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  • Texas Flood said...

    I say no way. Being a top ten player doesnt depend on being a feature franchise player.

    That's not a knock on the guy. Just anyone can easily pick ten players better than him.

    They could pick 10 they think is better than him, but they may be wrong. If I am 10th pick of a lotto to draft to start a team, he'd make my top 10 to build around. Of course I'd take everything in consideration considering his age. For example, I'd pick him before Kobe.

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  • I think it's safe to say he is a top 5 shooting guard in the league, maybe higher. I think it might be a good move to trade R dub for a decent big man and a guard who can come off the bench and be a legit scoring option. That's the only reason Harden doesn't start. We would have no bench scoring. Once Eric Maynor comes back from a torn acl he can be an adequate starting pg with KD and Harden out there. Just my 2c

    This post was edited by Strawn1128 on 5/6/2012 at 8:36 AM

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  • Strawn1128 said...

    I think it's safe to say he is a top 5 shooting guard in the league, maybe higher. I think it might be a good move to trade R dub for a decent big man and a guard who can come off the bench and be a legit scoring option. That's the only reason Harden doesn't start. We would have no bench scoring. Once Eric Maynor comes back from a torn acl he can be an adequate starting pg with KD and Harden out there. Just my 2c

    I don't like Maynor as a starter. He does not play defense good enough to D up starting PGs in the league.

    It's tough to decide how they pay all these guys and who they can keep. I think Durant and Ibaka are musts because I think Ibaka won't command top dollar.

    I see no way of keeping all 4 unless they pay the tax. To me that leaves keeping only one of RW or JH. RW is absolutely electrifying and I think he is great. Of late, I've just seen Harden as a player who can do the same things as RW but is bigger. I don't want to see Harden on another team. He is too fun to watch.

    This post was edited by Deep Red on 5/6/2012 at 1:18 PM

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  • Deep Red said...

    I don't like Maynor as a starter. He does not play defense good enough to D up starting PGs in the league.

    It's tough to decide how they pay all these guys and who they can keep. I think Durant and Ibaka are musts because I think Ibaka won't command top dollar.

    I see no way of keeping all 4 unless they pay the tax. To me that leaves keeping only one of RW or JH. RW is absolutely electrifying and I think he is great. Of late, I've just seen Harden as a player who can do the same things as RW but is bigger. I don't want to see Harden on another team. He is too fun to watch.

    Westbrook is not going anywhere. He just resigned and you don't trade a top 3 pg in the league. After the way Harden has played this year, neither is he. Ibacka is unfortunately the most likely odd man out.

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  • Canadianhorn said...

    Westbrook is not going anywhere. He just resigned and you don't trade a top 3 pg in the league. After the way Harden has played this year, neither is he. Ibacka is unfortunately the most likely odd man out.

    I don't think they can afford 3 15-20 million dollar players and stay under the cap. Perkins makes about 9 million too.

    Deep Red

  • Deep Red said...

    I don't think they can afford 3 15-20 million dollar players and stay under the cap. Perkins makes about 9 million too.

    I really don't think Harden gets more than 12 at most. It's going to be tight, but if anyone can do it, it's Sam Presti. The guy is a wizard. It might take the four of them sitting down and saying what is it going to take to keep us together, if that is infact the route they want to take.

    Here's a breakdown of their salaries and cap hits...

    Oklahoma City Thunder - Salaries by Year

    Oklahoma City Thunder (OKC) player contracts, salaries, and transactions - updated daily.

    www.spotrac.com
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  • Canadianhorn said...

    I really don't think Harden gets more than 12 at most. It's going to be tight, but if anyone can do it, it's Sam Presti. The guy is a wizard. It might take the four of them sitting down and saying what is it going to take to keep us together, if that is infact the route they want to take.

    Here's a breakdown of their salaries and cap hits...

    Thanks for the link. I believe there will be several teams willIng to pay Harden 15+ easy. He's an LA type player too, I could see the Lakers really trying to get him. He's the type of player fans want to come see play.

    He'll start for any team that picks him up and be theIr best player.

    Deep Red

  • Baron Davis just blew his knee up. It was gross.

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  • Longhorn in OK said...

    Baron Davis just blew his knee up. It was gross.

    and the Knicks go on a run...

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  • KD really should run for president. He has a million oklahoma folks rooting for a longhorn and that many Texas people rooting for an oklahoma team against a team from texas. Kissinger was never that good

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  • Thunder announcer arrested on suspicion of lewd acts

    Read more: http://newsok.com/thunder-announcer-arrested-on-suspicion-of-lewd-acts/article/3674308#ixzz1uZhc1cD4

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  • Bruce7 said...

    Thunder announcer arrested on suspicion of lewd acts

    Read more: http://newsok.com/thunder-announcer-arrested-on-suspicion-of-lewd-acts/article/3674308#ixzz1uZhc1cD4

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