2019-20 OKC Thunder Regular Season Thread

ThunderBolt · Post #601 » by **ThunderBolt** » Fri Mar 6, 2020 3:09 am

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/257436/Knicks-Interested-In-Trading-For-Chris-Paul

jambalaya · Post #602 » by **jambalaya** » Fri Mar 6, 2020 6:17 am

It is a real thin report by someone who needs something to report. Might be true as far as it goes but I'd need to see more to give it much credence / meaning.

Even if they are interested, they have to offer enough to interest Presti. That is a far higher standard than worth gathering info on Paul. They should be gathering info on lots of players, almost everybody or everybody.

A realistic Knicks offer for Paul probably has to use some cap space and might have to include draft consideration of some kind.

I dunno exactly what it would take. Randle, team option Ellington, use of $15 million in cap space and 2 mildly protected 2nd round picks might be an example.

Post #603 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri Mar 6, 2020 10:07 am

ThunderBolt wrote:https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/257436/Knicks-Interested-In-Trading-For-Chris-Paul

Not sure how it would work salary wise but Chris Paul to the Knicks makes sense (for the Knicks, probably not for CP3 that wants to contend).

Dolan is under pressure and CP3 can still make a bad team relevant (he would also help their young players to develop). Think it would make most casual Knicks fans happy.

ThunderBolt · Post #604 » by **ThunderBolt** » Fri Mar 6, 2020 6:43 pm

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Galloisdaman · Post #605 » by **Galloisdaman** » Fri Mar 6, 2020 7:47 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:
ThunderBolt wrote:https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/257436/Knicks-Interested-In-Trading-For-Chris-Paul

Not sure how it would work salary wise but Chris Paul to the Knicks makes sense (for the Knicks, probably not for CP3 that wants to contend).

Dolan is under pressure and CP3 can still make a bad team relevant (he would also help their young players to develop). Think it would make most casual Knicks fans happy.

I think most Knicks fans would be angry. Say the Knicks have been going after past their prime guys since Spencer Haywood and Bob McAdoo.

ThunderBolt · Post #606 » by **ThunderBolt** » Sat Mar 7, 2020 12:29 pm

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This is pretty cool coming from such small beginnings. I like Andrew and Miky Berra. Some of the other guys...not so much. This should help the quality of the podcast improve even more.

jambalaya · Post #607 » by **jambalaya** » Sun Mar 8, 2020 7:21 am

Congrats.

getrichordie · Post #608 » by **getrichordie** » Sun Mar 8, 2020 6:29 pm

I know this isn’t relevant, but Charles Barkley is or was in my hometown today, randomly. Guess he’s on his way to Leeds or something.

Sea2003 · Post #609 » by **Sea2003** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 2:26 am

Great win today fellas

1bigfan13 · Post #610 » by **1bigfan13** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 11:59 am

There are Thunder "fans" who are going to be pissed if OKC finishes ahead of Houston.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #611 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 3:32 pm

1bigfan13 wrote:There are Thunder "fans" who are going to be pissed if OKC finishes ahead of Houston.

I love the "fans" on this. I'm not upset they are finishing ahead of Houston as I expected it. I expected Houston to be worse, but Russ is shooting the highest FG% of his career and shooting less threes then any season before his meniscus tear. I'll be upset that they lose their pick, but that is also something I was expecting with this roster. They are losing a first round pick because of Presti and we can debate the value of having a first round pick against making the playoffs, but my stance on that has been clear.

1bigfan13 · Post #612 » by **1bigfan13** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 3:45 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:
1bigfan13 wrote:There are Thunder "fans" who are going to be pissed if OKC finishes ahead of Houston.

I love the "fans" on this. I'm not upset they are finishing ahead of Houston as I expected it. I expected Houston to be worse, but Russ is shooting the highest FG% of his career and shooting less threes then any season before his meniscus tear. I'll be upset that they lose their pick, but that is also something I was expecting with this roster. They are losing a first round pick because of Presti and we can debate the value of having a first round pick against making the playoffs, but my stance on that has been clear.

