OkExchange7229 | Rockets

826 | 12 hours ago

Sold high though

slamdunkbb123

471 | 12 hours ago

It’s funny that morey is wrong about that but also had literally no real reason to say that. Like they fully already made the trade, no reason to shit on the player on the way out.

odnamAE | Lakers

262 | 12 hours ago

Famously widely liked by players Morey

KushGod28 | Timberwolves

68 | 10 hours ago

He should’ve shut his damn mouth. The man is ducking taxes on a rare year where Joel Embiid is somehow healthy. You didn’t even get anyone that can help this year back. No need to double down and act like this is such a great move

SoKrat3s | NBA

37 | 10 hours ago

He shouldn’t have said that, but tbf Josh Harris is the one ducking the tax. Morey’s job is to comply with that order.

roastedhambone | Thunder

52 | 12 hours ago

I mean the quote was taken pretty out of context. Dumbass thing to say, but he was basically saying they felt McCain couldn’t get any run when he was solidly behind Maxey, VJ, and Grimes in the rotation, and wouldn’t expect him to be able to show enough to raise his value any more than a 1st and some 2nds. He felt they got a return he’d expect for a starter, for someone on their bench

Delicious-Item-6040 | Bucks

67 | 11 hours ago

The only issue with this is the Thunder are undeniably a better team than the Sixers and they clearly see value in McCain for their contending team.

roastedhambone | Thunder

36 | 11 hours ago

They also have more assets to work with than the sixers, if McCain slumps again and never recovers, it doesn’t really matter to the Thunder to no longer have the rockets first this year and some mediocre seconds. Sixers cabinets are pretty bare and they needed to replenish. Thunder also had no real shooters outside of Joe, McCain has a lot more overlap with Philly’s roster

StairwayToPavillion | Thunder

13 | 10 hours ago

any reason to part with a promising 2nd year player for a shitty rockets frp to the defending champions of all teams? I’m sure some other team lacking shooting could have given a similar haul back.

roastedhambone | Thunder

10 | 10 hours ago

They were shopping McCain, if that were true, they would’ve taken a better offer

StairwayToPavillion | Thunder

-4 | 10 hours ago

if they didn’t have a better offer then obviously they didn’t sell high. Which is the exact point everyone is making when they make fun of Morey.

roastedhambone | Thunder

11 | 9 hours ago

“if they didn’t have a better offer then obviously they didn’t sell high” makes absolutely no sense, they took the highest offer they got

Halfonion | 76ers

4 | 5 hours ago

No one else was giving us a first and 3 seconds for an undersized guard that can’t play defense.

SoKrat3s | NBA

4 | 10 hours ago

That argument is a double-edged sword.

The Thunder valued him enough to give up ~~OKC’s~~ HOU’s^[edit] pick but not enough to give up Philly’s.

The Thunder are also an overwhelmingly better fit. He can’t run an offense and can’t defend (a few plays in this game doesn’t change that long term). He was not playable with Maxey.

In OKC they can surround him with great defenders and have multiple other players that can run the offense.

roastedhambone | Thunder

3 | 10 hours ago

They gave up Houston’s pick

SoKrat3s | NBA

1 | 10 hours ago

Yes, apologies, that’s what I meant.

dcpains | Thunder

4 | 10 hours ago

Its a dumb argument. They didn’t need tk give up more, so they didn’t. I could value a Ferrari at $300,000, but if I rock up to the dealership and the guy says "I won't accept anything less then $200,000”, im not gonna offer $300,000 lmao

SoKrat3s | NBA

-3 | 9 hours ago

Now that is a dumb argument. You can hate Morey all you want and that’s fine, but he has a well established history of being stubborn with trades. The idea that he didn’t insist on getting Philly’s pick back is nonsensical, especially given his history. And if it was such a steal surely he could have gone to 28 other teams.

