Melo traded to OKC for Enes and McDermott

[framer]

More Presti worship: if this doesn't work and everyone bolts, the Thunder have infinite cap space and no one to score, so they'd be perfectly situated for a total rebuild.

Except they are still in Oklahoma City. That rebuild is going to last a long, long time.

 

[Magic Spray]

Olympics Carmelo is awesome. Maybe that's who he is with a clear alpha in place.

 

[Miggs]

Do the Thunder start small?

Westbrook-Roberson-George-Anthony-Adams

I know Carmelo dislikes playing the 4 but it seems this may be the way to go.

 

[framer]

On the other hand, that Rubio trade looks better and better. That OKC pick has fallen pretty far.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Except they are still in Oklahoma City. That rebuild is going to last a long, long time.

I'm not saying they'll go out and sign anyone, I'm talking about the plan they pioneered: sit and wait for teams desperate to dump salary and take on young players and picks to facilitate while being bad.

Also, Presti is the guy that drafted KD, Westbrook, and Harden in consecutive years.

OKC is going to be fine.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

I'm not saying they'll go out and sign anyone, I'm talking about the plan they pioneered: sit and wait for teams desperate to dump salary and take on young players and picks to facilitate while being bad.

Also, Presti is the guy that drafted KD, Westbrook, and Harden in consecutive years.

OKC is going to be fine.

when they move back to Seattle ...

 

[fishonjazz]

I remember when Durant left us, many Jazzfan on here called me out.

How does it feel for that to bite you all in your collective asses now?

Welcome to obscurity Jazz. Over here we'll still be competing for a title.

LOL.

Lol

 

[Et tu Brute]

holy ****, braugh. This is honestly some of the best footage I've seen in a while. Thanks for posting!!

What confuses me is at what point did he realize he was traded? He seemed to play it pretty cool.

 

[Kyoto]

So, who else here thinks that the "big 3" on OKC are going to fight over the ball and just argue all the time? It's hard to believe that Melo AND Westbrook can share the ball. I think that when the season is over 2 of the 3 bail from the thunder. That's just my thought

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[Cappy_Smurf]

More Presti worship: if this doesn't work and everyone bolts, the Thunder have infinite cap space and no one to score, so they'd be perfectly situated for a total rebuild.

Infinite cap space for OKC is worthless in regards to free agents. They might be able to take somebody else's bad contracts for picks, otherwise they are screwed.

And you and I definitely have different definitions of perfectly situated for a total rebuild. I'd much rather approach a rebuild the way Boston did than losing valuable pieces for nothing. The worst mistake this franchise has made in my life time was playing for 8th seeds when they should have been proactively rebuilding.

Anyway, if GS wasn't who they are and OKC had a really good chance at a ring, then this gamble would look a whole lot better. If they end up losing everybody for nothing, I'm guessing they'll be filled with a whole lot of regret.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

I'm not saying they'll go out and sign anyone, I'm talking about the plan they pioneered: sit and wait for teams desperate to dump salary and take on young players and picks to facilitate while being bad.

Also, Presti is the guy that drafted KD, Westbrook, and Harden in consecutive years.

OKC is going to be fine.

Yeah, there was a ton of luck involved there. If they had been drafting first the year they drafted Durant, they most likely come away with Oden. He drafted Harden and also traded him away.

Also, with the instability of the cap, you can't count on taking back bad contracts for picks. This offseason was the first in 3 years where that was possible, and those opportunities dried up pretty quickly. Contracts are shorter than they used to be, and most teams are choosing to wait out bad contracts rather than give away picks to get rid of them.

Anyway, even if you believe he is a drafting genius, starting a rebuild with nothing but your own picks is a long term rebuild, and the odds of striking gold 3 years in a row are not good, no matter who you are.

 

[NAOS]

Infinite cap space for OKC is worthless in regards to free agents. They might be able to take somebody else's bad contracts for picks, otherwise they are screwed.

And you and I definitely have different definitions of perfectly situated for a total rebuild. I'd much rather approach a rebuild the way Boston did than losing valuable pieces for nothing. The worst mistake this franchise has made in my life time was playing for 8th seeds when they should have been proactively rebuilding.

Anyway, if GS wasn't who they are and OKC had a really good chance at a ring, then this gamble would look a whole lot better. If they end up losing everybody for nothing, I'm guessing they'll be filled with a whole lot of regret.

I understand Presti's decision to go ALL IN. And, when I look at the assets he moved in order to go all in, I feel a profound "meh". In other words, I think the decision to go all in was good, and it cost him nothing but treadmill players. Presti doing good work.