Heyward
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One of the Thunder writers said they want to bring him over next year.
But Abrines just signed a deal that will still keep him overseas so who knows.
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One of the Thunder writers said they want to bring him over next year.
But Abrines just signed a deal that will still keep him overseas so who knows.
Heyward
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br>'13, '14, '15 (Co-Winner
Never said that, but they did have a very favorable road this year, no two ways around it.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
Hey so how about that Cuz trade to the Lakers? The one that someone thought was a sure thing 12 hours ago. lol what a rube.
chop2chip
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I assume da gawd Presti.
chop2chip
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Clean up on aisle 12, Sam Walton.
Why are you starting to go the Brule/GF route of posting?
chop2chip
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I've been fairly consistent in my criticism of the Thunder since the Kanter trade. Blame Enes.
Do you think its fair to evaluate what the "designed" team would look like at this point?
chop2chip
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You are absolutely correct that if everyone stayed healthy that the Thunder should have won a title.
But if Presti offered 4 million more then you would have had your insurance policy for injury and had three of the top 10 players in the league. It was terrible trade then and even more so now based off the players they acquired for him.
NinersSBChamps
<B>Voted Worst Poster <br> 2015 (Co-Winner)</BR>20
That's so funny. But continue to poke fun at my current job. The job market is so awesome especially for a three time veteran like myself. But hey keep on at it, boy.
And back to the NBA..how did that trade workout?
chop2chip
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I would never poke fun at you if you didn't consistently belittle everyone that you came in contact with on this board. I'll leave your personal life alone, but keep that in mind the next time you call us all losers.
Let me know when the trade deadline pasts.
And what if Harden would have made it difficult because he wasn't the "man"? He made it clear that was a big reason why he was happy to be traded.
But you advocate a Cousins/Love/Westbrook trifecta?
chop2chip
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That's fair, but you still have to get a better trade package than the one acquired. Even you have to admit that you are somewhat disappointed with the return.
But they did try reportedly from multiple teams. The Wiz turned down Beal and Warriors turned down Klay.
Harden was not as valued around the league as what he should have been. Morey saw how good he was and traded a bunch of assets.
In hindsight, the results of the trade are underwhelming and even moreso now with Kanter on board limiting what Adams is goingto be able to do.
I loved what I saw out of McGary though. He is a very promising player.
The book is not closed on this trade just the players that changed teams.
RW/Love are real close so I don't suppose there would be a problem.
RW is a great distributor and Cousins would love playing for a PG tha made the game easier for him.
chop2chip
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I'll admit at the time I was begging for the Jazz to get involved. We had the pieces to get the trade done. I think we could have trapped here in Utah by matching any RFA contract.
In some ways I find that just as egregious as the Thunder trading him.
Then why couldn't Harden/RW/Durant work together?
How much of that is ownership orderring the trade we will never know. Presti may have had to make the best of a bad situation. They clearly believed in him by drafting him in the first place.
The idea was sound...You have a great core of KD/RW/Ibaka and you surround it with depth. They have accumulated a crazy amount of depth but have been snakebitten (any objective person would agree). We really can't say whether or not the plan succeeded or failed as of yet and we also don't know how hte team would look if Harden stayed.