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Originally Posted by okcchief
In fairness they can have both. Again, though I'd rather have Harden, but don't see him being the difference this year. Unless, we made an Ibaka trade and scored post players that better fit.
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If Westbrook doesn't get hurt....are the Thunder the favorites to come out of the West? I'd say yes. All this what if talk wouldn't be as strong without that injury. Most teams that rely on 2 superstars are sunk if one goes down. Just the nature of the beast. okcchief has argued for guys like Jackson and Lamb to get more time during the season to prepare them for the playoffs. They didn't get it, and now they're ill equipped to deal with the pressure. That's on Brooks, not Presti.
The Jeff Green trade was not a bad trade at the time. And until Green's rise from the dead this season, nobody would have suggested otherwise. The Harden trade? Well, there's probably more to that than we know. But it raised eyebrows at the time, and continues to do so.
But Presti drafted Ibaka 24th, traded for Thabo, picked Westbrook 4th to play PG (which MANY questioned), re-signed Collison, drafted Harden, etc. He's done more right than wrong by a large margin.