You’d have us believe that he had no choice but to trade McCain (he wasn’t forced).
That there weren’t other ways to duck the tax (there were).

dcpains | Thunder

2 | 9 hours ago

He accepted the Rockets pick, so that was the price point. We didn’t need to give uo your pick, so we didn’t. You’re babbling lmao

AIaska | OKC

7 | 11 hours ago

That’s not taken out of context though, that’s just defining what selling high is

roastedhambone | Thunder

6 | 11 hours ago

It’s not really though, the context it’s being taken in is that McCain will never be worth more. Which isn’t what Morey was saying, he was saying he didn’t think the sixers would be able to get anything more out of him if he’s buried in the depth chart

pacifismisevil | Grizzlies

3 | 6 hours ago

The context was the reporter is the one who brought it up: “It’s had to make the argument that you’re selling high on him, you can make that trade at the draft if it’s just about the return, so why make that trade?” “I’m quite confident we’re selling high…we werent looking to sell but teams came to us with aggressive offers for him.”

How is he supposed to answer that question? He’s hardly going to say no, we sold low, and it was a bad decision. He didnt randomly decide to insult a former player, he praised him as a good player and said they werent looking to sell him. Obviously his former team mates and the fans were unhappy with it, and Morey has the right to make his case.

JustRecentlyI | 76ers

2 | 4 hours ago

The context was the reporter is the one who brought it up: “It’s had to make the argument that you’re selling high on him, you can make that trade at the draft if it’s just about the return, so why make that trade?”

As someone who hasn’t looked deeply into the quote, knowing the question was phrased like this makes a huge difference to how I feel about it.

RxJax | Heat

2 | 7 hours ago

That statement is still dumb because unless either their owner decides to pay the tax or they find a way to clear up some tax space (basically find a way to dump PG), they can’t realistically keep Grimes. They’ve only got roughly ~15mil in tax space next year after their pick’s salary is factored in, but they have to sign 3 players to get to 14, so at best Grimes can get like 10mil and I feel like he’ll easily get the MLE from someone.

Next year their depth at guard looks completely dire and thats where the McCain trade will really look bad imo. Maxey & VJ are amazing but beyond that there’s nothing, they’ll have 15mil to split across 3 players and if they’re trying to keep Oubre, he probably takes a huge chunk of that straight away.

halfcastdota | Bulls

2 | 6 hours ago

had no real reason to say that

he’s a MBA, they can’t survive without shitting on those they deem unimportant

dwrek24 | Spurs

47 | 12 hours ago

Drives me up a wall that McCain is on the Thunder for peanuts and Daryl couldn’t even be cool about it.

Lmao1903 | NBA

5 | 11 hours ago

He better draft someone good from that 27th pick he will get for Jared, from Houston. Could end up being 28, basically a 2nd rounder

SeveralMycologist205

5 | 12 hours ago

Morey just needs to draft the next jokic with one of the picks and all is well again

ArmadilloForsaken458 | Supersonics

1 | 7 hours ago

If they didnt need him, I understand selling him. But why to OKC? A team which has enough young talent for at least two good teams. Not even to mention, that they might get another high pick from LAC this year

LeagueWinningPickup

2 | 6 hours ago

Okc has that war chest of picks that lets them outbid pretty much anyone when they decide they want a player .

LimitlessTheTVShow | Thunder

1 | 32 minutes ago

For most teams, a first and three seconds for a bench player would be a lot to give up. For the Thunder, it was just one of their 4 first rounders this year (more likely three because protections) and three of their 18 seconds

Alive-Persimmon5088

-14 | 12 hours ago

Who cares about what he said tho. The 76ers still got good value and he was never going to get minutes like this behind Grimes, Maxey and VJ

Prudent-Knowledge558

18 | 12 hours ago

Grimes lmfao

PrinceKarmaa

18 | 12 hours ago

grimes getting mins over mccain is a problem

SoKrat3s | NBA

1 | 10 hours ago

You mean when Grimes can pass and defend as well? The Grimes that can actually play next to Maxey or VJ?

