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05-07-2013, 11:47 PM | #1682 |
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BTW still a better trade than Alex Smith for 2 second rounders
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05-07-2013, 11:54 PM | #1683 | |
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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. |
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05-08-2013, 12:01 AM | #1684 |
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Perkins gave them a legit center in which they needed for Lakers, Spurs, and the Grizzlies. They had Ibaka in the waiting. Its been a good trade for the Thunder.
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05-08-2013, 12:03 AM | #1685 |
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Speaking of the draft (looked up Westbrook's draft position), the Grizzlies have really ****ed up some recent drafts, but for some reason it hasn't killed them. They drafted Love right after Westbrook that season, then traded him and others for OJ Mayo. They took Thabeet 2nd over Harden, Curry, Tyreke, etc. The next year in the first round they took Xavier Henry, Dominique Jones and Greives Vazquez (best of the bunch, but they traded him for Pondexter).
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05-08-2013, 12:09 AM | #1686 | |
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05-08-2013, 12:11 AM | #1687 |
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Both are on their equally questionable new contracts since the trade so it's also not that relevant to compare what ifs now. However, while Perkins still plays D he was still statistically one of the worst players in the league this year.
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05-08-2013, 12:14 AM | #1688 |
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Rudy Gay was a great dump off to the Raptors. Still wonder whether Calderon would have been a better add than Prince but still a nice deal.
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05-08-2013, 12:18 AM | #1689 | |
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The Thunder also could have had Eric Bledsoe instead of Cole Aldrich and traded up the next year instead to get Fareed who I wanted them to draft at the time. Sure the organza ruins could have done some better things, but they are too of the best franchises so whatever. If Westbrook was there the story would look much different, but he's not. However, this series might look exactly the same because this is what these teams always do to each other. I should just turn on the last five minutes Saturday. The good thing is players that shouldn't be there are being exposed right now without Russ covering them up. A few years from now this may have been awesome. |
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05-08-2013, 12:32 AM | #1691 | |
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I'm interested to see what the new regime does going forward. Bringing on Hollinger was interesting. There will certainly be a more data driven/analytical approach to decisions. That's my nature, but ironically it goes a bit against the strengths of this current team. They're all about attitude, old-school basketball. They don't shoot the 3, although they do try to incorporate the short corner three with Pondexter. |
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05-08-2013, 12:44 AM | #1692 | |
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05-08-2013, 04:45 AM | #1695 |
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Kyle Korver would be a perfect 2 guard for them.
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