Woj: Kanter signing an offer sheet w/Portland

[Takingbaconback]

I hope Thunder don't match it. Saddle Portland with a bad contract for somebody who is going to hinder long term success

[Cyrusman122000]

Harden was complete garbage in playoffs though. Maybe if he didn't do so poorly in postseason OKC might have kept him around.

He was pretty bad as the playoffs went on. I still think Artest had a lot to do with that.

actually he flat out killed the Spurs in the conference finals that year. He just stunk it up in the finals

[bondom34]

Oh the comparison wasn't a direct thing and I said as much. If you want to troll on that fine, have fun.

No...your previous posts are still available. You yourself said, "if you bash one, bash the other." This is obviously a direct comparison. It's also a dumb one. Lee was old, out of the rotation and overpaid. Harden was a young star player on the verge of becoming a superstar.

You're right that both moves were made for money. The difference is the Lee trade wasn't a horrendous move that could have dire consequences on the franchise. That's why one is bashed and the other isn't.

In the future, it would be smarter not to assume anyone who disagrees with you - in this case, pretty much everyone - is trolling. Maybe you're just wrong?

Welp, admitted it. A few posts above. And the money saving thing for GSW was really what I was trying to get at, but I put it very very poorly.

[KL78192020]

looks like they're matching.

[NWGunner]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--enes-kanter-thunder-trail-blazers-211101076.html

[RoyalWun]

Presti: "This was an easy decision"

It was so easy it only took them 3 days.

[El Turco]

that's more to do with gamesmanship, i am guessing they've made the decision months ago

[MoneyTalks41890]

Presti: "This was an easy decision"

It was so easy it only took them 3 days.

No reason to do it right away. Still ties up Portland's money. He's said since March they were going to match.

[xfactor99]

Now that I think about it more, OKC's big mistake wasn't matching this Kanter contract, it was trading for Kanter and Waiters in the first place. I would want useful, two-way, role players who don't to soak up possessions on offense on my championship contending team. Cleveland got Mozgov, Shumpert - and to a lesser extent JR Smith. OKC got Kanter and Waiters. Ugh.

[Slackstring701]

Now that I think about it more, OKC's big mistake wasn't matching this Kanter contract, it was trading for Kanter and Waiters in the first place. I would want useful, two-way, role players who don't to soak up possessions on offense on my championship contending team. Cleveland got Mozgov, Shumpert - and to a lesser extent JR Smith. OKC got Kanter and Waiters. Ugh.

IMO Kanter was worth the shot.

That Waiters trade was atrocious from day one.

[Thunderhead]

Presti: "This was an easy decision"

It was so easy it only took them 3 days.

Come on, please be smarter than this ............... you make Portland pay for extending the offer sheet to one of your RFA's.

And then , from now on, it becomes known, that if you make an offer sheet to a Thunder RFA, then you are gonna be tied up for the maximum amount of time.

Some of you fellas, are real simpletons.

[RatherUnique]

Presti: "This was an easy decision"

It was so easy it only took them 3 days.

Teams almost always wait until the last day to match. You tie up the other teams money as long as possible.

[John Murdoch]

Presti: "This was an easy decision"

It was so easy it only took them 3 days.

Thats standard..they do that so that you will miss out on other FA since u went after their RFA