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I would post the tweet but my Tweetdeck is literally melting down under the strain. Someone give me a hand pls

This is for any visiting fans
https://t.co/F3STNDaalU ?s=17

this is pretty cool.

Once I saw that Russ was throwing a big party and PG was going to be in attendance on Free Agency-Palooza Eve, I felt really good about our chances.

It's a shame. The city of Oklahoma City and Thunder fans everywhere poured their hearts and soul into this team and loved Kevin Durant for nine years. And he gets to a point where he "just can't" anymore and makes the most cowardice move in sports history.

But it takes just one year for PG to buy into the OKC and OKC Thunder culture and agree to a 3-year deal when, just one year ago, he was bound and determined to go to LA?

Weirdly enough, this makes me dislike and disrespect Cupcake even more.

NaturalThunder wrote:Once I saw that Russ was throwing a big party and PG was going to be in attendance on Free Agency-Palooza Eve, I felt really good about our chances.

It's a shame. The city of Oklahoma City and Thunder fans everywhere poured their hearts and soul into this team and loved Kevin Durant for nine years. And he gets to a point where he "just can't" anymore and makes the most cowardice move in sports history.

But it takes just one year for PG to buy into the OKC and OKC Thunder culture and agree to a 3-year deal when, just one year ago, he was bound and determined to go to LA?

Weirdly enough, this makes me dislike and disrespect Cupcake even more.

All of this.

I for one am shocked that all those positive reports actually didn't turn around & backfire on us.

Who is this Katie people are talking about? Tonight is all about pg13 reupping on Russell Westbrook day!

Congrats! My respect level as increased even more for Paul George after signing an extension.
This is an excellent decision for his future. Stability.

NaturalThunder wrote:Once I saw that Russ was throwing a big party and PG was going to be in attendance on Free Agency-Palooza Eve, I felt really good about our chances.

It's a shame. The city of Oklahoma City and Thunder fans everywhere poured their hearts and soul into this team and loved Kevin Durant for nine years. And he gets to a point where he "just can't" anymore and makes the most cowardice move in sports history.

But it takes just one year for PG to buy into the OKC and OKC Thunder culture and agree to a 3-year deal when, just one year ago, he was bound and determined to go to LA?

Weirdly enough, this makes me dislike and disrespect Cupcake even more.

thunder's approach to pg was shaped by kd's departure. they didn't do anything like this for kd.

HMFFL wrote:Congrats! My respect level as increased even more for Paul George after signing an extension.
This is an excellent decision for his future. Stability.

He's getting dragged a bit over this, which is fair—if he wanted to maximize earnings, he should have gone shorter. But my gut says that since he suffered a crippling injury once, he's opting for security.

slick_watts wrote:

NaturalThunder wrote:Once I saw that Russ was throwing a big party and PG was going to be in attendance on Free Agency-Palooza Eve, I felt really good about our chances.

It's a shame. The city of Oklahoma City and Thunder fans everywhere poured their hearts and soul into this team and loved Kevin Durant for nine years. And he gets to a point where he "just can't" anymore and makes the most cowardice move in sports history.

But it takes just one year for PG to buy into the OKC and OKC Thunder culture and agree to a 3-year deal when, just one year ago, he was bound and determined to go to LA?

Weirdly enough, this makes me dislike and disrespect Cupcake even more.

thunder's approach to pg was shaped by kd's departure. they didn't do anything like this for kd.

Man, you even give credit to Durant for PG signing? Also, what is 'this'? Because this party was obviously done already knowing he was going to sign.

spearsy23 wrote:

slick_watts wrote:

NaturalThunder wrote:Once I saw that Russ was throwing a big party and PG was going to be in attendance on Free Agency-Palooza Eve, I felt really good about our chances.

It's a shame. The city of Oklahoma City and Thunder fans everywhere poured their hearts and soul into this team and loved Kevin Durant for nine years. And he gets to a point where he "just can't" anymore and makes the most cowardice move in sports history.

But it takes just one year for PG to buy into the OKC and OKC Thunder culture and agree to a 3-year deal when, just one year ago, he was bound and determined to go to LA?

Weirdly enough, this makes me dislike and disrespect Cupcake even more.

thunder's approach to pg was shaped by kd's departure. they didn't do anything like this for kd.

Man, you even give credit to Durant for PG signing? Also, what is 'this'? Because this party was obviously done already knowing he was going to sign.

i think had sam and the thunder (and, westbrook) approached the kd situation with the care and attention they did with paul george kd might have stayed, too. from the parties to westbrook's cloyingly sweet relationship with george, everything was done differently.

of course, it's harder to really gain that kind of perspective when the guy (kd) has been around for so long. pg came here with his 2018-19 intentions well advertised.

slick_watts wrote:

spearsy23 wrote:

slick_watts wrote:
thunder's approach to pg was shaped by kd's departure. they didn't do anything like this for kd.

Man, you even give credit to Durant for PG signing? Also, what is 'this'? Because this party was obviously done already knowing he was going to sign.

i think had sam and the thunder (and, westbrook) approached the kd situation with the care and attention they did with paul george kd might have stayed, too. from the parties to westbrook's cloyingly sweet relationship with george, everything was done differently.

of course, it's harder to really gain that kind of perspective when the guy (kd) has been around for so long. pg came here with his 2018-19 intentions well advertised.

The only real difference was Russ/PG and that may have been Russ trying harder, Russ having grown some, or even just two guys who happen to have more in common. Everything the organization gave George they'd handed to Durant since day one.

Major props to Presti. He gambled and it paid off. I've been critical of him in the past but this was a big time move.

Look, congrats to you guys but more lol at the lakers feelings from me.

Congrats on keeping your superstar guys. What a great job by Presti and your organization. This guy has some huge cojones. Cheers. I hope they don't hit you with the game tickets to cover for the luxury tax though.

Congrats, guys. That's some commitment from your ownership, your luxury tax bill will be insane. Good to see the silly narrative that nobody wants to play with Westbrook be dealt a serious blow.

Also it's always great to see the Lakers and their incredibly whiny fans screwed over.

Great start to FA for OKC