In Philly McCain would have gotten played off the floor during the playoffs.

Halfonion | 76ers

0 | 5 hours ago

Lmao these people are insane and def haven’t watched a minute of Sixers basketball this season.

SpiritFantastic4835 | Lakers

5 | 11 hours ago

Should’ve sold high on grimes since he looking for an extension and older

Striking-Medium2360

440 | 12 hours ago

He turned the game around with that three at the start of the fourth.

roastedhambone | Thunder

191 | 12 hours ago

One bump of JoeCain and the team is buzzing

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

6 | 3 hours ago

She don’t lie, she don’t lie, she don’t lie McCain

Competitive-Hat-7533

10 | 4 hours ago

That shot was huge, completely shifted the momentum when the game was getting tight.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

-6 | 3 hours ago

They still Lost 😭😂

joshdej | NBA

5 | 3 hours ago

They won

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

0 | 2 hours ago

Not in my head

joshdej | NBA

2 | 2 hours ago

Fair

ifitsootsyou | Thunder

259 | 12 hours ago

Shoutout Daryl Morey

iCarpet | Thunder

75 | 12 hours ago

JoeCain has been torching ever since the trade deadline

xXEliteEater500Xx

34 | 12 hours ago

Slowly repaying OKC for the Harden trade

livefreeordont | 76ers

26 | 11 hours ago

Let me say that again. Daryl Morey is a liar.

revisioncloud | Thunder

6 | 11 hours ago

We might have lost Plumlee but I’m happy with Jared

s0da_pressed | 76ers

3 | 5 hours ago

they went to Jared? 🥲🫠

Traditional-Bill1054

6 | 10 hours ago

Morey was the scapegoat to save the team money but he was an actual dumbass for saying that “sold high” bullshit. Was completely unnecessary and now might finally cost him his job. Would be well deserved.

E_boiii | Thunder

192 | 12 hours ago

Absoulute breath of fresh air to start the forth him and Joe are phenomenal together

schoolhater12 | Raptors

79 | 12 hours ago

I swear to god, Sam Presti does it again. Westbrook should be the first statue, SGA 2nd, and then Sam Presti. He got a guy who can play off ball and more importantly create his own shot for nothing. Ajay Mitchell and Jaylen Williams are very solid shot creators but they can’t shoot, just having that extra shooter out there open things up. Especially since OKC has what i would call fake good shooters, where their percentage looks fine but then you watch games and its just because SGA demands that attention. Mccain is a real shooter

theblue_spirit_

45 | 12 hours ago

Presti is the first statue, for sure. Not to discredit the MVP’s, but great players need the right teammates, the right situation, and the right organization to make them great, and Presti is the engine of all of it. Easily the best GM in the NBA and it’s not really close.

twrs_29 | Thunder

16 | 11 hours ago

I disagree, it’s not the GM that goes out there in a game 7 and wins the games

CharlestonChewbacca | Thunder

2 | 10 hours ago

No, but it’s the gm that makes sure those guys are on our team

Calm-Hearing-2296

6 | 7 hours ago

Just build both statues at the game time

ForgivenessIsNice

-32 | 11 hours ago

Durant over Westbrook. Westbrook led them to nothing. Durant led them to four conference finals and a finals appearance.

