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Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:49 am

ESPN is reporting that Paul George has notified OKC that he will opt out of his contract and will become a UFA. Sounds like he's gone.

OKC really botched their post-Durant rebuild. They got 1 year of George, and now they're stuck with the decaying corpse of Melo at huge money. I heard on the Zach Lowe podcast that their payroll could be north of $200m for next season with a big luxury tax hit. All for a mediocre team that did nothing in the playoffs. That is one of the rosters in the whole league that I'd least like to have.

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:00 am

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:49 am

ESPN is reporting that Paul George has notified OKC that he will opt out of his contract and will become a UFA. Sounds like he's gone.

OKC really botched their post-Durant rebuild. They got 1 year of George, and now they're stuck with the decaying corpse of Melo at huge money. I heard on the Zach Lowe podcast that their payroll could be north of $200m for next season with a big luxury tax hit. All for a mediocre team that did nothing in the playoffs. That is one of the rosters in the whole league that I'd least like to have.

A couple of bad moves can really cripple a team.

They've been fairly good on draft night and got a great haul for Ibaka. But the Harden trade was horrible and sending Oladipo and Sabonis for one year of PG13 was crazy.

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:04 am

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:00 am

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:49 am

ESPN is reporting that Paul George has notified OKC that he will opt out of his contract and will become a UFA. Sounds like he's gone.

OKC really botched their post-Durant rebuild. They got 1 year of George, and now they're stuck with the decaying corpse of Melo at huge money. I heard on the Zach Lowe podcast that their payroll could be north of $200m for next season with a big luxury tax hit. All for a mediocre team that did nothing in the playoffs. That is one of the rosters in the whole league that I'd least like to have.

A couple of bad moves can really cripple a team.

They've been fairly good on draft night and got a great haul for Ibaka. But the Harden trade was horrible and sending Oladipo and Sabonis for one year of PG13 was crazy.

Most people thought they got a steal in the oladipo-pg13 trade. People couldn't believe Indy traded him for so little. In retrospect, oladipo was the better player this year, but hard to fault OKC. Oladipo made a huge leap.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:36 am

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 27, 2018 9:48 pm

VanVleet can shoot; he's a good 3-point shooter. Mack is a mediocre shooter. And let's not talk about what I want. What I want is for the Suns to stay away from this abysmal free agent class. But it isn't about what I want. So under the unfortunate preferences of our questionable management, I'm just trying to find some decent options with some value.

I agree; I don't see any FAs who I would want us to sign. I kind of like Aaron Gordon, but I don't think I'd want him at the price he will probably cost. I think if we want a veteran PF, I would rather trade Cleveland for Kevin Love after Lebron leaves them and they switch into full rebuild mode.

INF, dunno if you posted this already in another thread, but do you have any players you'd like the Suns to target in trades?

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:14 am

Same with the Harden trade. It was very defensible at the time. Still, they made mistakes with some very good players. I wonder how history would be different if they had opted to keep Harden over Westbrook way back then.

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:14 am

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:04 am

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:00 am

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 8:49 am

ESPN is reporting that Paul George has notified OKC that he will opt out of his contract and will become a UFA. Sounds like he's gone.

OKC really botched their post-Durant rebuild. They got 1 year of George, and now they're stuck with the decaying corpse of Melo at huge money. I heard on the Zach Lowe podcast that their payroll could be north of $200m for next season with a big luxury tax hit. All for a mediocre team that did nothing in the playoffs. That is one of the rosters in the whole league that I'd least like to have.

A couple of bad moves can really cripple a team.

They've been fairly good on draft night and got a great haul for Ibaka. But the Harden trade was horrible and sending Oladipo and Sabonis for one year of PG13 was crazy.

Most people thought they got a steal in the oladipo-pg13 trade. People couldn't believe Indy traded him for so little. In retrospect, oladipo was the better player this year, but hard to fault OKC. Oladipo made a huge leap.

Same with the Harden trade. It was very defensible at the time. Still, they made mistakes with some very good players. I wonder how history would be different if they had opted to keep Harden over Westbrook way back then.

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:13 am

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1012383243100975104

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:59 am

Sonics/OKC literally drafted 3 MVPs in back to back to back drafts. And they have nothing to show for it. Ouch.

Superbone wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:18 am

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:59 am

Sonics/OKC literally drafted 3 MVPs in back to back to back drafts. And they have nothing to show for it. Ouch.

Wow, that is unbelievable. And yet only one remains.

Bucktastic365 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:00 pm

Superbone wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:18 am

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:59 am

Sonics/OKC literally drafted 3 MVPs in back to back to back drafts. And they have nothing to show for it. Ouch.

Wow, that is unbelievable. And yet only one remains.

And the worst one of the 3 at that

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:22 pm

Bucktastic365 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 12:00 pm

Superbone wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:18 am

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 9:59 am

Sonics/OKC literally drafted 3 MVPs in back to back to back drafts. And they have nothing to show for it. Ouch.

Wow, that is unbelievable. And yet only one remains.

And the worst one of the 3 at that

Worst person, player or teammate? I think those are 3 different guys.

Best Player
KD
Russ
Harden

Best Teammate
Harden
KD
Russ

Best Person
I have no idea

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:47 pm

I wouldn't mind being the facilitator for Kawhi to LAL:

Suns get: Kyle Kuzma, Luol Deng, Paul Gasol
Spurs get: Tyson Chandler, Brandon Ingram, TJ Warren, Josh Hart, MIL protected 1st rounder, PHX protected 1st rounder, LAL future 1st rounder
Lakers get: Kawhi Leonard, Brandon Knight, Marquesse Chriss, Tyler Ulis

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:47 pm

I wouldn't mind being the facilitator for Kawhi to LAL:

Suns get: Kyle Kuzma, Luol Deng, Paul Gasol
Spurs get: Tyson Chandler, Brandon Ingram, TJ Warren, Josh Hart, MIL protected 1st rounder, PHX protected 1st rounder, LAL future 1st rounder
Lakers get: Kawhi Leonard, Brandon Knight, Marquesse Chriss, Tyler Ulis