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Originally Posted by dirk digler
He should have been fired after he traded Harden and breaking up a potential dynasty because they didn't want to pay the luxury tax. That could have been one of the greatest teams ever.
In regards to Westbrook though, he is getting alot of heat for camping out in the lane to get a rebound and leaving Beverly open. As I said earlier now I see why Durant left, some of it was probably because for one reason or another none of their players want to get their own shot but I imagine some of it was Russ's unwillingness to play team basketball.
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Next year the Thunder have
Kanter 17.8 million
Westbrook 28 million
Oladipo 21 million
Adams 22 million
that's like 90 million on 4 guys. Adams you can justify (young center with growth) but Oladipo and Kanter at those prices you could have actually spent the money on someone good or at least traded Ibaka for a better piece that fit Westbrook (maybe a 3 and D guy like Terrance Ross hmmm?)
But that's the talent Presti paid a premium to put around Westbrook and now he's stuck, and they can't win with those 4 because they clearly aren't good enough.