Baggy_Vedu | OKC

18 | 11 hours ago

Almost as if Westbrook was right alongside Durant in all of those games. And there were many series where he contributed more than kd.

gingadpole | Thunder

12 | 11 hours ago

Lmao you’re high man

-HeIl | Hawks & Thunder

10 | 11 hours ago

No chance

dont-comm3nt | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

Durant will never get a statue anywhere after going to golden state

ForgivenessIsNice

-1 | 3 hours ago

Doesn’t change that he’s rightfully above Westbrook on the OKC GOAT list.

dont-comm3nt | Hornets

1 | 22 minutes ago

According to who? You? They don’t recognize that dude over there except someone who ran. And I love KD except for when he was with the warriors but they aren’t gonna show him shit past a jersey retirement

Embarrassed_Hold_901 | Thunder

135 | 12 hours ago

Should’ve played more minutes. He’s trying more on defence as well. He’s been so good for us

WIN011 | MIL

98 | 12 hours ago

He lost THJ on a cut for an open layup that’s what got him pulled for Caruso

He’s been good but that was the right call

Embarrassed_Hold_901 | Thunder

38 | 12 hours ago

Down the stretch, I agree it’s hard to play him. I’m saying earlier on in the first quarter when our offense was struggling, he should’ve been on the floor

WIN011 | MIL

9 | 12 hours ago

Gotcha, I only saw the 2nd quarter onwards so makes sense.

Cabbaje | Thunder

28 | 12 hours ago

It’ll take time. But there’s no shame in sitting down for Caruso

Apprehensive-Sir-411 | Thunder

5 | 12 hours ago

Hard agree with the substitution decision, have to add that wasn’t the easiest pass from Jokic

Tank-Has-Memes | Thunder

3 | 10 hours ago

Was a bad rotation from Chet too though

Front_Brilliant2949 | 76ers

16 | 12 hours ago

Caruso got hot. His D was needed as well.

FirstPreparation8538 | Pacers

10 | 12 hours ago

Okc has too many good players to give minutes too

TimmyTwister14

89 | 12 hours ago

He was big for them in the non Shai minutes, their offense looks so rough without Shai on the floor.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

49 | 12 hours ago

That’s very common, specially without jdub and ajay

Calm-Hearing-2296

4 | 7 hours ago

Which makes it more amazing that they went 4-4 without them and Shai

Spemanz92 | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

They hanged on yeah, with some very solid wins. The lack of playmaking was partially compensated by catching fire from 3

hickok3 | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

Even with Jdub, last year their offense stilll looked awful with and without SGA on the floor. It’s just the bench unit forced so many turnovers and got out and ran to get easy buckets, which made the numbers not look as bad. But in the halfcourt, without SGA bailing out possesions it has always looked ugly.

Ajay being a good passer has helped immensely this year, but stilll the halfcourt offense has been a bit clunky this year too.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

1 | 11 minutes ago

The numbers this season have bit a bit better, but we still havent seen the full squad play in form. I trust that having ajay and natural progression from jdub will make the non sga minites a bit more smooth

Longjumping_One_9164 | Thunder

2 | 10 hours ago

Its largely when we dont shoot well enough to retain space, notice it sucked in first half and then looked very fluid as shots dropped.

gerardguey | Bulls

87 | 12 hours ago

Everytime I see OKC make a competent management move it makes me sick to my stomach

mrsardo | Thunder Bandwagon

32 | 12 hours ago

Maybe it’s just IBS and you’re correlating it with Presti moves.

s0da_pressed | 76ers

15 | 5 hours ago

Every time I see PHI make an incompetent management move it makes me realize that it’s just another Wednesday

AfternoonOrganic6606

4 | 4 hours ago

Watching them nail these draft picks year after year is honestly getting painful.

PsyOpPsyclops

3 | 3 hours ago

Too many teams focus on the losing games for picks part, and ignore all of the other shit that goes into building up a franchise

xzadetechnoHD | Thunder

57 | 12 hours ago

Once again thank you DARYL MOREY

TitaniumC4206 | Thunder

56 | 12 hours ago

thanks morey!

Shadoken-TYPE0 | Canada

26 | 12 hours ago

Daryl Morey is a liar

carcie_spip | Thunder

18 | 12 hours ago

He was balling with Shai, then got benched after he was slow to find his man and allowed a pass over his head, haha.

