Trade for Westbrook?

Detstones89 · Post #821 » by **Detstones89** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:36 am

If I’m OKC I wouldn’t have wanted a declining Paul contract he looked awful last year.

coordinator0 · Post #822 » by **coordinator0** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:37 am

Snakebites wrote:
coordinator0 wrote:
Snakebites wrote:Alrighty, there we go. Let folks swoop in to bewail this.

For me, I'm relieved. We could have beaten that package easily and we didn't. That gives me hope.

Phew.

If I'm OKC I'm really bummed by this. That's essentially a cap neutral deal until 2022, and they just got 2 picks and 2 picks swaps that are unlikely to be used.

This does speak to how low the value on Westbrook was though. Nobody was willing to take on that salary really AND give up assets.

I think the Thunder move Paul now, and they should be able to get a better package for him than they could have for Westbrook. Adding assets on top of assets. This might be the best outcome for them in the end.

Looks like the Paul stuff has already started in this thread.

Kilo · Post #823 » by **Kilo** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:37 am

Paul and Westbrook make exact same money over same years - Paul is 34yrs old - four years older and signed for four more years...

Post #824 » by **theBigLip** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:37 am

OKC is screwed. CP3 is going to be hating life and making everyone else's miserable.

Post #825 » by **Snakebites** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:37 am

Detstones89 wrote:If I’m OKC I wouldn’t have wanted a declining Paul contract he looked awful last year.

Contract is one year shorter.

Basically they get one year of cap relief that doesn't come until 2022, picks that come later than that, and swaps that come never because they're not going to have a better record than Houston. Yikes. Even I overestimated Westbrook's value.

coordinator0 · Post #826 » by **coordinator0** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:37 am

Kilo wrote:Paul and Westbrook make exact same money over same years - Paul is 34yrs old - four years older and signed for four more years...

No, Paul's deal is one year shorter. Same money over the years that they overlap though.

Post #827 » by **theBigLip** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:38 am

Relief that we didn't make a bad deal, but Westbrook would have been our best PG in a loooong time.

mattao313 · Post #828 » by **mattao313** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:38 am

lol We could have got him smh. I guess I gotta take a break from the Pistons. Battling for the 8th seed again.

pistonsbball · Post #829 » by **pistonsbball** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:38 am

Would've taken multiple picks. No thanks.

Kilo · Post #830 » by **Kilo** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:38 am

coordinator0 wrote:
Snakebites wrote:
coordinator0 wrote:

Phew.

If I'm OKC I'm really bummed by this. That's essentially a cap neutral deal until 2022, and they just got 2 picks and 2 picks swaps that are unlikely to be used.

This does speak to how low the value on Westbrook was though. Nobody was willing to take on that salary really AND give up assets.

I think the Thunder move Paul now, and they should be able to get a better package for him than they could have for Westbrook. Adding assets on top of assets. This might be the best outcome for them in the end.

Looks like the Paul stuff has already started in this thread.

Why would they get a better package for him? Houston included two FRP's for Westbrook because Russell is better, younger and contract is equal.

Kilo · Post #831 » by **Kilo** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:40 am

Trade machine says both signed for four more years? Is Paul's last year a TO?

MotownMadness · Post #832 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:40 am

NBA is wild

Detstones89 · Post #833 » by **Detstones89** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:41 am

I’m also surprised the OKC keeps trading its best players in conference.

MotownMadness · Post #834 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:43 am

theBigLip wrote:OKC is screwed. CP3 is going to be hating life and making everyone else's miserable.

Yeah hes gotta be pretty pissed but at the same time he should be thanking Morey for maxing him like that at 34 years old

coordinator0 · Post #835 » by **coordinator0** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:43 am

Kilo wrote:Trade machine says both signed for four more years? Is Paul's last year a TO?

Two years then a PO for Paul, three years then a PO for Westbrook.

Neptune · Post #836 » by **Neptune** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:43 am

We have the worst organization ever man!

mattao313 · Post #837 » by **mattao313** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:44 am

Neptune wrote:We have the worst organization ever man!

Battle for the 8th seed woohoo

Detstones89 · Post #838 » by **Detstones89** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:44 am

Time to trade Griffen to OKC for all those picks, send him home since we can’t build anything around him!!!!

MotownMadness · Post #839 » by **MotownMadness** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:45 am

We really need to trade Blake or find a way to get another star cause this is just gonna go nowhere and if he publicly wants out we are gonna get nothing back for him

flow · Post #840 » by **flow** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 12:46 am

I feel for Rockets fans. That there is someone on earth who actually believes Harden & Westbrook can share a court together is mystifying to me. It will be both entertaining and comical to watch. But that's it.

They just acquired the only contract more burdensome than CP3's, and they gave away two first rounders on top of it.