WOW!! Hit dogs really do holler. LOL

Bro, I wasn't even talking about you or the Houston draft picks. In fact I've never even seen your posts regarding those picks from the Westbrook trade.

I was talking about people who I interact with on twitter & Facebook who are die hard Westbrook fans and refuse to accept that his flaws held OKC back. That's all I was talking about.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #613 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 4:09 pm

I'm talking about OKC losing their pick THIS year. OKC traded this year's first round pick to Philly in the Jerami Grant trade. It is top 20 protected. Right now OKC's pick is #22 so they send their first to Philly.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #614 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 4:21 pm

1bigfan13 wrote:I was talking about people who I interact with on twitter & Facebook who are die hard Westbrook fans and refuse to accept that his flaws held OKC back. That's all I was talking about.

I know a few Russ fans that are similar. I want OKC to play Houston in the first round because I believe that is the easiest opponent OKC can realistically get. All the Russ fans I know don't want that because if this OKC team knocks Russ out of the playoffs they might have to accept some truths about him they don't like. Russ is taking the most shots of his career this season and shooting his highest FG%. The only season he took a higher percentage of his shots at the rim was his rookie year. He has cut down his 3s. I'm still betting he returns to old habits in the playoffs if you give him some space to take his 3s and long 2s.

slick_watts · Post #615 » by **slick_watts** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 6:02 pm

1bigfan13 wrote:I was talking about people who I interact with on twitter & Facebook who are die hard Westbrook fans and refuse to accept that his flaws held OKC back. That's all I was talking about.

this is the problem being a fan of a player and not a team. you turn into a basketball ronin. no real allegiance, sort of rooting for the new team you have to follow, sort of not. to each their own. westbrook became the enemy as soon as he demanded a trade, imo.

ThunderBolt · Post #616 » by **ThunderBolt** » Mon Mar 9, 2020 7:40 pm

There are obviously exceptions but a lot of the fans of specific players tend to not be local. OKC has a New Zealand following from Adams. Up until this year, there were quite a few Westbrook-Thunder fans. I know of one specific one that changed his username and favorite teams in his profile after the trades this summer. Nothing really wrong with that but I think its easier to be more attached to the player than the franchise when you have no regional ties to an area. You don't have to work as hard to be exposed to the Thunder if you are in Oklahoma as you do if you live in Spokane, Des Moines or Europe.

Galloisdaman · Post #617 » by **Galloisdaman** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 12:57 am

ThunderBolt wrote:There are obviously exceptions but a lot of the fans of specific players tend to not be local. OKC has a New Zealand following from Adams. Up until this year, there were quite a few Westbrook-Thunder fans. I know of one specific one that changed his username and favorite teams in his profile after the trades this summer. Nothing really wrong with that but I think its easier to be more attached to the player than the franchise when you have no regional ties to an area. You don't have to work as hard to be exposed to the Thunder if you are in Oklahoma as you do if you live in Spokane, Des Moines or Europe.

I used to be Russisdaman!

getrichordie · Post #618 » by **getrichordie** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 1:54 pm

I’m convinced Ferguson just needs to start eating McDonalds all the time. He needs to get bigger so he doesn’t get moved so easily by the stronger wings he guards.

mr570 · Post #619 » by **mr570** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:01 am

ThunderBolt wrote:

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This is pretty cool coming from such small beginnings. I like Andrew and Miky Berra. Some of the other guys...not so much. This should help the quality of the podcast improve even more.

I dunno dude. I get what you're saying re: some of the other guys. But they're mostly friends of Andrew's from high school. I don't think the rest of them have the stakes in the podcast that Andrew does, with him also being a member of the media, so he's more consistently "professional" than they are.

getrichordie · Post #620 » by **getrichordie** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 2:04 pm

Big game tonight. A win could certainly help us lock up HCA. A loss could easily mean 6th seed. Time to thunder up boys. We gotta play solid D tonight. I say make Mitchell beat us.