 what's the word y'all I have a bad announcement to say at the top of this video and it's gonna it might make a break whether you watch this channel or not I am no longer coordinating my outfits to the topic of the video now understand y'all really loved when I wore Houston Rockets shirts when I was talking about the Houston Rockets but as of right now I am too lazy to change my shirt so we are weighing whatever the heck I have on when news breaks and if you want to subscribe guess you got to do it yeah today we're talking about the Houston Rockets man we dropped the video a few weeks ago basically after Dara Mori has stepped down from his position as whatever his technical title with general manager vice president whatever the heck it was executive all those things mean the same to me as a NBA casual when he stepped down we talked about the future of the Houston Rockets they've been good enough to have the highest active playoff streak now because the San Antonio Spurs missed it for the first time in 22 year 23 years so they had the longest active playoff streak they were good enough to make the conference fine there's a few times this decade but never good enough to get over that hump to get to a championship and win a championship and when Dara Mori stepping down and the rust to Westbrook James Harden thing not really working now we really had a conversation about what the future of the Houston Rockets look like before we get into it you simply leave a like on the video subscribe if you knew we had 300,000 subscribers this morning and I really appreciate that man it means a lot it's just me and the microphone talking about hoops so I appreciate everybody that subscribed to the channel be sure to join now when I woke up this morning there was reports basically saying that Houston Rockets stars Russell Westbrook and James Harden expressing concern about the future of the organization which makes sense this team the way it is orchestrated right now has a definite ceiling to it and that ceiling spoiler alert is not a championship so it makes sense for a guy like James Harden who is 30 years old 31 years old and it makes sense for a guy like Russell Westbrook who's also around there to be like hey um the next couple years we won't be a contender so what the heck is going on here right so that was the report early this morning and right before I hear recorded in this video it has been said that Russ wants out of Houston boom bam I think those shams that broke it first so the big you don't have waltz has bombs or some somebody has to figure out some of the shams because shams bomb doesn't it can work basically saying that Russell Westbrook wants out of Houston and Houston Rockets Twitter and Reddit is going crazy man this is about to be a super eventful offseason for y'all again it's always an eventful offseason for the Houston Rockets when you think about it because Daryl Mori was their guy in charge and he loves to make trades last year you made one of the bigger trades of the offseason this year you're probably going to do it and I just dropped the video yesterday talking about Chris Paul to the Phoenix Sun's possibility and I mentioned how that was probably going to be the biggest trade of the offseason I guess not anymore the Russell Westbrook wanting out and if Russell Westbrook wants out who knows what's going on with James Harden now it had been reported that the Houston Rockets have no intention to even really explore James Harden and in a trade package but why not now you know I'm saying and this this is so funny how things work because from my understanding when it comes to the way this used to Rockets team looks right now when it comes to Chris Paul being traded away for Russell Westbrook that was a combination of three people's I'm sorry I'll say three people's idea the first one is the ownership of the Houston Rockets they saw the Chris Paul contract as the worst contract in the history of sports is something that that was said which is like relax you feel me just so the ownership wanted Chris Paul gone Daryl Mori we don't really know he really spoke on it but he was the executive here and I guess you just do whatever the heck your boss tells you to do but he had to want that trade to some extent to make it happen and the last one is James Harden James Harden wanted to play with Russell Westbrook again and it lasted all of like a half a season and now one of them wants out and the reason he said that he wants out is because there's a lack of accountability is what it says and then the second was that he wanted to be the primary ball handler again lack of accountability a James Harden team lack of accountability no no those are the old things about James Harden being in the club all the time I don't know if he still does that but lack of accountability and he wants to be the primary ball handler again which makes sense for a guy like Russell Westbrook think about his entirety of his career yes he has played with great players like Kevin Arrays played with great players like Paul George but he had always been the primary ball handler you know he had always been and now with James Harden who has like the highest uses rates in the history of basketball Russell Westbrook is resulted to playing off-ball a lot and that's just something he's not a fan of now the real question is because it's the most polarized thing if you do not know Russell Westbrook is one of the most polarizing players in the NBA he might be number one on the list of polarizing players some people see him and still see a top point guard in the league and some people see him as past his prime and on a bad contract I don't know personally where I sit because there are periods of time like when the calendar had turned for the 2020 season when Clint Capella was out the door Russell Westbrook had a month right before the all-star break would he was incredible we talking about basically averaging 30 points per game shooting it efficiently for him he has stopped shooting three-pointers so he was just getting efficient basket after efficient basket out of fishing basket and then there are also times where