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Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« on: November 01, 2012, 12:15:34 PM »

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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.

That said, I wonder if OKC having to trade someone, if they would have been better off trading Westbrook?


Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2012, 12:19:59 PM »

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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.

That said, I wonder if OKC having to trade someone, if they would have been better off trading Westbrook?

I don't think this wsa as much an ownership decision as it was a management decision
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Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2012, 12:23:15 PM »

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I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere ownership has stated they refuse to go way into the tax.

Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2012, 12:23:21 PM »

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Matters what PG they could have gotten back. If not, Eric Maynor and Harden starting wouldn't be too grand.

Harden still hasn't been able to show all he's got in that 6th man role in OKC. He's still growing, and he's already a better pg than Westbrook, when it comes to being a floor general.

He may be a better scorer, or more of a "franchise player," you never know. But at this point, Westbrook was already signed, and he didn't stink it up in the finals, at least as much as Harden.

Biggest factor, though, is the need for an athletic, all star pg in the league as of now.
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Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2012, 12:25:03 PM »

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They would've been better off trading us harden instead of green a few years back...mua haha  ;D..but in all seriousness I think they made the right decision for them locking up westbrook over harden even if I was starting a franchise it'd be close

Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2012, 12:26:58 PM »

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I believe OKC would be better off with a solid but not spectacular passing PG with Harden and Durant running the wings.

Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2012, 12:32:32 PM »

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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.
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Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2012, 12:46:34 PM »

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Clay Bennett has money.  He could easily afford to pay for an expensive roster when he has the players to justify it.

Have to pick and choose your spots to spend, as a small market team.  This would have been one of those spots.

When owners choose profits over talent, I lose respect for them.

Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2012, 12:48:35 PM »

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I thought of this , and from a distance as a casual watcher , I would have kept Hardin and dumped westbrook 

Best I remember  Westbrook was horrible against the HEAT I think? OKC needed a real point guard in that series, westbrook is too run and gun for me.

just not a westbrook fan at all. 

Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #9 on: November 01, 2012, 01:16:32 PM »

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Who could they have gotten for Westbrook in a trade?

Dwight Howard seems the obvious choice. Same problem, even more so since Dwight earns more than Westbrook, in keeping Ibaka + Harden though.

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« Reply #10 on: November 01, 2012, 01:20:32 PM »

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I thought of this , and from a distance as a casual watcher , I would have kept Hardin and dumped westbrook 

Best I remember  Westbrook was horrible against the HEAT I think? OKC needed a real point guard in that series, westbrook is too run and gun for me.

just not a westbrook fan at all.

I thought it was Harden who struggled mightily and couldn't stay out of foul trouble?

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« Reply #11 on: November 01, 2012, 01:39:13 PM »

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Westbrook is a borderline top ten player in the league.  Harden is a borderline top thirty player in the league.  The correct decision was made.  Period.
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Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
« Reply #12 on: November 01, 2012, 01:41:47 PM »

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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.

That said, I wonder if OKC having to trade someone, if they would have been better off trading Westbrook?
You do realize that Oklahoma City's total payroll is as much as Boston's is this year and pretty much every year going forward.  Thus, I'm confused by your statements.
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Re: Would OKC been better off trading Westbrook?
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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.

That said, I wonder if OKC having to trade someone, if they would have been better off trading Westbrook?
You do realize that Oklahoma City's total payroll is as much as Boston's is this year and pretty much every year going forward.  Thus, I'm confused by your statements.

Exactly, thats why i said before, if anything he should be mad at management for cap issues, not at ownership for not paying. 
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I would have preferred OKC to have paid up.  When you have those talented players, buck up and spend.  Ownership like this bothers me.  Glad Bostons is not.

That said, I wonder if OKC having to trade someone, if they would have been better off trading Westbrook?
You do realize that Oklahoma City's total payroll is as much as Boston's is this year and pretty much every year going forward.  Thus, I'm confused by your statements.

Exactly, thats why i said before, if anything he should be mad at management for cap issues, not at ownership for not paying.

I don't think it's the cap issues at all this is all about money.

OKC is still a small market team. Their revenue is not as much as what Boston makes, and that's why they could not pay (or chose not) the luxury tax.
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