jack_patera
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i know it's not players fault they now in okc but i can't help it...so glad they got bounced!!
peachesenregalia":bhrb4ylc said:Hawkfan77":bhrb4ylc said:Can't wait till Durant leaves OKC. He hates it there and will leave in 2 years.
lol. What?
peachesenregalia":2y8r7l34 said:Ok, well we weren't gifted a winning team, we got a very bad team and were lucky enough to have a great GM who has drafter pretty well. First couple of years in OKC weren't great. I agree about the mediocre coach and possibly about the tight fisted owner, although he's already handed out 2 max deals, the Harden deal would have pushed them WAY over the luxury tax limit, plus Harden wanted starter minutes, and with Sefalosha, he wasn't going to get that. If Lamb pans out and the lottery pick from toronto comes good, then it will have been a good deal. Time will tell.
seahawk2k":zi8du4if said:For the record, we were two years removed from a 50 win team that pushed the NBA champion Spurs to six games in the second round of the playoffs when Bennett took over the team. The cupboard wasn't that bare. It was a mediocre team that had one really bad year, Bennett buys the team, they get the number 2 slot in the lottery, get durant, clean house, play a couple growing pain years, bam, winners. Wasn't hard.
Even bigger picture? This team left Seattle and set off a chain reaction in two cities that still isn't resolved. We overlooked it because they turned into the most exciting, addictive roster in the NBA. Since then, the owner who moved them has refused to pay the luxury tax because he doesn't want to risk profits, even as his team's value has almost certainly appreciated by hundreds of millions of dollars. And so a team that seemed too good to be true 12 months ago has been stripped to its bare essentials.
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Biggest picture? Last year, the Thunder were the team you could point to if you wanted to make someone fall in love with the NBA.
This year, the Thunder turned into a team that embodies everything that should make someone cynical about loving the NBA.
vedthree":r8qj4u4h said:This article is so beautiful, it makes me want to cry:
When Did The Thunder Get So Depressing?
The Money Quotes:
Even bigger picture? This team left Seattle and set off a chain reaction in two cities that still isn't resolved. We overlooked it because they turned into the most exciting, addictive roster in the NBA. Since then, the owner who moved them has refused to pay the luxury tax because he doesn't want to risk profits, even as his team's value has almost certainly appreciated by hundreds of millions of dollars. And so a team that seemed too good to be true 12 months ago has been stripped to its bare essentials.
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Biggest picture? Last year, the Thunder were the team you could point to if you wanted to make someone fall in love with the NBA.
This year, the Thunder turned into a team that embodies everything that should make someone cynical about loving the NBA.