Thunder: Westbrook

[DMC]

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

Philo

[spurraider21]

excellent retort. i wonder what you think Perkins brings to the table. he is as laughable as many of those guys.

i'm simply arguing that having one of those replacements in addition to keeping James Harden is better than just having Perkins do nothing for them while gobbling up 8 million per year. if you have an argument outside of emoticons, i'm all ears

basically it comes down to whether or not you believe that Perkins > Harden + replacement center

[JohnnyMax]

They could've drafted a center like Joekim Noah, Roy Hibbert. Those guys were drafted 10-20 range.

[spurraider21]

They could've drafted a center like Joekim Noah, Roy Hibbert. Those guys were drafted 10-20 range.

yeah they shoulda gone back to 2007 and drafted Noah instead of Durant