OKC Thunder Trades and Transaction Thread

Zagor · Post #1901 » by **Zagor** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 8:25 am

Even if we sign Hartenstein, still it's not clear what our starting five will be. Maybe Mark will start Wiggins or even Dieng??

OKC2008 · Post #1902 » by **OKC2008** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 9:58 am

Zagor wrote:Even if we sign Hartenstein, still it's not clear what our starting five will be. Maybe Mark will start Wiggins or even Dieng??

I think it will be:

SGA-Dort-Caruso-JDub-Chet

Basically you are switching Giddey with Caruso.. for sure you are smaller, but in the regular season I don't see that as a big matter

In the postseason you can change starting lineup based on your opponent

Personally I would prefer trading for a true PF than signing Hartestein, but I don't see a lot of options now (for example I think that DFS has been available for trades during the draft)

Post #1903 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 10:23 am

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Devilanche · Post #1904 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 11:34 am

OKC2008 wrote:
Zagor wrote:Even if we sign Hartenstein, still it's not clear what our starting five will be. Maybe Mark will start Wiggins or even Dieng??

I think it will be:

SGA-Dort-Caruso-JDub-Chet

Basically you are switching Giddey with Caruso.. for sure you are smaller, but in the regular season I don't see that as a big matter

In the postseason you can change starting lineup based on your opponent

Personally I would prefer trading for a true PF than signing Hartestein, but I don't see a lot of options now (for example I think that DFS has been available for trades during the draft)

You start IH and you bring him out first for a guard.

Chet is a C for sure but he’s young enough that he can still develop and expand his skillset by learning how to play PF.

OKC2008 · Post #1905 » by **OKC2008** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 12:53 pm

Devilanche wrote:
OKC2008 wrote:
Zagor wrote:Even if we sign Hartenstein, still it's not clear what our starting five will be. Maybe Mark will start Wiggins or even Dieng??

I think it will be:

SGA-Dort-Caruso-JDub-Chet

Basically you are switching Giddey with Caruso.. for sure you are smaller, but in the regular season I don't see that as a big matter

In the postseason you can change starting lineup based on your opponent

Personally I would prefer trading for a true PF than signing Hartestein, but I don't see a lot of options now (for example I think that DFS has been available for trades during the draft)

You start IH and you bring him out first for a guard.

Chet is a C for sure but he’s young enough that he can still develop and expand his skillset by learning how to play PF.

Chet is the present and the future of OKC, I wouldn’t sacrifice him at PF just in order to play Hartestein at Center…

The only reason I could consider to switch Chet At 4 is buying a Center better than Chet.. but this will not happen for sure

Post #1906 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 1:07 pm

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Devilanche · Post #1908 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 1:30 pm

Love both deals .

Thats 12m and 8m for them. Fairly movable if required.

Post #1909 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 1:43 pm

greal deals !

Post #1910 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:00 pm

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that's a lot of money

Devilanche · Post #1911 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:07 pm

5m more than I’m comfortable with (75m/3 years)

But it’s not my money so let’s go!

shakes0 · Post #1912 » by **shakes0** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:20 pm

Love the off season so far. Lineup looks much improved:

C: Chet
PF: JDub
SF: Caruso
2G: Dort
PG: SGA

or

C: IHart
PF: Chet
SF: JDub
2G; Dort
PG: Caruso

Rotation:
IHart/Joe/Wiggins/Wallace

Could still use another competent center/PF assuming they aren't bringing back JWill.

Devilanche · Post #1913 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:24 pm

Is our 15 already finalised or we got 1 more slot ?

Big nick · Post #1914 » by **Big nick** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:25 pm

Hell yes we got bigger, Sam did well this off season. We for sure are better.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #1915 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:25 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:that's a lot of money

That contract only makes sense if it is the end of the 5-man out experiment and he is the starting center. There is still a trade that needs to happen. Kenrich and Dieng with picks for another quality big man. Kenrich, Dieng and picks can bring back about $14.5M in salary. Who should they be going after?

SGA/Cason/Topic
Dort/Caruso/Joe
JDub/Wiggins/Jones
Chet/Kenrich/Dieng
Hartenstein/Jaylin

brackdan70 · Post #1916 » by **brackdan70** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:25 pm

Just came over to say Damn!!! Nice moves. Sure seems like OKC is the class of the west now.
Cheers

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Kizz Fastfists · Post #1918 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:28 pm

Devilanche wrote:Is our 15 already finalised or we got 1 more slot ?

One more slot, but over the cap by about $3M. I *think* they can still use the full MLE as even with that they would be $15M under the tax line.

Devilanche · Post #1919 » by **Devilanche** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:30 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:
Devilanche wrote:Is our 15 already finalised or we got 1 more slot ?

One more slot, but over the cap by about $3M. I *think* they can still use the full MLE as even with that they would be $15M under the tax line.

Thanks ! Not sure what’s available out there. Probably keeping it for buyouts

Post #1920 » by **Dadouv47** » Mon Jul 1, 2024 2:51 pm

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Gotta hope Dort/Caruso and co keep shooting well from deep.