Thunder: Westbrook

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Neal is not mine, but, Kirby is all yours...

You're vested in the Spurs, daddy-O. And that's the just the way it's gonna be.

Let us proceed...

[Clipper Nation]

You're vested in the Spurs, daddy-O. And that's the just the way it's gonna be.

Let us proceed...

& you are vested in the Suns and Cavs while siding the Lakers when convenient....tee, hee.

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& you are vested in the Suns and Cavs while siding the Lakers when convenient....tee, hee.

CN, gettin' his fart catcher on.

[scanry]

Wasn't me. They all picked up and left 2/3 the way thru the 3 peat, opened up Sose's Joint and locked the door.

Don't flatter yourself Dale, it was because of you that site got nuked. Didn't the site go offline for a while?

[MeloHype]

[thunderup]

Ok

[Clipper Nation]

Ok

At home, up?

[TDMVPDPOY]

[thunderup]

At home, up?

Yes, where my empire stands and family sleep.

[MeloHype]

Yes, where my empire stands and family sleep.

Your meth empire?

[thunderup]

Your meth empire?

What's my ing name?

[DMC]

Perkins averaged 25 minutes per game last year, 19 per game so far this year. I don't think its difficult to replace his "production" with replacement level talent. Besides, I think the dropoff from Perkins to replacement is well worth being able to keep Harden in addition to Ibaka, Durant and westbrook/rondo

When Perkins is on the floor they are playing 4-5 on offense. He doesnt shoot further than 10 feet and is still sub 50% from the field. he's also a slow footed defender without much height, or any athleticism to make up for it. i really don't think it would be remotely difficult to replace him with waiver talent

But you cannot just replace him this year. You have to consider they had no backup center going forward. They weren't going to trade Serge, and just needed a serviceable backup. His deal expires after next season.

I highly HIGHLY doubt you or I or both of us have put more thought and weighed more stats and facts about this than their front office. They made the deal for a reason, even if it's not apparent to you now. They weren't going anywhere with Kristic, who was already making close to 6m a year.

[MeloHype]

What's my ing name?

Mitc Brown, the big dog

[JohnnyMax]

[spurraider21]

But you cannot just replace him this year. You have to consider they had no backup center going forward. They weren't going to trade Serge, and just needed a serviceable backup. His deal expires after next season.

I highly HIGHLY doubt you or I or both of us have put more thought and weighed more stats and facts about this than their front office. They made the deal for a reason, even if it's not apparent to you now. They weren't going anywhere with Kristic, who was already making close to 6m a year.

Kristic being overpaid doesn't make it OK for Perkins to be overpaid. And if you're going to play the whole "their front office weighed more stats and facts than us" card then by that logic we should pretty much never criticize a personnel move for any sports franchise or say what they could or should have done. Perkins is one of the worst centers in the NBA, and for the 8 million they were paying him, they could have kept Harden and gotten another equally awful center for 2 mil or so

[LkrFan]

Alphabrook is becoming the Meth version of MVPau, blamed for every single loss....

[scanry]

A couple more losses and maybe Westbrook will fall in line. I though Kobe was the GOAT beta, but Durant could surpass him very soon tbh.

[Rogue]

What's my ing name?

no hints?

[DMC]

Kristic being overpaid doesn't make it OK for Perkins to be overpaid. And if you're going to play the whole "their front office weighed more stats and facts than us" card then by that logic we should pretty much never criticize a personnel move for any sports franchise or say what they could or should have done. Perkins is one of the worst centers in the NBA, and for the 8 million they were paying him, they could have kept Harden and gotten another equally awful center for 2 mil or so

Which center. You've still not said. This is just how the upstairs folks do it, they complain about what we have and that we haven't acquired someone, but rarely mention anyone who would make a difference.
Criticize all you like, but you haven't offered a viable alternative.

[Spurs9]

What's my ing name?

[look_at_g_shred]

Whoah! Watch that knee chimp!

[DAF86]

Correle Angelito!

[spurraider21]

Which center. You've still not said. This is just how the upstairs folks do it, they complain about what we have and that we haven't acquired someone, but rarely mention anyone who would make a difference.
Criticize all you like, but you haven't offered a viable alternative.

free agents in 2011 that could have been had for much less than 8 million included Kyrylo Fesenko, Francisco Elson, Alexis Ajinca, Malik Allen, Dan Gadzuric, Joel Pryzbilla, Nenad Kristic.

Free agents in 2012 included Jermaine O'Neal, Ryan Hollins, Nazr Mohammed, Marcus Camby, Elton Brand, JJ Hickson.

They could have kept Harden and taken one or two of these guys over the past 2 seasons. These aren't exactly all-star caliber players, but replacing Perkins' production is not a tall task. The FA class in 2011 was pretty weak, but I think the "dropoff" from Perkins to one of those guys is well worth being able to keep Harden

[MeloHype]

OKC is 0-3 without Perkins

[spurraider21]

OKC is 0-3 without Perkins

His on/off points per 100 possessions is -6.9