Trade CP3 and rebuild or embrace the "win now" strategy?

Which team would CP3 be a positive asset for at 40 million. Maybe Toronto if they want to go all in, but even that is unlikely.

 

No one is going to trade for Chris Paul. We need to accept this fact/fate as it is.

EDIT: Sorry. Don't want to be a hypocrite but just like what @daywalker02 stated below, trading Paul is going to be very hard.

 

Both options are interesting enough. The fact that the West is bad, opens up opportunities.

CP's contract is tough to move.

It took the Rox a year to move Ryno's contract.

Not that I am recommending it moving Capela would be easier. Without CP3, Capela only has Turn Over Guy Harden to lob him the ball.

I'd rather tank than giving up anyone that soon. Wait till the offseason. Bench the stars.

 

If they don't get it together soon, I'd absolutely look to trade him. When we gave him that contract, we were banking on the fact that he had at least 2 or 3 more years of last year's level of play left in him. It's becoming more and more obvious as the season goes on that his impact on the team is already greatly diminished from last year.

I'd give him more time, but still.

 

This morning I was thinking something like this,

Trade Paul/Knight for any 3 contracts in the west.

Trade Paul/Knight for any 3 contracts with 20 million expiring in the east.

 

I would absolutely entertain a CP trade that brought us back a couple of picks and a couple of young players. But nobody is that dumb these days. Most likely, CP has 1-2 productive years left and then 1-2 mediocre years. That isn't worth a max to anyone except someone like the Rockets.

 

Some of his money goes to making Harden a better player and a better ball handler. Less TOs and a valid babysitter during the playoffs.

Gets him the Max for 2 years, he does not deserve a 4th year, the 3rd year is arguable/looking worse by the minute.

 

Ask me this question in the WCF, I would agree wholeheartedly.

Ask me now, when I watch this garbage team lose winnable games over and over, and I honestly don't know.

Last time I was this disgusted with the Rockets was 15-16. Before that, probably the "Toronto" game with McGrady. Before that, the Pippen season. It doesn't happen often that I become completely disillusioned with our guys.

 

True dat, man. Feel the same.

 

The best idea would be Paul, Knight, Melo, Chriss and Nene to Heat for 3 players.

Hassan Whiteside
$25,434,263
$27,093,018
Tyler Johnson
$19,245,370
$19,245,370
Goran Dragic
$18,109,175
$19,217,900

 

IF we could get a nice deal for CP3 I would do it. It's time to salvage Harden's remaining elite seasons of play.

 

Huh? In what way is that contract not a negative asset?

 

Seriously, who the hell is lining up to take that deal or give you something positive in return?

If you're just swapping bad contract for bad contract(s), I'm probably just gonna keep Chris then.

(No, LeBron/Lakers will not bail Houston out.)

 

Resigning CP for 4yrs $160 mil has and will continue to cripple this franchise.

Finding a team willing to take on that contract for that production will be as hard or harder than finding a trade partner for Ryan Anderson was.

 

I don' think a GM after 50 beers would make that trade. Was a good laugh though.

 

Why not?
Rockets trade $190 million for $135 million salaries. Tilman saves $55 million plus luxury tax.
If Johnson and Dragic opt out, Tilman would save 90 million plus luxury tax.

 

The Nuggets could also get a Millsap replacement, his substitute.

 

I do not want Whiteside back though, he is a good player now but he isn't young enough for us to jump over the fence.

I do not like his contract.