The Thunder actually made a great move here. They got unprotected first round picks from the Clippers, an unprotected first from Miami, a lottery protected first from Miami, SGA (who the Clippers didn’t want to trade and was the 11th pick in the 2018 draft), Gallinari (who was their best player last year) and to top it all off they got two pick swaps as well.
The Clippers lost two starters including their best player but added Kawhi and George. Let’s not act like they are just adding those two to the same 48-win team they had last year. They are going to be extremely good but this is a much better scenario than Kawhi going to the Lakers.
The Lakers.. I don’t even know where to start. You know how many reporters and so called “experts” said it was a done deal that Kawhi was coming? They have already spent their max cap space on Danny Green, Quinn Cook, KCP Javale McGee. They will still be good but that team is way worse than what it could have been.
The league is as wide open as its ever been since I can remember it’s going to be a fun and amazing year. And guess what? The Jazz are right in the mix with everyone and in my opinion have the best roster of any team in the league.