he just doesn't look good and I'm gonna throw the bubble out because I guess he was dealing with an injury and I'll throw the first month or so of the season now because I guess he was dealing with an injury whatever it may be one of my coaches used to say if you're on the court you're 100% you know and I got I guess that's something we could think of if you're on the court you're 100% I don't want to hear oh I missed that shot because my ankle hurt then get the hell out of the game but anyway there are periods of time where Russell Westbrook looks incredible and you could take that month long sample size and say that but there's also times this season where Russell Westbrook lost Russell Westbrook throws up bad shots Russell Westbrook is a turnover magnet so I that's why he is a polarizing player because it is undoubtedly we all have to agree that Russell Westbrook is extremely extremely talented it's just sometimes it just doesn't look like it right so if we're gonna trade Russell Westbrook which is an avid ability right now because if a man wants out a guy of his stature in the NBA if he wants out you're going to trade him you're going to especially considering things didn't work out so you probably were thinking about trading him whether he wanted out or not so what is the value of Russell Westbrook right now is the real big question it had been reported before Russell Westbrook wanted out that teams like the Clippers which is such an interesting thing because how the hell the Clippers end up a Russell Westbrook without trading Paul George and maybe that was the idea I don't really know the Clippers were interested in Paul and in Russell Westbrook because Kawhi Leonard went into the front office and said give me a point guard and we have yeah yeah that Russell Westbrook fits that qualifications point guard and a good one and there was also rumored that the Knicks were looking at him and the Knicks were or are trying to get some stability in their the organization for the first time in a long time Chris Paul rumors have been there of course and now the Russell Westbrook rumors to be there but what are some other teams that could potentially want them I would I would definitely see a team like the Orlando Magic wanting a Russell Westbrook a team like bro after listen this is crazy after they got eliminated from the playoffs I'm talking about the Houston Rockets I made a joking trade on Twitter I was half joking and it had to do with Blake Griffin being traded for Russell Westbrook and if the Houston Rockets are a hell bent on keeping James Harden they may be something they should express that they have to explore that you know I'm saying so but all this is so let's go back to it let's go back to it what is Russell Westbrook's trade value we're gonna see very very soon because of the front office and stuff is opening up next week rumors are flying left to right and he will be traded this offseason there's no way this man said he wants out and he's not out by the beginning of next season which is um what a month away he will be getting traded but what does that trade look like what do the Houston Rockets want what what they want again if they're trying to keep James Harden I'm guessing they want to stand to contention so I don't know if the the Knicks have anything that you would want if you want to keep James Harden to stay in contention the Clippers obviously have a lot of things over there that you potentially want the Orlando Magic may have things to help you be just good like Aaron Gordon you know again I'm just I'm just spitballing right now but if your goal is to not hit reset which you should be doing you need to hit reset because let's be honest with each other after Russell Westbrook is traded no matter what you get back in the trade package unless you super finesse somebody which doesn't seem like a likelihood because people realize a Russell Westbrook may look like now unless you super finesse somebody you're not gonna make a trade to get James Harden a championship you're not and I know James Harden wants to stay true to Houston and I know they said they want to keep them but you have to think about the future of your franchise and if you do not think about that hard reset James Harden one of the greatest shooting guards of all time is going to rot in Houston and I don't think you want that James Harden's trade value is as high as it'll ever be again yeah I'm saying if you waited an extra season and tried to trade him his trade value is not as high because there's one less season off his contract and he's one year older I think that they should be in that front-off is really contemplating what a James Harden trade looks like what a Russell Westbrook trades look like because if you're trading both of those two assets of course not together but you trade them to different teams to make different deals you can put together a team for Houston's future like that James Harden is gonna be super valuable again we don't know about Russell Westbrook we can agree that James Harden is gonna be super valuable and we talked about a potential Ben Simmons James Harden swap if you can turn James Harden to Ben Simmons for a rebuild you're winning and then you trade Russell Westbrook to the Knicks for the pick that they have Kevin Knox Julius Randall's expiring contract whatever it may be you're winning you just got an extra pick for a guy that's on a contract that it seems is like one of the worst contracts in the league I don't know what a Russell Westbrook trade looks like but I'm waiting for and guess what once he is traded guess what I'm gonna do I'm gonna pick up this microphone I'm gonna turn on this camera and we don't talk about it let me know what you think Russell Westbrook wants out what's the best place and this is a question I saw on Twitter how would you feel if your team traded for Russell Westbrook I'm not and don't don't tell me what you're trading away but again like I mentioned Russell Westbrook is such a polarizing player in the NBA I wonder with you as a fan would feel like if your team traded for Russell Westbrook all right I'll see y'all soon peace