Thunder about to lose 4 straight and get closed out on their home floor. This game has blowout written all over it. Westbrook should have left when he had the chance. Paul George is gone next year and Melo (a shell of himself) may stick around for a check. Billy The Kid will probably run back to college basketball.
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PG13 is gone....good thing OKC only gave up Oladipo (all-star) and Sabonis who poured in 22 tonight for a one year rental....
Presti wouldn’t pay the tax to keep James Harden but he paid it to get an over the hill Carmelo Anthony and George for one year to produce a 48 win team that’s going out in the first round.
WTF. This team is locked into a few horrible contracts, will lose George, and has no good draft picks or assets to trade.
It will be the same team next year minus Paul George and we’ll be paying Melo 28 million.
Fire Presti. Fire Donovan. This team has had the following players over the last several years.
Durant
Westbrook
Harden
George
Melo
Oladipo
Ibaka
Reggie Jackson
Kanter
Steven Adams
Waiters
Etc
Three MVPs and future hall of famers....numerous all-stars, etc. they f*cked it up.
I can’t wait for the ESPN 30 for 30 in a decade or so.Comment -
Savage. At least Russ is gettin his double doubles.Comment -
Presti's main mistake is his inability to hire a single good coach in 10 years... Keeping Ibaka and letting Harden go was dumb as hell too. He is for sure the most overrated executive in the league.Originally posted by BigDofBA
Think the George trade is easy to critique in hindsight. Oladipo was basically another Dion Waiters (Dion still sucks, don't worry, no regrets to have there) and Sabonis had not shown many flashes of potential yet. Both guys are studs obviously, everyone knows that now but don't think it's nearly as damning as some of Presti's other mistakes.
Future looks bleak now. Wonder if they consider trading Russ and rebuilding. It's hard to imagine his game aging well considering his lack of BBIQ, and contention is not in the immediate future. Could get a king's ransom from some stupid team like the Knicks.Comment -
Harden is 20/20 hindsight so is Oladipo. Nobody knew exactly what those players would become and they didnt show anything near at OKC what they are showing now, but thats what can happen when you give a guy a team and he is the main decision maker. With OKC neither guy was and were never going to be what they are now there, not with Russ on the team.Comment -
Unreal comeback. Could not believe my eyes, having switched off the re-run on LP to look at the scoreboard. Thunder down 25 early in the 3rd and looking a hell of a lot like the team that James/ Wade teams that got destroyed by the Spurs in the later games of that finals re-match.
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