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Harden apparently opened up trade destinations to 4 teams now:

Philly
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Miami

@therealjondoe @TooTrilla @BDR @jack walsh13 what y'all giving up?

If you looking at this strictly from HOUSTON SIDE?

Philly HAS to give me Ben Simmons and its the trade that makes the MOST sense.

Brooklyn has to give me EVERYTHING and honestly if I am Houston I aint making Harden happy

Funny I was JUST telling folks BUCKS MAKE SENSE...its not INSANE (they got pieces)

Riley don't want Harden wilding in Miami and Jimmy aint gonna take NO SH*T
 

Source: Houston Rockets' James Harden needs six straight negative COVID-19 tests before being cleared

Houston Rockets star James Harden must have six consecutive negative COVID-19 tests before the NBA will clear him to practice with the team, a league source told ESPN.

Harden, the eight-time All-Star who has requested to be traded to a contender, did not report to the Toyota Center for COVID-19 testing until Tuesday, two days after the Rockets held their first team practice. If he continues to test negative, he could be cleared to practice Monday.
After Wednesday's practice, the Rockets remained uncertain about when Harden would be cleared to practice because they were awaiting word from the NBA about the COVID-19 protocols following the superstar's holdout from training camp.

"We're just trying to iron all that stuff out right now," said first-year Rockets coach Stephen Silas, who also noted that free-agent signee Sterling Brown had yet to practice with the Rockets because of COVID-19 protocols. "I wish I had a good answer for you. I wish I had a better answer for you when it comes to all that, but I don't."

The NBA required players to test negative for the coronavirus for three consecutive days before entering team facilities for individual workouts before training camp. Players were also required to quarantine aside from testing and workouts at the team facility and essential activities such as grocery shopping.

However, Harden opted to work out on his own at the University of Houston, and he attended rapper Lil Baby's birthday party in Atlanta over the weekend and then spent a few nights in Las Vegas. Harden did not wear a mask at the birthday party or in Las Vegas nightclubs, social events that violated the league's COVID-19 protocols.

"It's really hard to kind of put a finger on what the protocol looks like at this point just because of how the timing is," Silas said. "It's not the same timing that everybody else had, right? As far as when he can start doing individual workouts, when he can join the team, when he can practice, we're working with the NBA, trying to figure out exactly when that is.

"But as far as I know right now, there isn't a clear plan as far as what that looks like, just because it's outside of the way that we were doing it with the original group."

During his holdout, Harden and Silas did not have any communication. They had a brief interaction Wednesday, according to Silas.
"I said hello to him," Silas said.
 


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If you looking at this strictly from HOUSTON SIDE?

Philly HAS to give me Ben Simmons and its the trade that makes the MOST sense.

Brooklyn has to give me EVERYTHING and honestly if I am Houston I aint making Harden happy

Funny I was JUST telling folks BUCKS MAKE SENSE...its not INSANE (they got pieces)

Riley don't want Harden wilding in Miami and Jimmy aint gonna take NO SH*T
Yeah Simmons gotta be in the trade from Philly. If not it's a no go. Plus because it's Philly I think Tillman won't do it because of Morey being there.

Brooklyn trade even with them giving up everything the centerpieces (Levert/Dinwiddie) are either too old or not under contract past this year. The trade package they were offering was trash juice so I'll pass.

Milwaukee in interesting but Giannis likely headed to South Beach or out west so Harden would be right back at square one if he went there. Plus you can't really forget the comments they made about each other... can't see them working out and not having a little animosity brewing just beneath the surface.

Miami you summed up perfectly. Butler aint putting up with Harden shit, Riley probably don't think he'll buy in, night life is too tempting there, and it'll hurt them too much to get that trade done, as it'll likely include Bam plus picks and another key role player or 2.

Honestly, Harden is stuck... instead of signing short term contracts heavily slanted towards the player like Durant or Lebron he went for the big payday and signed extension after extension. Now he sitting here pissed looking at 2 more years before he even hit the player option.

This is his own doing.
 
Lol @ them holding up this trade cause of a white boy name herro

he would be traded so fast

Riley is a loser if he doesn’t get Harden

Jimmy and Harden and Bam?

Y’all niggas would be straight
 
Yeah Simmons gotta be in the trade from Philly. If not it's a no go. Plus because it's Philly I think Tillman won't do it because of Morey being there.

Brooklyn trade even with them giving up everything the centerpieces (Levert/Dinwiddie) are either too old or not under contract past this year. The trade package they were offering was trash juice so I'll pass.

Milwaukee in interesting but Giannis likely headed to South Beach or out west so Harden would be right back at square one if he went there. Plus you can't really forget the comments they made about each other... can't see them working out and not having a little animosity brewing just beneath the surface.

Miami you summed up perfectly. Butler aint putting up with Harden shit, Riley probably don't think he'll buy in, night life is too tempting there, and it'll hurt them too much to get that trade done, as it'll likely include Bam plus picks and another key role player or 2.

