OKC trying to Land #1 Pick from Cav's

[elmanutres]

Told ya

@MySportsLegion: The Thunder offered Kendrick Perkins, the 12th and 29th pick to the Cavaliers for the #1 overall pick, Cavs declined.

Presti is an idiot. He also let go of Harden for one year rental of Kevin Martin.

If I was NBA GM, I wouldnt dare sending such offer. He should be embarrased for it.

wow, presti is a dumbass. lol well looks like kd is gonna be looking like lebron in Cleveland or kg in minny in the near future.

[DPG21920]

I would offer that too . What crappy offer, but it tells you what people think of the CLE front office. Presti wouldn't dare call with that offer to RC.

[said7]

I would offer that too . What crappy offer, but it tells you what people think of the CLE front office. Presti wouldn't dare call with that offer to RC.

"And then he said...."

[cd021]

Cleveland won't give the #1 away for Ibaka.. It would take a package of players.

No Ibaka #12 and maybe #29 would be enough. This draft isn't very good in the top 5. The Cavs want more proven talent. They already have a ton of young players and Ibaka has been around the track a few times. Irving, Waiters, Thompson, Zeller, + #19th, 31st, & 33rd. They could swing a deal for Ibaka. Then swing another deal in short order involving a combo of the #12,/29th 19th 31st and 33rd pick for another lottery pick.

Maybe they package the#29th, 31st and 33rd picks to Dallas for the #13. According to different draft boards they could take a foreign player and stash him away for a couple of years (Nogulera/ Golbert) while seeing how this team would gel in the upcoming seasons. They also would have enough to take on Marion & Carters deal for 1 season if they want to make a push for the post season.

[Kidd K]

They don't have the assets to get the top pick. Their draft slots are too ty for the Cavs to trade down, and they just dumped their top tradeable asset last year to the Rockets for nothing anywhere near what they traded.

Not expecting OKC to get it. They are no longer in a position to stack their team with top picks anymore. They ahd to tank repeatedly while dumping their top guys to get the picks they got the first time. They can't tank anymore and don't have the to trade to get better. They're still gonna be good, but they're going to float around the 3-5 seed for awhile and likely not make the Finals again withoutsome super miraculous improvement in a middling draft pick.

[Marrow]

Like Mahinmi -- everyone had a second-round grade on him, but the Spurs rated him higher, so they just went after him. And the Spurs have such a good rep that the rest of the world assumed that the Spurs were right and they were wrong! But I'm pretty sure that Presti wouldn't hesitate to take a guy that's considered a great big question mark if the guy gets a good enough grade internally.

When you are drafting where the spurs have been drafting for the last decade, it's easier to take a risk on a potential prospect that is somewhat overlooked by other teams. There is great value in a late first round contract that locks a player in for potentially 4-5 years at a relative low cost.

Presti hasn't been afraid in the past to pull the trigger on questionable deals (see harden trade), though I feel his tenure has had more to do with luck than smarts. KD fell into his lap, he chose westbrook over kevin love, harden was insistent on playing for the thunder by writing a letter to them pre-draft stating his desire to be a 3rd cog in their big 3. Based on the small sample size of his reign i find it hard to give him any kudos...i also haven't mentioned the trade for perkins, the signing of fisher and the dealing of maynor

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When you are drafting where the spurs have been drafting for the last decade, it's easier to take a risk on a potential prospect that is somewhat overlooked by other teams. There is great value in a late first round contract that locks a player in for potentially 4-5 years at a relative low cost.

Presti hasn't been afraid in the past to pull the trigger on questionable deals (see harden trade), though I feel his tenure has had more to do with luck than smarts. KD fell into his lap, he chose westbrook over kevin love, harden was insistent on playing for the thunder by writing a letter to them pre-draft stating his desire to be a 3rd cog in their big 3. Based on the small sample size of his reign i find it hard to give him any kudos...i also haven't mentioned the trade for perkins, the signing of fisher and the dealing of maynor

I'm in no way claiming that Presti is actually a genius -- just that he's not afraid to take risks based on internal rankings rather than world-at-large rankings. I'm well aware that many of the legitimately disastrous GMs in NBA history had that kind of tenure because they were willing to go against conventional wisdom and turned out to be ruinously wrong.

[Marrow]

I'm in no way claiming that Presti is actually a genius -- just that he's not afraid to take risks based on internal rankings rather than world-at-large rankings. I'm well aware that many of the legitimately disastrous GMs in NBA history had that kind of tenure because they were willing to go against conventional wisdom and turned out to be ruinously wrong.

It will leave you looking like a genius or leave you unemployed