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I was heart broken when the Thunder revoked a trade for Tyson Chandler citing health issues with his surgically repaired foot, (Humour in the doctor whom performed the surgery being the one warning the Thunder off not withstanding). After a while however a strange thing happened, Thabo whom we received from Chicago for part of the package offered for Chandler, came in and turned the entire team defense around. Sefalosha has himself single handedly won games with lock down D in the 4th quarter, Durant's points and Russel's assists get the glory but I've seen Thabo collect 3 defensive stops in the last 5 minutes of a game, and last year the entire team started playing that way, (which I maybe mistakenly attributed to Thabo rubbing off on his teammates).

This year though the entire team defensive ratings are down, Sefalosha is still playing hard but has looked hampered at times and now Tyson Chandler is looking great doing big things for the Mavericks with not even an in grown toenail in sight. After a couple of years looking back now, were we right to send Chandler back for a Sefalosha refund?

Ron Adams who worked with Sefolosha in Chicago wanted him badly in OKC.. with or without chandler, thabo was going to end up in OKC.


Westbrook/Maynor/Ivey
Sefolosha/Harden/Cook
Durant/Cook
Green/Ibaka/Collison
Chandler/Krstic/Collison


awesome team right here. Did the thunder sign Krstic after the attempt to get chandler?

Thabo was traded for a 2009 first round pick, while the chandler trade was for Davon Harding (2nd round pick), Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox. How are Thabo and Chandler related?

Balkman32 wrote:Thabo was traded for a 2009 first round pick, while the chandler trade was for Davon Harding (2nd round pick), Joe Smith and Chris Wilcox. How are Thabo and Chandler related?

You know what, you're absolutely right, I had always been under the false understanding that the cash and pick moved to Chicago had been part of the Chandler trade and that the one would not have happened if the other had remained intact. Looking it up now you are right and we could have brought in both players in 2009. Someone needs to find that surgeon and give him a good throttling for telling us he botch the job on Tyson's foot.