Honestly, Harden is stuck... instead of signing short term contracts heavily slanted towards the player like Durant or Lebron he went for the big payday and signed extension after extension. Now he sitting here pissed looking at 2 more years before he even hit the player option.

This is his own doing.
That nigga is gone famo

and he not coming bacc
 
Ok... :dunno:

Most Rockets fans have accepted this fact. Now it's all about getting value for sending him away.
Y’all not getting shit bacc!

y’all taking what teams give you

DM is not in that office

Y’all bout to get some rice and peas

What should do it see if yaw can get Beal
 
And send him right back to playing with Westbrook?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

That would be the perfect cap to 2020! Them 2 back together and the pending heart attack it would give @Amajorfucup
Let them do they thing in the least

y’all would be insane with a Prime Wall Prime Beal and extra motivated Boogie

y’all still gat house freaky ass

Shoe legend tuck

make it happen.
 
Harden gonna act a pure ass if he stays and Silas doesn't deserve that. :smh:
His game and Luka game are so much alike that i can't really see him coming in and fuckin things up because he wants out... plus that'll only serve to piss off mgmt and send his ass to Sacramento or Cleveland... somewhere he definitely don't want to be...

And yeah Silas doesn't deserve this but in the Houston media and among fans this dude has been getting nothing but praise for how he's handled this situation. And the team new GM Rafael Stone put together is damn good.

All this teams in contention to land Harden would have to mortgage their future and come off some significant pieces that currently make them who they are. On paper, injury free, a team of:

Wall
Cousins
Wood
Tucker
Gordon
House Jr.
Nwaba

Is as much a contender with him than any team he's going to be left with after they part with the assets to acquire him.

Miami would have to give up Bam and Herro plus picks... with the possibility of Giannis I'd rather stand pat a year and go at him in free agency next year vs making that trade and losing key players

Milwaukee don't have shit i want... besides Giannis and Jrue who is there after losing all they did to acquire Jrue?

Philly would have to be Simmons, Thybulle, someone else plus picks

Brooklyn just don't have the assets and if they did pull something together they'd be so depleted it wouldn't work... and in all honesty with World B. Flat and Durant they're an injury away, just like the Rockets are with Cousins and Wall.
 
His game and Luka game are so much alike that i can't really see him coming in and fuckin things up because he wants out... plus that'll only serve to piss off mgmt and send his ass to Sacramento or Cleveland... somewhere he definitely don't want to be...

And yeah Silas doesn't deserve this but in the Houston media and among fans this dude has been getting nothing but praise for how he's handled this situation. And the team new GM Rafael Stone put together is damn good.

All this teams in contention to land Harden would have to mortgage their future and come off some significant pieces that currently make them who they are. On paper, injury free, a team of:

Wall
Cousins
Wood
Tucker
Gordon
House Jr.
Nwaba

Is as much a contender with him than any team he's going to be left with after they part with the assets to acquire him.

Miami would have to give up Bam and Herro plus picks... with the possibility of Giannis I'd rather stand pat a year and go at him in free agency next year vs making that trade and losing key players

Milwaukee don't have shit i want... besides Giannis and Jrue who is there after losing all they did to acquire Jrue?

Philly would have to be Simmons, Thybulle, someone else plus picks

Brooklyn just don't have the assets and if they did pull something together they'd be so depleted it wouldn't work... and in all honesty with World B. Flat and Durant they're an injury away, just like the Rockets are with Cousins and Wall.

that was more thought out and well written than ANYTHING I have read from major sport sites in the last 10 days

no f*cking joke
 
His game and Luka game are so much alike that i can't really see him coming in and fuckin things up because he wants out... plus that'll only serve to piss off mgmt and send his ass to Sacramento or Cleveland... somewhere he definitely don't want to be...

And yeah Silas doesn't deserve this but in the Houston media and among fans this dude has been getting nothing but praise for how he's handled this situation. And the team new GM Rafael Stone put together is damn good.

All this teams in contention to land Harden would have to mortgage their future and come off some significant pieces that currently make them who they are. On paper, injury free, a team of:

Wall
Cousins
Wood
Tucker
Gordon
House Jr.
Nwaba

Is as much a contender with him than any team he's going to be left with after they part with the assets to acquire him.

Miami would have to give up Bam and Herro plus picks... with the possibility of Giannis I'd rather stand pat a year and go at him in free agency next year vs making that trade and losing key players

Milwaukee don't have shit i want... besides Giannis and Jrue who is there after losing all they did to acquire Jrue?

Philly would have to be Simmons, Thybulle, someone else plus picks

Brooklyn just don't have the assets and if they did pull something together they'd be so depleted it wouldn't work... and in all honesty with World B. Flat and Durant they're an injury away, just like the Rockets are with Cousins and Wall.

I think teams like Brooklyn and the Bucks EVEN Philly would greatly benefit bu adding a THIRD team

cause then it would lessen the need to decimate your existing roster to sign Harden.
 
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