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So, how long until this franchise disbands?
Seriously, they'll never be that good again, they lottery'd their way into having at one point 3 all-star superstars and didn't get a single ring out of it, absolutely no one wants to go there to play and they have no rich history
going back to Seattle, but I'll dream about them being moved to Vancouver.
>>69386497
they'll last a while. OK probably supports basketball more than TX does, and it is literally the only entertainment in that state other than football, casinos, and meth.
They did royally fuck up their personnel though. Trading away Harden was dumb. Then they traded away Ibaka and basically guaranteed KD would leave, and Westbrook will leave next year.
We opened up a new rowing center its fun!
>>69386497
>>69386528
>it's my first time watching the NBA and I have no idea how this shit works
Every single NBA team has had bad days and the majority don't leave especially ones that just moved there you fucking idiots.
Kill yourselves you newfags.
>thinking it was an accident that they got those 3 superstars at the same time
nice espn-comments-section-quality thread
>>69386734
>implying nba draft scouts are remotely competent.
>>69386659
But OKC is an empty wasteland
>>69386572
>okc can offer westbrook most money
>he's going to leave
Well then why on earth would anyone else ever go to OKC ever again?
I'm actually visiting OKC right now. It's rainy as shit here and the people out here look defeated
>>69386810
Your country is literally 80% mountains and mostly unpopulated.
I can't believe you're this dumb.
oklahoma is full of tornadoes and cows, the very two things that are not conducive to good basketball
>>69386889
I'm literally here for a week and half the people I've seen have been smiling at me and random people are trying to talk to me. I'm too beta to handle all of this.
>>69386821
Because OKC is a shit city and the franchise has no interest in spending the money to keep the team talented. Why would anyone with talent stay there longer than they have to? The days when a great player has to waste away on a shitty team for their whole career are over.
>>69387012
You don't know a single thing about the NBA. Kill yourself.
Ive been OKC and everything you read here is true. Way too much fattening food, guns and other redneck shit. Cant stand all these happy white people.
>>69387138
Build wall
>>69387138
You have to go back
>>69387138
>Cant stand all these happy white people
Deal with it Paco.
>>69387138
CHI
>>69387138
New OKC fan here.
>>69387138
>>69387282
The thing about happy white people is, they all tend to die very young of heart disease or plastic surgery mishaps.
Blake will come back to join Russ in OKC next year and resurrect the franchise
>tfw Blake and Russ win 1 for da heartland
Seattle soon
>>69387043
Not even the same guy, but clearly you know nothing about OKC or the NBA. They don't spend money to stay competitive (ie: not paying Harden, not using the amnesty on Perkins cause they didn't wanna have to pay a guy that wouldn't be on the team). And it's easily one of the worst cities for am NBA player to live in. There's literally nothing to do there. Think before you post next time.
>>69388274
>mfw Blake holds a press conference to announce his return to OKC and he punches the equipment manager one last time
Good lad
>>69388485
They're literally one of the highest paying teams in the NBA with a salary over the max and just below the luxury tax
The only team that pays the luxury tax is the Cavs
You don't gut your bench just to have three max players taking up your team's salary and sacrifice your defense, depth as a team.
And you're literally a retard that doesn't know shit, kill yourself.
Your argument is invalid.
>>69388485
You realize there is this thing called a salary cap and Harden was a no defense choker that ruined their 2012 championship chances? Ibaka was literally half that team's defense, and even then they were still one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA at that point. Getting rid of Ibaka in favor of Harden is a literal retard move and Harden only did well in Houston because he was the only star there and their entire offensive strategy is give him the ball and let him shoot. He wouldn't have put up all star number in OKC as a starter with KD and Westbrook there, that's why he was the 6th man and acted as their back up unit so he was essentially a starter playing against bench guys, one of the reason they made the finals. But he choked hard with all the pressure on him and he couldn't deliver in the Finals.
>>69386572
Trading Harden got Adams. Hindsight included; it was the right decision. Now holding on to Perkins wew.
>>69386937
>implying you could fight through a cow screen