AnkitPancakes | Thunder

18 | 12 hours ago

This guy fits into our offensive scheme so seamlessly, it’s insane. And despite not being a great defender, he plays with energy and doesn’t give up on plays and honestly feels like he breaks even on that end most games. Daig sees that and gives him run. His shooting turns him from a neutral to a huge plus for OKC. Thanks Daryl

Psycho188 | Australia

4 | 5 hours ago

The thing I love most about his offensive fit is he constantly screens off ball. He’s always looking for what little thing he can do to free up the offence, which pretty much only IHart does among the rest of the team, and IHart’s not a shooter so its very different gravity.

Knight-of-dark1 | Thunder

21 | 12 hours ago

Jared “Sold High” McCain will be a game changer in the playoffs. The Joe/McCain lineups have insane spacing for Shai

LugNutsDort | Thunder

13 | 12 hours ago

Daryl Morey Stans Unite ❤️

AIaska | OKC

12 | 12 hours ago

Those middies are beautiful. Like two of them barely touched net

dacrookster | Thunder

12 | 12 hours ago

I love him. I can’t lie I liked him when he did a press conference and someone asked him about his nails or whatever and his demeanour was just so genuine. I’m so glad he’s ours. Proper baller.

DragoniteGang | Timberwolves

11 | 12 hours ago

Daryl Morey the type of guy to have an IQ of 106 and thinks he is the smartest guy in the world.

btun88 | Thunder

3 | 7 hours ago

LOL I imagine Morey thinks the IQ scale is up to 100 but he’s so smart he got 106

Raiku23 | Thunder

11 | 12 hours ago

He needs more minutes over wiggins for now

MuchAbouAboutNothing | Thunder

9 | 12 hours ago

This guy fits in so seamlessly its crazy.

Can’t wait to see our offense with him, Ajay Mitchell and Shai together

tr3yi7 | Thunder

7 | 12 hours ago

I LOVE JARED MORE THAN I LOVE MYSELF!!!!

gridironk

6 | 12 hours ago

Big time addition

Islandkid679 | MIN

6 | 12 hours ago

Damn Sixers gave away McCain going all in with Embiid…yeesh

Cabbaje | Thunder

6 | 12 hours ago

Yall let us get this demon

Eminakamie | Thunder

5 | 12 hours ago

[Insert James Harden quote here]

Minimum-Line9952 | Thunder

5 | 12 hours ago

His shot is so clean 🧼

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

3 | 12 hours ago

He kept us in this game at points with the outside shooting when we were cold from downtown

Springtick38 | Raptors

3 | 12 hours ago

So only his good games are getting posted I see

CoolAsTheUnthawed | OKC

11 | 11 hours ago

I mean, that’s normally what happens with role players lol

Damachine69

1 | 8 hours ago

I can’t remember any other role player scoring 14pts and getting a front page post on r/NBA lol.

Well other than Bronny that is.

AdComfortable4677 | Thunder

5 | 11 hours ago

I mean he’s generally been quite good as a newcomer in a brand new system.

2Blathe2furious

0 | 2 hours ago

He’s shooting 50/46/89 splits in his 9 games since the trade lol. There’s a lot to post about.

Tank-Has-Memes | Thunder

2 | 12 hours ago

He was massive this game I’m so happy he’s on our team

ThunderTime_1

2 | 12 hours ago

McCain has been such a breath of fresh air. He was such a perfect pick up

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

3 | 12 hours ago

Wish McCain become a big star one day to show what a moron and ass Morey is.

OKC2023champs | Thunder

1 | 12 hours ago

He’s so fucking good

trailsneverfails | Thunder

1 | 12 hours ago

Get high

Next-Firefighter-753 | Thunder

1 | 12 hours ago

Thank you Daryl, again.

swizznastic

1 | 12 hours ago

He was gettin Nash-ty out there tn

ilovelgs429 | Thunder

1 | 12 hours ago

MVP

MixingDrinks | Thunder

1 | 11 hours ago

That’s what I love to see! He has really spread his wings. 🤘

cajun_vegeta | Lakers

1 | 11 hours ago

Trust the process

Chrisfull

1 | 10 hours ago

He looked a lot faster today than he has in a while, spooky

Aziz3w | Celtics

1 | 9 hours ago

A reminder that the Sixers also waved Isaiah Joe for a ROSTER SPOT and OKC immediately signed him to a muli year contract before even playing for them.

