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Originally Posted by Calzone Lord
OKC slipped up going after Perkens I think.
When they made that move it was during that brief period in the NBA where the teams with good bigs were all doing well. Memphis - Gasol/Randolph, Lakers - Bynum/Gasol, Spurs - Duncan, Orlando - Howard, Chicago - Boozer/Noah.
They thought that is what they needed to get a ring. But they overpaid for Perk...than they made the business decision to trade Harden a year earlier and get max compensation from him in order to compensate for that earlier mistake.
They had 3 true superstars like the Heat. Only their 3 guys were all younger, faster, more athletic. Bosh/Wade have peaked and are now declining.
Still, this was the year. KD, RW, Harden over Miami's big 3. And OKC's stiffs are a lot better than Miami's stiffs.
Now they're just rolling the dice with Miami, the Clippers, and San Antonio...but with two mid 1 draft picks in their pocket that might get them a pingpong ball or two.
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Stick to horse racing. Overpaid for Perkins? He doesn't make that much for a big man and they gave up basically nothing to get him. One, your look alike, is back in Russia, and the other Jeff Green, missed a year and is just now starting to play fairly well. But, he plays the same position as Durant so he didn't have a lot of value for the Thunder. He was going to leave anyway. I'm no Perkins fan, but that wasn't a bad trade at all and got them to a WCF and then an NBA Finals.
They definitely gambled trading Harden. I don't know if keeping him was enough to win it all this year. It just depends how Lamb and the future picks pan out.