protections yet?

[CelticSooner]

Morey making trades like a guy about to jump ship. I’m sure Paul is loving his return to OKC tonight lol

[FNQ]

No thanks to CP3. He's on the decline and his contract is even worse.

I can def see fans not liking it, but gotta do something w Butler. In terms of value/talent trade offs, won’t do much better than CP3

We're still poking Washington to get Beal. That was the original plan before this. Washington keeps saying no, but they keep trying. This is the case I can see Miami trading their young players for.

I don’t think Paul would cost much, maybe Winslow. Certainly not Herro or Bam. But Id wager it’d be more along the Dragic/(filler - Waiters, Olynyk, Leonard) with a lightly protected 1st. If even that! Might not even need the 1st

[teke184]

No thanks to CP3. He's on the decline and his contract is even worse.

I can def see fans not liking it, but gotta do something w Butler. In terms of value/talent trade offs, won’t do much better than CP3

We're still poking Washington to get Beal. That was the original plan before this. Washington keeps saying no, but they keep trying. This is the case I can see Miami trading their young players for.

Miami may get someone to put next to Butler but I don’t think it will be Beal.

A Wizards team that devoid of talent will need picks, which Miami doesn’t have anymore. Presti has them.

[Vlade Divac]

Can’t wait to see CP’s enthusiasm to play with OKC LOL

[woosah]

ok. gotta love the nba

[Trips71]

Future Drafts looking like this:

OKC with the 1st pick
Next up: N.O. Pelicans
#3 OKC
#4 N.O. Pelicans
#5 N.O. Pelicans
#6 OKC

Year after year after year.....

[Arsenal]

Westbrook must’ve preferred Houston. They probably could’ve gotten more. CP3 is a negative in itself

One of the tweets says Westbrook wanted Houston and they wanted to do right by him.

I’d have rather gotten better talent back or shed more money than one $40m season but that’s just me. There had to be someone offering better than CP3, two picks likely to be late firsts, and some swaps.

It's a good deal for OKC. They'll dump Chris Paul soon too.

Presti redeeming himself this offseason.

[XxIronChainzxX]

People don’t realize that after starting off the season 7-11, harden had to average nearly 40 ppg just to keep the rockets afloat. A lot of that stems from the fact that Paul was no longer an all star and he couldn’t carry the offensive load anymore.

Now with Westbrook, harden doesn’t have to carry the team on his back.

He's going to have to carry twice as hard. Westbrook with another MVP candidate couldn't win 50 games and got humiliated in the first round. He made Kanter look like a good defender last year. You're in for some disappointment.

[Arsenal]

I can def see fans not liking it, but gotta do something w Butler. In terms of value/talent trade offs, won’t do much better than CP3

We're still poking Washington to get Beal. That was the original plan before this. Washington keeps saying no, but they keep trying. This is the case I can see Miami trading their young players for.

I don’t think Paul would cost much, maybe Winslow. Certainly not Herro or Bam. But Id wager it’d be more along the Dragic/(filler - Waiters, Olynyk, Leonard) with a lightly protected 1st. If even that! Might not even need the 1st

I don't think it takes more than Dragic + Leonard + Johnson for Paul and Patterson.

Dragic and Leonard are expiring and Johnson has a player option for $15M after this season.

[iggymcfrack]

Presti GOAT? What an absolutely horrible deal for Houston. They get a worse PG on a worse contract who fits worse next to Harden as a #2 and give up 2 first rounders and 2 pick swaps? Insane! Houston’s chance of coming out of the West now has to be close to zero and long-term they’re ****.

[BallerTalk]

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all usless picks

harden will be 37 in 2026 if still playing or on Hou...
Russ will be 38 and have retired or will be gone..

Hou can be a very bad team in a few years, let alone in 2024 and then 2025 and 2026.

Presti is unbelievable

When was the last time Houston was bad enough for a top 10 pick?

[karkinos]

this trade should've happened when kd and harden were still on okc.

[nymets1]

It might be possible the Rockets get as high as the 3rd seed behind Clippers and Lakers but 3 seed is the highest they go cause Lakers and Clippers will be so good assuming they stay healthy. I think OKC is going to finish with the worst record in the NBA this upcoming year.