Yes. Most folks would say McCain + a FRP is too high. I think it’s dumb, he’s worth AT LEAST a FRP at minimum, but it’s because his contract. $47 million ain’t easy to fit on a team.

If he was making \(30-\)35 million, he have been moved already and brought back 2 FRPs. Idc what folks say about “how he fits on a team”, his production is top tier, if you got shooters around him you’re golden. Like the Warriors would be insane if he was their center.

Sabonis would be a great third option on a championship team but he’s paid like a first option.

Yes I was kidding, they’d have to include Hartenstein and others to get close to making the money work which may be worth it since have Mara.

I don’t think so. Sabonis actively doesn’t want to be a primary scorer, it’s kind of frustrating, he could easily average 20-25 every night & still crazy rebound and playmake. He much prefers to distribute and let others take over, he knows his roll.

His highest scoring games are when the entire rest of the team literally cannot score/go too long not converting any buggers and he goes “fuck it I’ll do it” and starts hammering them down.

Yeah I totally get it. Watching a guy never get fouls hard while leading the league in double doubles, rebounding, high efficiency shooting and if had real shooters around him, would be doing the same with triple doubles, would really suck. What a trash player. So many do what he does.

They’d have to include Hartenstein and others to make the money work, offsets the potential of picks. Again circling back to the issue with Sabonis’s value, it’s his contract that makes it hard to move, not his lack of abilities or team contribution.

You have no say, the people have spoken and voted, it is done!

How so? Who was he supposed to put out there? Clifford couldn’t hang, and for good reason. He hasn’t even been to Oklahoma City as a member of the team. Stirtz made very little impact in his minutes and Harland abused him. Who was supposed to play? What move did Mark refuse to make to intentionally make his team worse?

Brain dead comment.

Clifford was barely getting minutes on the Kings and didn’t cost us a first to get.

Topic actually played well but it’s his first game back after multiple injuries, he’s probably on a minutes restriction.

Stirtz is the only one that really counts but he’s tough to play next to McCain.

Did you have to trade all of your rotation players to stay under second apron ?

Someone was saying you could have kept Dort but in return you would have to cut some of your young guys instead.

They are still deeper than a lot of teams in the league. Isaac Okoro just played 41 minutes in an NBA game

Agreed

Felt like I was taking crazy pills reading our thread. He contributed, even missing his shots he was still a more positive than negative.

Bowl of dicks (Dix?)

It was so disheartening seeing those two turnovers between Shai and AC tonight (both ways even). Our chemistry is fucked.

When you look at our 11 man rotation over the past few years, 8 of those players are either traded for cap space this offseason or hurt.

it’s SGA, Caruso, and Ihart.Dort, Wiggs, Joe traded.Jdub, Chet, Cason, Ajay, Jwill hurt.

72% of the rotation from previous seasons. this just plain and simple is NOT “the thunder” everyone is acting like it is lmao.

its truly wild to me that sga chet and dub have shared the court for only 2057 minutes in 4+ seasons together. like i cant even begin to wrap my head around that

Denver actually had a pretty comparable year in the year Jokic won his first MVP.

Both Murray (torn up knee) and MPJ (torn up back) were out for the year. Our starting lineup was Monte Morris, Will Barton, Jeff Green, AG, and Jokic. Facundo Compazzo and Austin Rivers were getting big minutes as well as PJ Dozer and JaMychal Green.

Jokic won 48 games and was a 6 seed with that team.

hey conscientious takes aren’t allowed in r/nba

I’m still convinced Presti found an Oklahoma crossroad for their chip. They have had such bad luck the last two years. Poor JDub man.

If luka ever had 2 other starters that were all nba, 3 other starters who were all defense, and a betting favorite for 6MOTY he would be in the GOAT conversation with lebron and Jordan

Lol saw someone earlier suggesting the timber wolves have comparable injury issues because theyre missing 2 starters

I mean come on. You take players 2-5 out from LA or Denver and they look much worse than OKC

I still don’t get how those comments always get upvoted

More than half the rotation right now is G League/2 way level players and rookies

Even most of the solid/good players aren’t scorers (IHart/Kenrich/Caruso). So our only somewhat decent scoring options are Ajay (who’s now out) and McCain who played well tonight but had a 53% TS on the year

The Nuggets had a 11-6 record without Jokic last season iirc. Without Shai, OKC is probably worse than the Kings rn. Acuff, Sabonis and Lavine are better than Mccain.

I can’t argue the hypothetical without SGA. We ain’t that bad though, just injured and no depth

Josh Dix would be shooting better than 12.5% from deep if only his passes were coming from Joker.

😄 scrappy high iq guys

So you’re admitting sga is that guy

Tbf they were until basically getting hit with the plague

Huh? ur bench is on the starting lineup now. That could start on other teams

A few weeks?? We were incredibly injured last year ESPECIALLY in the playoffs lmao 🤣

brother even in the year we won a ring Chet fractured his hip and JDub tore a ligament in his shooting hand/wrist in the middle of the playoffs

We have not been lucky, we’ve just been good in spite of injuries

sga chet and jdub have played a total of 2057 minutes in 4+ seasons and you have the audacity to say everything has gone our way and we have the most insane luck lmfao. just totally detached from reality

Why are you making it an okc thing this is every fanbase lol. Some warriors fans want to fire Steve Kerr after every losing streak lol

What do you mean everything go their way? They’ve had Chet or Dub injured for large chunks or the entirety of the last few seasons. They only major lottery pick they drafted was Chet. They’ve just been good and developed well? They’ve been unlucky a lot

Clown

We’ve had injuries for years what

Lol how many teams actually have had 3 starters wiped out in one game?

Thats a fleece in kings land

Giving up anything for a guy that can be replaced by any random UDFA right now is a fleece