« Reply #60 on: May 01, 2018, 09:13:54 AM »
How dumb you have to be to end up with just Westbrook on your team while having Durant and Harden walk away?
It's 2018, I still can't figure out why keeping the least talented and the most selfish of the three. He is also the one that relies the most on its athleticism, read shorter prime/career.
OKC has a deserved great reputation for finding and developing talent, but once they become big players, OKC totally loses its special powers.
They didn’t let harden walk - they dealt him bc they didn’t want to pay the tax on 3 max deals. Was a horrible deal for them though. Don’t forget oladipo now too. They will have lost harden Durant and oladipo for essentially nothing if George walks.
They keep finding these gems...Dipo, Sabonis, Steven Adams...even Ibaka. Incredible draft talent analysis.
Really sad they keep botching talent management.
Oladipo was picked by the Magic, who flipped him to the Thunder for Ibaka?
Correct they didn’t draft dipo but they did make a really good dal for him by sending him the Ivanka rental...only to send him packing for a rental.
Right.
Even Roberson was a massive steal. Just incredible analysis.
Perhaps Westbrook is the root of all evil, though according to even Oladipo himself Westbrook was the reason he even broke out in the first place.
Everyone, except Durant, has loved playing with Westbrook.
The problem in OKC has always been the coaching. They just haven't had very good coaches there.
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