Thunder Offseason Thread

Pillendreher · Post #1941 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:47 am

Russ deserves to retire a Thunder. This **** isn't right.

spearsy23 · Post #1942 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:48 am

Russ to the Lakers as a favor to him? I'm for it.

Post #1943 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:49 am

spearsy23 wrote:Russ to the Lakers as a favor to him? I'm for it.

They’ve got nothing left to trade.

kdthunderup · Post #1944 » by **kdthunderup** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:50 am

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/shai-gilgeous-alexander/

Carmelo NBA projections predicts SGA will be an all-star. I'm excited to build around him and find some other young guys who can shoot.

kdthunderup · Post #1945 » by **kdthunderup** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:53 am

ThunderBolt wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:Russ to the Lakers as a favor to him? I'm for it.

They’ve got nothing left to trade.

I'd take Zuzma and their 2020 pick.

spearsy23 · Post #1946 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:53 am

ThunderBolt wrote:
spearsy23 wrote:Russ to the Lakers as a favor to him? I'm for it.

They’ve got nothing left to trade.

Kuzma, and that's why it's a favor.

Post #1947 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:54 am

kdthunderup wrote:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/shai-gilgeous-alexander/

Carmelo NBA projections predicts SGA will be an all-star. I'm excited to build around him and find some other young guys who can shoot.

Shai is kind of what I thought Westbrook would be when he was drafted. He’s a good defender, not as athletic as Russ but not a broken shot either. He shot 36% from three.

spearsy23 · Post #1948 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:54 am

kdthunderup wrote:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/shai-gilgeous-alexander/

Carmelo NBA projections predicts SGA will be an all-star. I'm excited to build around him and find some other young guys who can shoot.

I really like Shai. I'd be pretty surprised if he actually hits all Star though, maybe a Conley type who has near all Star impact but isn't a flat enough name.

spearsy23 · Post #1949 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:56 am

Pillendreher wrote:Russ deserves to retire a Thunder. This **** isn't right.

But do the thunder deserve to have Russ retire for them?

Post #1950 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:56 am

spearsy23 wrote:
kdthunderup wrote:https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/carmelo/shai-gilgeous-alexander/

Carmelo NBA projections predicts SGA will be an all-star. I'm excited to build around him and find some other young guys who can shoot.

I really like Shai. I'd be pretty surprised if he actually hits all Star though, maybe a Conley type who has near all Star impact but isn't a flat enough name.

Conley is an all star to me. He just played in an era and conference where it didn’t go his way for the voting.

petros93 · Post #1951 » by **petros93** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:57 am

Come on. I know all you guys here were begging for okc to start rebuilding so I hope this makes you happy. But man I hate it! Why does everybody have to do Russ like this? He looks so bad right now. Like nobody wants to play with him. I became an okc fan for Russ/kd dynamic duo. Stayed because Russ inspired me on that ridiculous mvp season he performed at the highest level I've ever seen. Then he got what he deserved another co-star. And now this. I want Russ to win a championship. He's 30 not 37. I wanted him to retire a thunder. I can't think of him in another team. But **** this.

Post #1952 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 9:59 am

The Thunder are comfortable embarking on a rebuild rather than trying to retool. But they will evaluate their options going forward, which include seeing what this team looks like with Westbrook leading the charge alongside Gallinari and Steven Adams, trade current pieces to try and add to the roster, or hit reboot on the roster completely and trade Westbrook. The last option appears to be the most likely scenario.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27130385/thunder-blindsided-focused-rebuild

Pillendreher · Post #1953 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:01 am

spearsy23 wrote:
Pillendreher wrote:Russ deserves to retire a Thunder. This **** isn't right.

But do the thunder deserve to have Russ retire for them?

No. We actually deserve to become the new Kings.

What we got out of this team in the last decade might be the worst screw up in sports history.

Post #1954 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:01 am

Russ to the Knicks makes a lot of sense.

spearsy23 · Post #1955 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:03 am

Read on Twitter

Denial, but also :nod:

Pillendreher · Post #1956 » by **Pillendreher** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:03 am

Man, we managed to screw the Raptors as well.

No-Man · Post #1957 » by **No-Man** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:06 am

Orlando and Miami look like the most obvious Russ destinations

Orlando can offer salary fillers, Isaac, some picks, Fultz?
Miami, Herro, Winslow, maybe one 1st, salary filler (dragic, jones, robinson, maten...)

Doubt you can get much more than that

spearsy23 · Post #1958 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:07 am

ThunderBolt wrote:
The Thunder are comfortable embarking on a rebuild rather than trying to retool. But they will evaluate their options going forward, which include seeing what this team looks like with Westbrook leading the charge alongside Gallinari and Steven Adams, trade current pieces to try and add to the roster, or hit reboot on the roster completely and trade Westbrook. The last option appears to be the most likely scenario.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27130385/thunder-blindsided-focused-rebuild

By now we all know, but just for anyone else reading this: thunder beat writers are not inside sources, they know nothing.

spearsy23 · Post #1959 » by **spearsy23** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:08 am

ThunderBolt wrote:Russ to the Knicks makes a lot of sense.

Please don't do that to him.

Post #1960 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 10:09 am

spearsy23 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:Russ to the Knicks makes a lot of sense.

Please don't do that to him.

Dolan is an idiot but players have a fascination with NY. You don’t think it would have some appeal to russ? Especially with his fashion stuff.