I'M SCARED - Perk is worried for James Harden & Russell Westbrook's future on the Rockets | The Jump

something's up in houston sources tell tim mcmahon and adrian rojanowski that both

russell

westbrook

and

james

harden

have expressed uncertainty about the direction of the franchise through direct conversations and also their representatives and the

rockets

front office now neither

harden

nor

westbrook

They have requested a trade however, we want to be clear, although in Tim and Woj's story they say that any scenario is eventually possible and that any of them are plausible that they could request a trade. This is a franchise that has, of course, made changes to both the general manager and head coach. Off-season, so a lot has been going on.

Benefit that both you and Shanae are in Houston. I want to start with you, Houston native. Well, I guess you're in Houston. She is the Houston native. Do you have any doubt? Benefit over Hardin and Westbrook.

future

in your city yeah Rachel I'm

scared

I'm really

scared

and Tim tells me that Teeter is really dropping the ball right now and look James and Russ aren't happy. I spoke to reliable sources and told them I would not mention. his name today, but

james

and russ are not happy, james hasn't been answering the phone to the owners or the front office or even coach silas for about two weeks. now

russell

westbrook is not happy, the reason is because they do not feel included in the process, the front office, the owner, they are not including them in the decision making and breaking news, the players of your franchise should know what What's happening, tell me, for Tito, it's common sense, it's not rocket science, but for some people common sense is not.

Very common, I think we will go from 713 and 832 to me, I use 281 when it comes to Houston. I'm not surprised Perk knows what I'm talking about. I'm not surprised to hear all this. of the Houston Rockets in this organization because to go through a change in the general manager that he owned and I'm talking about Daryl Moore, he owned the vision and now he changes as a coach, you really have to find the direction now and that doesn't It's easy because before this. It's the team that had multiple visions, I mean practically a revolving door around their star and James Harden and I always talk about the different iterations of the Rockets teams that we've seen starting with Dwight Howard and then Chris Paul and then we have small ball and then you have the team with russell westbrook, i think houston is circling and they've been circling for a while trying to compete, but they really have to get their feet on the ground when it comes to philosophy, when it comes to vision and direction now.

Lastly, I will say this. You know, people forget that Russell Westbrook was playing before the break. You know Russ and James are 31 and 32, so look at how these two are either in their prime or like they're entering the latter stages of their prime. you have to make the most of it now so this is the time to put together a long term plan which you know is no longer short term there needs to be a clear identity and direction moving forward and as Perk said it is absolutely communication is necessary or else this is how to make or lose the team will continue to be at the mercy of everyone else.

This was incredibly predictable, to the point that an idiot like me predicted it in my preseason column like nine years ago when I preseason was that there would be trade rumors about Harden and Westbrook midway through next season. I guess this qualifies because it's already here. I think this is a team that entered last season with slightly outsized expectations, an owner who is clearly either a championship or a bus. coach who was an outgoing duck a general manager who ended up leaving is just a bunch of chaos they didn't live up to their expectations they traded the last remaining draft capital they really had for russ and then robert covington they essentially have no youngsters no youngsters left no The draft picks draft that were left, the league is starting to overlook them a little bit in terms of where they are in the pecking order next year, are they a top five championship contender, top six, top seven right now, From what I heard today, the

rockets

are there. trying to keep calm nothing is imminent they think they can fix whatever needs fixing and start next season with these two guys on the team hopefully they'll get off to a good start but I have news for them the ball is not in his court, the ball is in James Harden's court more than anyone else's and the moment he walks in there and says hey, we tried, I've had enough, the moment the whole situation explodes we're not there yet but this is completely predictable and I'm not surprised at all thanks for watching espn on youtube for live sports and premium content subscribe to espn plus