OT: OKC should've kept Jeff Green and James Harden

[KingSpeed]

They'd be a dynasty and they'd be surviving their injuries right now. I hope Neil and Paul don't break up our group.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

They were SOOOOOOOO close. All they had to do was to trade Westbrook for Lillard (and his much lower salary), ending contracts, and picks and they would be a real dynasty. Yes, the blazers would have jumped all over that before Lillard started his rookie year.

They'd be a dynasty and they'd be surviving their injuries right now. I hope Neil and Paul don't break up our group.

 

[THE HCP]

Can't look at sports like this though. What ifs......coulda' beens.....

 

[Wizard Mentor]

We've won 1 playoff series in the last 10 years. Forgive me if I want to occasionally bust out my what-could-have-been rose garden colored glasses. Pretty much everyone on here (including me) never takes off our what-might-be rose garden colored glasses.

Can't look at sports like this though. What ifs......coulda' beens.....

 

[BigGameDamian]

They were SOOOOOOOO close. All they had to do was to trade Westbrook for Lillard (and his much lower salary), ending contracts, and picks and they would be a real dynasty. Yes, the blazers would have jumped all over that before Lillard started his rookie year.

A little easier said than done. Back in 1984 all the Blazers had to do was trade Clyde Drexler for a good center and draft Michael Jordan instead of Sam Bewie.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Exactly, the blazers have had many close misses. Of course that may be true for many teams. In the pre-CP3 days, you could have made an all-star team of still-in-the-league former clippers.

A little easier said than done. Back in 1984 all the Blazers had to do was trade Clyde Drexler for a good center and draft Michael Jordan instead of Sam Bewie.

 

[Boob-No-More]

They'd be a dynasty and they'd be surviving their injuries right now. I hope Neil and Paul don't break up our group.

But then, they would have been deprived of four and a half years of the stellar play of Kendrick "Grumpy Cat" Perkins. So short sighted Eric. Learn the game, then post!

BNM

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Exactly, the blazers have had many close misses. Of course that may be true for many teams. In the pre-CP3 days, you could have made an all-star team of still-in-the-league former clippers.

lamar odom? am i missing anyone else?

where they really screwed up was drafting

 

[HailBlazers]

They'd be a dynasty and they'd be surviving their injuries right now.

This. This. This.

Karma is a bitch.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

durants contract only has one more year after this right? if they miss the playoffs, all the "will durant leave" chatter will be delicious

 

[magnifier661]

Lets be Thankful this Thanksgiving that the "tight wade owner", Clay Bennett wrecked any dynasty for that ball club

 

[magnifier661]

durants contract only has one more year after this right? if they miss the playoffs, all the "will durant leave" chatter will be delicious

I look at Durant being such a loyal player. I think the only way he leaves is when that franchise completely falls apart. He would look at this season as an anomaly.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i look at it like he is going to want to go somewhere where they will go into the lux tax if they have a chance at a dynasty. he knows that okc aint that.

i really think there is no way he stays unless they win a title

 

[magnifier661]

i look at it like he is going to want to go somewhere where they will go into the lux tax if they have a chance at a dynasty. he knows that okc aint that.

i really think there is no way he stays unless they win a title

Okay fine... We will help them out!

Batum, T. Rob, Leonard and Wright for Durant!

 

[BBert]

Can't look at sports like this though. What ifs......coulda' beens.....

I think Jinxy is looking at it more as being instructive, as in, "Please Mr. Allen, don't make the same mistake", rather than as OKC shoulda woulda coulda. I think we are all universally glad they shoulda coulda didn't.

 

[Strenuus]

Can't look at sports like this though. What ifs......coulda' beens.....

Kingspeed would never make a thread if that's the case.

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

They should've never traded Green for Perkins, they needed a center (Remember Nenad Kristic was their starter) but they could've done better.

Harden was just a full retard move.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I think Jinxy is looking at it more as being instructive, as in, "Please Mr. Allen, don't make the same mistake", rather than as OKC shoulda woulda coulda. I think we are all universally glad they shoulda coulda didn't.

Agreed.

 

[magnifier661]

They should've never traded Green for Perkins, they needed a center (Remember Nenad Kristic was their starter) but they could've done better.

Harden was just a full retard move.

No it was a tightwad move... If their owner wasn't so cheap, he would have stayed OKC

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

No it was a tightwad move... If their owner wasn't so cheap, he would have stayed OKC

Keeping Harden would've been nice but when they decided to trade him they should've gotten a better package than Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and Steven Adams.

They should've moved him to Chicago for Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson and picks.

 

[KingSpeed]

A little easier said than done. Back in 1984 all the Blazers had to do was trade Clyde Drexler for a good center and draft Michael Jordan instead of Sam Bewie.

Which center could we have gotten for Clyde?

But then, they would have been deprived of four and a half years of the stellar play of Kendrick "Grumpy Cat" Perkins. So short sighted Eric. Learn the game, then post!

BNM

Hahahahaha!

lamar odom? am i missing anyone else?

where they really screwed up was drafting

Olawokandi, Darius Miles, you know? All Stars!

Okay fine... We will help them out!

Batum, T. Rob, Leonard and Wright for Durant!

Can I keep Leonard in that deal? He has top 5 seven footer potential in this league.

 

[Boob-No-More]

No it was a tightwad move... If their owner wasn't so cheap, he would have stayed OKC

Perkins for Green wasn't a tight wad move. They actually thought it was a good trade. They needed a starting center and Green's best position was SF, same as Durant. They traded for need (apparently, they NEEDED a horribly overpaid center that sucks ass).

Refusing to amnesty Perkins so they could offer Harden max deal and stay under the luxury tax threshold was a tight wad move. Their cheap ass, hillbilly owners were too cheap to pay Perkins to suck elsewhere and refused to swallow the final two years of his contract.

So, Perkins cost them both Green and Harden - one in a stupid trade, the other in a stupid tight wad move.

BNM

 

[3RA1N1AC]

actually, werent they motivated to deal green because he was coming up on free agency? i seem to remember that. which made me really scratch my head when i heard they signed perkins to 4years/30MM or whatever after the trade.

 

[Sinobas]

Westbrook/Jackson
Harden/Lamb
Durant/Sefolosha
Ibaka/Green
Adams/Collison

That bench wouldn't be the worst team in the east. That's an insane roster right there.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

well, they wouldnt have lamb or adams if they kept harden

 

[Boob-No-More]

actually, werent they motivated to deal green because he was coming up on free agency? i seem to remember that. which made me really scratch my head when i heard they signed perkins to 4years/30MM or whatever after the trade.

That, plus the fact that they thought Green was expendable because his best position was SF. Durant's rookie year PJ played him at SG and Green started at SF. That didn't work out so well as Durant was MUCH better suited to they SF position. So, trading Green wasn't really a cost saving move. They needed a starting center more than they needed a back up SF. So, they shipped out Green and overpaid Perkins. The concept wasn't flawed, but the execution was. If they would have gotten a decent starting center for Green, it wouldn't have been a bad move. Unfortunately, for them, the starting enter they got has been the worst starter in the league for the past two seasons.

Ironically, they probably could have had either of our two current centers instead of Perkins, if they would have wanted them. Both Lopez and Kaman were available back then, but Lopez was still unproven and Kaman had injury issues. So, they ended up with the rotting corpse of Kendrick Perkins.

BNM

 

[BlazerCaravan]

well, they wouldnt have lamb or adams if they kept harden

True. On the other hand, if they had kept Harden, they'd have Harden.