Presti could have said but he also realized what was right in front of him. In a cap hell and with two stars that couldn’t together get him there. So it looks like he’ll get: 2020, 22,24,26 unprotected first. 2028 protected first 2 pick swaps (maybe 21 and 23) Gallinari SGA Maybe those picks suck initially but that’s an insane return considering the situation was “bad”. SGA is good. Gallinari is good. Not PG good but good. OKC lost in the first round anyway. Great move by OKC imo Meanwhile Clippers still have Bev, Trez, Lou, Zubac, Shamet. Plus Kawhi and PG. probably need more size but pretty stacked.
Sorry I was actually being a bit sarcastic and making fun of him. Hopefully this post ages well, hahah
Losers of this: Lakers and thunder. WB has arguably lost or driven away 2 guys now in Durant and George and now okc seems like its rebuilding. Lakers for the obvious reasons: waited on kawhi and lost all their FA targets and now get to face maybe a better one-two punch across town. Winner: the clippers; that defense with George, kawhi and Beverly
Sounds like OKC is gonna blow it up. Wouldn’t be surprised if Westbrook is traded, maybe to some dumb team like Sacramento...
next season will be very interesting, that’s for sure the East is now extremely weak once again, and the West is looking ridiculous if the Rockets think they can just #RunItBack (I hate that phrase now), they are very mistaken
I think its likely OKC ownership also wanted to do this trade. Simply put, they wanted to cut costs and the team just wasn't good enough. OKC paid over 61 million in taxes last year & was once again looking at another large tax bill. The Westbrook/George combination had two shots at competing, both resulted in dissapointing 1st round loses. With this trade the Thunders save nearly 7 million or so just this year. Galinari's 22 million expires at the end of the season freeing up even more space.
They're not trading him, they might slide him to sg but he's their franchise and they just paid him, they're stuck with him Don't see it happening but the Knicks could take a sniff at it
One thing to bear in mind. PG just had surgery on both shoulders. Kawhi Justin made it healthy through a post season for the first time in 3 years. The clippers are the Clippers. Meanwhile Lebron is now old and AD has random injuries of his own. It will be injury watch central in LA.
I expect this kind of picks haul when we eventually trade Harden for a blow up. Clippers gonna be stacked next year, but I will take this over LBJ, AD, and Kawhi triple threat.
