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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
You don't burn a 55 win, young team to the ground. The name of the game is competing to win and there is no way the Rockets were going to start tanking. That's not a realistic suggestion. Yeah they had a horrible playoff loss. So now they're doing their best to shore up the team and take some pressure off Harden who clearly was awful in game 6, but more importantly end of game 5. I won't be surprised at all to see them add George or Carmelo. Morey is not exactly afraid to make moves. Beating the Warriors is of course a long shot but tanking gets you no closer and yields no benefit.
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Not being afraid to make moves isn't the same as being unable to make moves. Harden is the only player they have who can net George in a straight up, and in a three-way you can't get much for any of their guys, and draft picks aren't worth it since they'll be picks in the 20s. Morey would have blown all of the Celtics picks and assets (and maybe more) by now getting a big three (or four). But they have nothing to get George, maybe Melo as a salary dump, but that makes them even worse defensively. I doubt he gets bought out now, if anything the Knicks will look to add players with Phil gone. So as is I still don't think they can't be considered better than the Warriors, Cavs or Spurs, but the gap between the Warriors and the other two is immense, and Houston is still behind that.