Oklahoma City Thunder trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for Chris Paul, first-round picks in 2024 and 2026

[zack54attack]

Westbrook is owed $171 million for the next four years. Is that better?

Better player. For how Paul has been the past few seasons, the contract is WOOF.

 

[SilenceS]

Better player. For how Paul has been the past few seasons, the contract is WOOF.

OKC percentages actually increased to make the playoffs with the trade. lol

 

[anotheridiot]

Two first rounders 5 and 7 years away. What's odd about that lol?

Its actually pretty damned smart. Most probably the time Houston is done with Harden and Westrbrook and in some stage of retooling or rebuilding. I am sure Harden had to sign off on this, thought he was happy to have gotten away from Westbrook.

 

[bamainatlanta]

https://www.sbnation.com/2019/7/12/...brook-trade-rockets-chris-paul-winners-losers

"
Days after Paul George’s shocking separation from the Thunder, Russell Westbrook followed suit in a shocking blockbuster deal that sent the former MVP to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Chris Paul and multiple first-round picks. The deal changes everything for the Rockets, who will stack former OKC stars in pursuit of a title widely perceived to be there for the taking. Meanwhile, it puts Oklahoma City in a full-on rebuild, if the Thunder weren’t there already.
How much this trade moves the needle for Houston is open to interpretation. Westbrook has been awful at the core principle of Houston’s analytics-heavy style of play: shooting efficiency. His fit in an offense that lives and dies by James Harden’s every movement will require adjustment. But it’s yet to be seen who will be doing the adjusting and how willing either might be, even if the two have played together before.
The Rockets’ big move wasn’t a harmless experiment, either. The Rockets sent the Thunder two first-round picks in 2024 and 2026 (protected No. 1-4) and two pick swaps in 2021 and 2025, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Here are the winners and losers of yet another summer 2019 brain-buster."

After reading this, good thing GarPax didn't trade for him

 

[clonetrooper264]

What a wild offseason. OKC comes away with picks...if nothing else they're future assets they can use down the line. Houston hasn't really improved their chances of anything this season

 

[bamainatlanta]

Lowe: Are the Rockets better? Pressure's on Russ and Harden now

Can these two MVPs play together again? It's up to them to make it work.

www.espn.com

 

[zack54attack]

OKC percentages actually increased to make the playoffs with the trade. lol

Something is wrong with that formula then lol