WhiteWhiteWhiteWhite | 76ers

1 | 5 hours ago

@dmorey

Bonesawisready5 | Spurs

1 | 5 hours ago

We been saying teams need to hang up on Sam Presti when he calls sadly some just don’t learn

MrFulla93 | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

my thoughts with as many times as this is happened: If I’m a GM and Sam Presti calls me about one of my guys in the middle to end of the bench, I’ll say, “gimme a day to consider.” then I’ll march down to the coach and say, “Hey, can you play this kid 30 minutes tonight for no reason?”

sam finds diamonds in the rough. it’d be hard not to think I’m missing something about a player of Sam wants him

3s2ng | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

How did he end up with the OKC?

DrakeoMaye

1 | 2 hours ago

darryl morey is a liar

inshamblesx | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

thanks alot morey 🙄

Emotional-Chef-7601

1 | an hour ago

The rich get richer

gashndash

1 | 42 minutes ago

Sixers fan here that loved the trade because McCain was playing poorly…not looking so well now

Either way Mccain was a victim to Silver gifting us VJ. Can’t pay or play Maxey-McCain-VJ together. 4 picks today is still better than him walking in 2yrs for nothing….Morey has to hit on a rookie SF/PF this summer

bubbasnub | Magic

1 | 41 minutes ago

Name : Daryl Morey

Status : A liar

Dm-me-a-gyro | Spurs

1 | 27 minutes ago

1 first round pick and a few seconds. Malpractice

Waste-Pirate2837

1 | 10 minutes ago

Everyone’s so horny for this guy

Icy_Shock9953 | Thunder

0 | 12 hours ago

Way better on defense, especially his hands, than I expected

SnooPies405 | Nets

0 | 11 hours ago

I’m surprised there wasn’t more of a bidding war for McCain before OKC snatched him. He was struggling with the 76ers this season but there was always an obviously high upside. I kinda wish my Nets made an offer.

Saturdaze-Sundaes | Knicks Julius Randle

0 | 10 hours ago

Such a nice pickup man. I do think Philly benefited from their trade well with their timeline, and sometimes it’s a case of a guy simply never having the real potential on your squad compared to another. Maybe it’s a system thing. OKC’s coach is so elite at leveling the responsibility, (as a hater;) it seems like the exact opposite of what Philly has done with their squad lol

Striking_Foot4850

-1 | 12 hours ago

Come on guys, sixers fans have had enough, we don’t have to keep rubbing it in

CasinoJoe92 | Thunder

-1 | 12 hours ago

Joecaine is the greatest pending duo in the league

stone4345

-1 | 11 hours ago

trust the process they said

Old_Supermarket_7575 | Thunder

-1 | 12 hours ago

Hypothetically how much more could OKC sell McCain for now than when they bought him

2Blathe2furious

2 | 2 hours ago

Not much more. He’s a role player that excels at a very specific thing at this point in his career and he’s not likely to be given more of a role on this team. The value of the trade wasn’t really the problem, Morey’s disrespectful and petty comments afterwards are more what’s driving the conversation.

mrsardo | Thunder Bandwagon

2 | 12 hours ago

He’s too important to the city at the point.

Jared McCain against the Nuggets: 14-2-1-1 on 6⁄8 shooting (2⁄3 from 3), +9 in 19 minutes

Jared McCain against the Nuggets: 14-2-1-1 on ⁶⁄₈ shooting (²⁄₃ from 3), +9 in 19 minutes