OKC is a disgrace

[sfballa13]

Silver doesn't have the balls to screw Presti over like he did Hinkie.

Oh and where is the piece of **** Stephen A to scream and rant about this "travesty" the way he did the Sixers.

Yeah, I'm still massively bitter over the NBA destroying the assets we garnered from our designed tank. Meanwhile the crappy Lakers, stupid T-Wolves, imbecile Kings and BS Thunder all do it and for more years and nothing gets done to them.

Stephen A wont be screaming because nobody gives a damn about OKC since Westbrook left and no one will be for another 5-10 years

[QingJames]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

This is literally what apologists for this awful product were saying last year. "When they land Cade, Green or Mobley..."

Flattening the lottery odds was the right thing to do but it didn't go far enough. Shameful behaviour by the OKC front office.

[shangrila]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

Nothing is guaranteed

[monopoman]

They need to stop forcing OKC to start the game 30 points down before a single minute is played.

It's just not fair!

[Jabroni Lames]

OKC is a disgrace

[Knicks365247]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

This is literally what apologists for this awful product were saying last year. "When they land Cade, Green or Mobley..."

Flattening the lottery odds was the right thing to do but it didn't go far enough. Shameful behaviour by the OKC front office.

OKC should be forced to forfeit their 2022 1st round pick.

[GoBobs]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

Philly tried this and picked

MCW
Noel
Embiid
Oakafor
fultz
Simmons

The draft is a crap shoot. More top picks fail than make it. OKC has already had a young Harden, Westbrook and Durrant and managed to screw things up. Hard to win with all young players even if they are good. With guys coming out after 1 year and being extra young plus flattened draft odds this is a terrible era to try and pull a trust the process type rebuild.

[God Squad]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

Just like when they tanked and were projected to get Cade/Green/Mobley/Suggs? On god I'll laugh my ass off if they fall again and miss out on "the" guys.

[SlovenianDragon]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

Just like when they tanked and tried to get Cade/Green/Mobley/Suggs? On god I'll laugh my ass off if they fall again and miss out on "the" guys.

Giddey is really good tho its not like they struck out.

[God Squad]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

Just like when they tanked and tried to get Cade/Green/Mobley/Suggs? On god I'll laugh my ass off if they fall again and miss out on "the" guys.

Giddey is really good tho its not like they struck out.

Giddey is an awesome prospect. But banking that you're gonna get top 3 pick, when as recent as last year they fell out of the top 5 is what I find laughable. Someone in the top 5 will fall again, so I just find it amusing.

Nothing is guaranteed.

[MemphisX]

when they land Banchero, Holmgren or Smith, true difference makers, this will be long forgotten and forgiven. It will all be worth it. This is the system that is in place and this is how they need to approach it given their situation i.e. market, cheap owners, draft, etc. Even if the NBA intervenes out of spite as they are known to do, OKC is guaranteed to get a difference maker to go with the young talent already there. I'd rather my favorite team do this than be mired in mediocrity for a decade. Almost every great team was built through the draft until recently.

This issue with this assumption is none of those dudes are better prospects than Zion and the Pelicans are still in the crapper with a similar setup (All Star level dude, young prospect, had max cap space, lots of 1sts).

You never know with young dudes until they get in the league. Some are Evan Mobley and improve the team immediately and some are Jalen Green and don’t move the W/L needle at all as rookies.

[JN61]

Silver doesn't have the balls to screw Presti over like he did Hinkie.

Oh and where is the piece of **** Stephen A to scream and rant about this "travesty" the way he did the Sixers.

Yeah, I'm still massively bitter over the NBA destroying the assets we garnered from our designed tank. Meanwhile the crappy Lakers, stupid T-Wolves, imbecile Kings and BS Thunder all do it and for more years and nothing gets done to them.

Stephen A wont be screaming because nobody gives a damn about OKC since Westbrook left and no one will be for another 5-10 years

Sadly true. Some people keep claiming otherwise but none of players on OKC currently has superstar potential. SGA is an elite 3rd option on a championship team but he is not a guy to carry you to playoff runs, not even as 2nd option unless team is stacked like Warriors. Dort is solid defensive specialist similar to Thabo, but not as good of a shooter (not level of Roberson defensively). And the rest? Maybe someone might be near all-star level player in future but I doubt it. OKC needs quickly get out of the slump or the team adapts the loser mentality that teams like Wolves, Kings, Suns, etc had for years (in some cases decades).

[Mavrelous]

Allocate 3rd pick for worst record, coin toss 2nd and 4th pick between 2nd and 3rd worst team and lottery on the 1st pick between the rest, and see how OK will suddenly find ways to improve.

[TRik]

Basically waited all year to catch some Paul Watson OKC highlights and it’s not even worth it.

[slick_watts]

it's been awhile since i saw a thread with so much whining over something that doesn't even matter. the thunder are tanking. they haven't been tanking long. before that they were contenders for about a solid decade. they are only a few years removed from having one of the highest payrolls relative to the cap in nba history. who cares if they lose by 20 or 70 or 100. it's one loss, it'll go in the books, and they'll move on to the next one. geniuses in this thread who think adam silver is going to punish the thunder for a little over one season of tanking (so far) are out of their minds. come back to reality.

[slick_watts]

OKC needs quickly get out of the slump or the team adapts the loser mentality that teams like Wolves, Kings, Suns, etc had for years (in some cases decades).

lol what. they've been bad for barely a full season's worth of nba games. thunder fans don't deserve this team, sometimes.

[JN61]

OKC needs quickly get out of the slump or the team adapts the loser mentality that teams like Wolves, Kings, Suns, etc had for years (in some cases decades).

lol what. they've been bad for barely a full season's worth of nba games. thunder fans don't deserve this team, sometimes.

Being ok with losing is one of issues modern fandom has.

[MoneyTalks41890]

OKC needs quickly get out of the slump or the team adapts the loser mentality that teams like Wolves, Kings, Suns, etc had for years (in some cases decades).

lol what. they've been bad for barely a full season's worth of nba games. thunder fans don't deserve this team, sometimes.

Being ok with losing is one of issues modern fandom has.

I mean the problem with teams like the Wolves and the Lings is that they tried to win too quickly and got stuck with treadmill teams. What you’re advocating is why those teams are bad for a decade.

[timO]

okc is the 26# best team of the nba

the bottom 4 are the real disgrace

[ropjhk]

Their roster last night looks like a G League team.