OKC mangement

[thevcballer]

Okay i am 100% done with PSDs overreaction to the James harden deal all i hear is They should have amsentyed perkins or Harden>>>Ibaka what where they thinking
or OKC killed there chance at a championship
Let me get something trough to all of you
Its true that James harden is a nice little player but
You never choise a small over i big in this league
Both Perkins And most definitely Ibaka are much harder to replace than Harden
If OKC where to pick Harden over Ibaka they would have regretted it forever
they have a tough front court locked up for awile and still have one of the better backcourts in the NBA James Harden may be good but what he did for OKC isnt hard to replace in todays NBA so from a management standpoint they did very well to not lose him in Free agency and get a top 10 Sg and a nice young prospect in return for him

[MetroMan]

Okay

[Hawkeye15]

agreed. Presti is an excellent GM to date, though the sample size is small. Was it a gift to get the #2 pick in the Oden/Durant draft? OMFG yes. But the Harden and Westbrook picks were great, and he was able to turn Harden and his huge need for an extension that would have financially crippled the team into a lottery pick, a rental to score 15 off the bench in the same role, and another 1st. I trust Presti come draft time (Ibaka, Maynor), and they now have a small amount (much better then none) flexibility going forward after a Perkins amnesty.

[QueensG_718]

True... James harden is micheal jordan on psd tho.

[JNA17]

I will probably sound like a dick for this but I really can't read the current layout of your posts.

Paragraphs man, PARAGRAPHS! lol

[kbtwofour]

Is Harden a max player and franchise player? No, but he is a nice complimentary player to a franchise player. He did the little things that don't show up in the stats list and sacrifice his game for the good of the team. OKC made a mistake picking Ibaka and Westbrook over Harden. They should've re-sign Ibaka to a better deal and traded Westbrook for a pass first point guard. They should've traded Westbrook for Rondo last season when they had the chance.

A lot of people criticized Harden for his performance in the finals against Miami, but what about Ibaka's performance in the finals?

[baller101200]

Harden isn't easy to replace. Near impossible.

The positive thing, they replaced him with possibly the only other SG in the league who can match his scoring efficiency in Martin.

[ldawg]

OkC made the right move. Its always hard to move a good player but they had to move him. I am sure its a move they wish they did not have to make. Okc with Harden and no Ibaka or Perkins wont go far. The team stands a better chance as is being more balanced. They still got a bench player that can put up points in Martin so all is not lost. The only player they could have traded instead of Harden was West brook. Harden goes hard like D Rose and Wade maybe too hard, right now he is a one man show. At the end of the day they are better with KD as their man. OKC was lucky to have Harden on their bench that we all knew that was not going to last, someone was going to pay him. So it boiled down to Westbrook or Harden. Had they kept Harden and trade Westbrook the results would have been the same they both played huge roles. Had they not resign West Brook they would not of made it to the finals. Harden, kd, West Brook, Ibaka are all hard to replace. Dont blame OKC blame the NBA with the new CBA.

[thevcballer]

Is Harden a max player and franchise player? No, but he is a nice complimentary player to a franchise player. He did the little things that don't show up in the stats list and sacrifice his game for the good of the team. OKC made a mistake picking Ibaka and Westbrook over Harden. They should've re-sign Ibaka to a better deal and traded Westbrook for a pass first point guard. They should've traded Westbrook for Rondo last season when they had the chance.

A lot of people criticized Harden for his performance in the finals against Miami, but what about Ibaka's performance in the finals?

Ibakas deal is fair and Westbrook is better than Rondo these are the sort of posts im talking about they didnt screw up at all they made the right choice

[KaganRS]

Okay i am 100% done with PSDs overreaction to the James harden deal all i hear is They should have amsentyed perkins or Harden>>>Ibaka what where they thinking
or OKC killed there chance at a championship
Let me get something trough to all of you
Its true that James harden is a nice little player but
You never choise a small over i big in this league
Both Perkins And most definitely Ibaka are much harder to replace than Harden
If OKC where to pick Harden over Ibaka they would have regretted it forever
they have a tough front court locked up for awile and still have one of the better backcourts in the NBA James Harden may be good but what he did for OKC isnt hard to replace in todays NBA so from a management standpoint they did very well to not lose him in Free agency and get a top 10 Sg and a nice young prospect in return for him

please tell me you typed this on a touchscreen phone.

[ldawg]

Is Harden a max player and franchise player? No, but he is a nice complimentary player to a franchise player. He did the little things that don't show up in the stats list and sacrifice his game for the good of the team. OKC made a mistake picking Ibaka and Westbrook over Harden. They should've re-sign Ibaka to a better deal and traded Westbrook for a pass first point guard. They should've traded Westbrook for Rondo last season when they had the chance.

A lot of people criticized Harden for his performance in the finals against Miami, but what about Ibaka's performance in the finals?

How long was the sacrifice going to last? did he take the $$ they put on the table? He was going to get paid. OKC knew this once he did not accept. Rhondo for West brook is not bad but he can be a hand full. Ibaka is also more important than u think and No way OKC was going to keep Harden on the bench, he is a starter. Rhondo, Harden,KD,Ibaka,Perkins aint bad. Maybe they should have revisit that. They wanted to keep all and almost pull it off. Harden was going to get way more money and a bigger role. This present team is just as good but the loss of Harden hurt a bit. I think they knew it was going to boil down to Harden or West brook about two years ago. But point is they are still one of the best teams and is very much still in the hunt.

[Ty Fast]

okc's title window got SLAMED shut when they did that trade with houston!!!

[Andrew32]

OKC management are idiots.

Not necessarily because they made those moves but because they gave Harden only one hour to think it over.

Had they treated him nicer and been like "we really want to keep you badly but this is all we can realistically offer you you'll make it back in endorsements blah blah" he might have stayed anyway.

But instead they were like "look how nice we are offering you this huge contract even though your a bench player you have one hour to sign before its off the table biotch".

[He115ing]

It would have made more sense for them to keep Harden and get rid of Westbrook

[SteBO]

It would have made more sense for them to keep Harden and get rid of Westbrook

Lol no. Westbrook is the better player.