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2652513, Leaves. Top option in terms of likelihood:
Posted by Premiere, Tue Apr-24-18 02:44 PM
1) Philly. Soft landing spot for his twilight years, has the Klutch connection to Simmons, gets a pile of shooters for non-Simmons lineups. But, yeah, he and the two stars' games don't exactly line up. If rings that he is the best player for is what he desperately wants, he might not get those here. Also, should Philly prefer PG for fit reasons, even if they're preferring him to a far superior player? This is going to be a fun summer just off this.

2) Houston. On-the-court fit is as good as possible. However, seems like the easiest place to get into a dick-measuring contest with a star because Harden's game basically demands the other players take a seat, and Bron doesn't really always like to do that. Highest potential for greatness, but highest combustability factor.

3) Insert-a-squad (most likely the Lakers). Wherever he, PG, and CP can join up and have some collection of useful roleplayers might just do it for him. The fit with those three would be great, and it's kind of a reasonable thought that Paul leaves as long as the Rockets disappoint (lose in 4 or 5 to GS or lose in the second round). A few teams can "make the money work," but it's not so easy for me to see both PG and CP leaving a spot after a year.

4) Cleveland. Sure, it could happen. But why would it? Because of the backlash? Who's hating on him for leaving THIS team? With that owner? Even if so much of the failures of Cleveland this year can be at least somewhat tied to Bron (his D, his friends' contracts), he has to feel like this is a sinking ship. Maybe he stays if they make the Finals. They might not make it to Toronto (or Washington).