[Woj] Free agent C Isaiah Hartenstein has agreed on a three-year, $87 million deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder

[BrianInPhilly]

I give it til January until people turn around on Chet at the 4. That’s a big mistake.

Are you referring to Chet being better at the 5'? If so I agree and sure on paper they look better but running a traditional big is gonna hurt their versatility a bit in my opinion. I think a starting 5 of Shai-Caruso-Dort-JWill-Chet is just better and more dominant on both ends w/ the spacing. I'm sure OKC staff is smarter than me, so they'll still be very good. But I wouldn't be surprised if the lineup they run more in the 4th is w/ Chet at the 5'. I can see Hartenstein playing a Warriors Looney sort of role 20 min (that would work well), but the cost to sign him to play that role is pretty crazy. 3rd year isn't team option?

Either way I love OKC's depth. Wallace, Joe, Wiggins as backup guards locked in the next 3 years is absolutely crazy and gives them lots of options in trades too.

[Pantsman]

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They couldn’t offer more than another team? How?

[ThunderBolt]

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[ocelot17]

What a massive overpay. This means OKC doesn’t believe Chet can play the center position, or they just paid Hartenstein $87 million to be a backup.

[sikma42]

I’m not intimately familiar with the Thunders cap situation, but I don’t they needed to spend 30M for a backup center (on their team)


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[jazzfan1971]

I can't hate on this. They picked up a very useful player for basically free. Maybe his contract becomes a problem later, but I think they know what they are doing in OKC contract and otherwise.

I'm just jealous of OKC is my main problem.

[HoopsterJones]

That’s a steep price for Hartenstein ($29m per season), but OKC has gotten 2 huge fit upgrades to the team now along with Caruso.

OKC might be a WCF lock.

[nikster]

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This makes the deal a lot better for the Thunder

[TorontoBarneys]

Jakob Poeltl deal looking better and better.

[zshawn10]

Ok I like it better

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[durden_tyler]

Ok OKC, after the Giddey trade, you just have improved that starting 5 by a mile. It’s still going to be about matchups in the playoffs so the battle for #1 spot is really going to be interesting— four teams legitimately have a shot of that spot!

Can we just start the season already?


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[ShouldaPaidBG]

And with the the Knicks have instability in the middle. They'll need to get a good backup to Robinson who is one of the most injury prone bigs in the league. Still the 2nd/3rd best team in the EASt, but Ihart was really good. OKC Imo is the best in the West now.

Depends on if they are going to do the all-Nova lineup + OG or not. In that case OG is the center.

[chilluminati]

That hurts for the Knicks, especially since Mitch can't stay healthy. But they had no money to give him I'm sure.

[Fencer reregistered]

Decent player and fit but major overpay. Waste of cap space. Should’ve got Luke Kornet or Alex Len for $20m less per year


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Kornet just signed for vet minimum.

[dkb964]

Shai
Caruso
J Dub
Chet
Hartenstein

Joe
Wiggins
Dort
J Will

I imagine Dort starts over Caruso but they look great on paper!

[Bob Ross]

Sucks I loved iHart. Cant blame him, thats a ton of money. I wish him well

[The Servant]

OKC has to be favorites now, assuming Porzingis will be injured as usual


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they're in a good spot but i think they still need a secondary iso scorer to really give them the leg up.

Jalen Williams has been improving continuously and is ready to step into this role in my opinion. Its just been a matter of touches and the inefficient Giddey possessions will go to him (like when teams left him unguarded).

Last year Jalen Williams put up 19/4/4.5 on 54/42/81 which is elite. He's ready for a bigger role.

[Bergmaniac]

Great deal for OKC, especially if the report of the last year not being guaranteed is true. Hartenstein gives OKC exactly what they need the most, a legit 7 footer who is a great defender and rebounder with plenty of physicality and also an excellent passer.

[homecourtloss]

One would think that Chet and JWill make mini (maybe even substantive) leaps. Pair that with the additions of Hartenstein and Caruso…

[RiRuHoops]

He must be the highest paid German athlete. And one of the least known.