NBA 2015/16 thread
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<p>As I mentioned earlier in this thread OKC will have little option but to trade Westbrook if he has no intention of re-signing before he becomes a free agent.</p>
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<p>It's no secret Westbrook wants to go back home to LA and OKC will want to get something in return (high draft picks or good players). Otherwise, he walks out the door and they get nothing.</p>
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<p>This free agent period has been crazy. I read that Ray Allen has been making noises about coming back. He's one of the best pure shooters in NBA history but is nearly 41.</p> -
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<p>It's no secret Westbrook wants to go back home to LA and OKC will want to get something in return (high draft picks or good players).</p>
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<p>Is that a fact or is it just conjecture based on the fact that he is from Long Beach and went to UCLA? It seems like one of those things that has been repeated so many times that it has become an established fact but is there any source to that rumor? </p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="nonpartizan" data-cid="601093" data-time="1469728758"><p>Is that a fact or is it just conjecture based on the fact that he is from Long Beach and went to UCLA? It seems like one of those things that has been repeated so many times that it has become an established fact but is there any source to that rumor?<br></p></blockquote>Conjecture I reckon, LA are in full rebuild mode and would be terrible by the time they traded a bunch of their young prospects for Russ. OKC are undoubtedly weakened by the loss of KD but they have more pieces. Having said that I think they need to put the acid on him and if Westbrook doesn't sign an extension they have to trade him in order to avoid watching him walk for nothing at the end of the season
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<p>Conjecture I reckon, LA are in full rebuild mode and would be terrible by the time they traded a bunch of their young prospects for Russ. OKC are undoubtedly weakened by the loss of KD but they have more pieces. Having said that I think they need to put the acid on him and if Westbrook doesn't sign an extension they have to trade him in order to avoid watching him walk for nothing at the end of the season</p>
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<p>Agreed and I bet that's what they do. They couldn't afford to lose their best player for no compensation two summers in a row. </p> -
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<p>Agreed and I bet that's what they do. They couldn't afford to lose their best player for no compensation two summers in a row. </p>
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<p>I will take that bet!</p>
<p>My bet is on him staying in OKC for at east the next 3 years!</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="nonpartizan" data-cid="601116" data-time="1469737310"><p>Agreed and I bet that's what they do. They couldn't afford to lose their best player for no compensation two summers in a row.<br></p></blockquote>Steven Adams is becoming increasingly important to OKC. The price for the boy from Rotorua keeps going up
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<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Baron Silas Greenback" data-cid="601121" data-time="1469739250"><p>I will take that bet!<br>
My bet is on him staying in OKC for at east the next 3 years!</p></blockquote>As we're saying he'll need to sign an extension this year because they won't risk losing him for nothing too -
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<p>Is that a fact or is it just conjecture based on the fact that he is from Long Beach and went to UCLA? It seems like one of those things that has been repeated so many times that it has become an established fact but is there any source to that rumor? </p>
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<p>Only conjecture at this stage but apart from being from LA, Westbrook's interests (i.e., fashion) seem more logical in that market than in OKC.</p>
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<p>If OKC wants to keep Westbrook they will need to sign another top tier player to complement him as I don't think a lucrative multi-year contract will be enough if they can't compete for a title and beat GSW.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="601137" data-time="1469743923"><p>Only conjecture at this stage but apart from being from LA, Westbrook's interests (i.e., fashion) seem more logical in that market than in OKC.<br>
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If OKC wants to keep Westbrook they will need to sign another top tier player to complement him as I don't think a lucrative multi-year contract will be enough if they can't compete for a title and beat GSW.</p></blockquote>They won't be able to sign someone big until next year, OKC are in a tight spot. All they can do is show Russ the love, include him in their vision to strengthen, but they need to get him to put pen to paper -
<p>Draymond Green accidentally snapchats pictures of his junk. </p>
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<p>This guy is such an idiotic POS. </p> -
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<p>Draymond Green accidentally snapchats pictures of his junk. </p>
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<p>This guy is such an idiotic POS. </p>
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<p>Pretty stoopid. I guess it could have been worse, at least he didn't try to drink his own flowing wee I suppose.....</p> -
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<p>Russell Westbrook agrees to a new deal with OKC 3 years 85.7M</p>
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<p>I was reading today he had an offer in front of him. Good that Westbrook doesn't follow Durant's lead.</p> -
<blockquote class="ipsBlockquote" data-author="Bovidae" data-cid="603000" data-time="1470291780"><p>I was reading today he had an offer in front of him. Good that Westbrook doesn't follow Durant's lead.</p></blockquote>According to league sources so say ESPN. He's due to sign tomorrow NZT
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<p>According to league sources so say ESPN. He's due to sign tomorrow NZT</p>
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<p>Only a 2-yr extension though as Westbrook has a player option for the 3rd year. </p>
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<p>This is a win-win for both parties. Westbrook gets a max contract and can see how successful the new Thunder are with him leading the team, while Presti has 2 years to find the right players to complement him. Another big decision to be made in 2018.</p>
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Steven Adams might be one of the coolest guys playing in the NBA.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11705043
And he's one of our own
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@Rocky-Rockbottom haha great article (although a little long on "sources close to" and "unnamed official"). No sports do drama like the 2 big American winter sports. It's why i love 30 for 30.
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Green looks to have cooled his heels a bit during the preseason after some further controversy during Rio.
No doubt there's plenty of juice on his past couple of seasons, but I think we are at that point (of every preseason) where the journo's are waiting for the season proper to start so they can write about something with a bit of currency to it.
On the Warriors, their rookie Patrick McCaw looks a prospect. He's been surprisingly effective in the preseason and could be a surprise inclusion in the rotation this season.
