Thunder: OKC will match Kanter offer sheet

[spurraider21]

So you just threw Manu out there for s and giggles?

I said James isn't a franchise player. He's in that role, but he's not capable of carrying that franchise. He benefited this season from everyone else being injured. If Lebron doesn't hiatus, if KD isn't out, if Kobe isn't out, if Melo isn't out, if every other better talent in the game isn't out, Harden isn't in the race.

Put the Rockets with Lebron James instead. Now you have a franchise player and they probably win the ring. Same with KD, same with probably Melo (maybe), same with a few others. James was a beneficiary of an odd season.

all that to say lebron is in a different tier than harden. cool.

you don't have to be a franchise player to be a significant loss. losing james harden was a significant loss, just like losing manu would have been a significant loss for the spurs.

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losing james harden was a significant loss, just like losing manu would have been a significant loss for the spurs.

Manu is a winner.
Harden is a loser.

[djohn2oo8]

Manu is a winner.
Harden is a loser.

Durant and Westbrook have won what?

[DMC]

Adolescent meme responses don't improve your position, slope.

[DMC]

all that to say lebron is in a different tier than harden. cool.

you don't have to be a franchise player to be a significant loss. losing james harden was a significant loss, just like losing manu would have been a significant loss for the spurs.

You compared Manu to Harden. Manu has 4 rings, world les, Olympic Gold.

Why did you pick him to compare? Why not another bench guy like Jason Terry?

[DMC]

Durant and Westbrook have won what?

Same as Harden.

[djohn2oo8]

Adolescent meme responses don't improve your position, slope.

You can't even stay on topic to maintain a position, porky.

[DMC]

The trade is going to cost them Durant and eventually Westbrook. So hope it will be worth it

More speculation. Even if they leave, you can't prove the trade had anything to do with it. Just enjoy your paper tiger.

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Durant and Westbrook have won what?

They got further.

[djohn2oo8]

More speculation. Even if they leave, you can't prove the trade had anything to do with it.

Yeah, because they weren't good enough get back to the finals.

Keep running in circles.

[DMC]

You can't even stay on topic to maintain a position, porky.

My position: OKC did not make a bad decision when they traded James. It's debatable that they could have delayed 1 more year to see how his free agency would go, but it was understood he wasn't sticking around. When New Orleans was about to let Chris Paul walk for nothing instead of trading him, all broke lose. They were called everything but white men, and yet OKC did the same thing with a BENCH PLAYER and hindsight thin eyes like you and Philopino pretend James was a known quan y. Show your threads from back then when you called it out. I'll wait.

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They were called everything but white men

lmemulatedao!!!

[DMC]

Yeah, because they weren't good enough get back to the finals.

Keep running in circles.

How did Houston do in the Finals this season or since James arrived? Oh that's right.

Acting as if the other side of the coin is being in the Finals.

[DMC]

lmemulatedao!!!

Dale my folks said that when I was a kid. You didn't coin it.

[djohn2oo8]

My position: OKC did not make a bad decision when they traded James. It's debatable

You can't pick a side

[djohn2oo8]

How did Houston do in the Finals this season or since James arrived? Oh that's right.

Acting as if the other side of the coin is being in the Finals.

Houston didn't trade Harden for a bag of peanuts in the midst of a possible dynasty

[spurraider21]

You compared Manu to Harden. Manu has 4 rings, world les, Olympic Gold.

Why did you pick him to compare? Why not another bench guy like Jason Terry?

because they play nearly identical roles (talking of harden on OKC). their production at the same stages of their careers were very similar. their style of play as SG with PG skills obviously is another point of comparison.

i'm not saying Harden = Manu... no player = another player. they're all different, slightly better or worse. but we compare players, dont be obtuse about it. the point i'm making is that losing harden was a significant loss. whether or not he's a "franchise player" is irrelevant. if the spurs lost danny green this summer, it would have been a significant loss, even though he's not a franchise player.

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Dale my folks said that when I was a kid. You didn't coin it.

Don't give me that "folks" . I lodged it first. Me.

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i'm not saying Harden = Manu

& you'd better in' not.

[DMC]

because they play nearly identical roles (talking of harden on OKC). their production at the same stages of their careers were very similar. their style of play as SG with PG skills obviously is another point of comparison.

Eurostep. That's it and that's all and you know it. When did Manu play 35 minutes a game? You don't have any real reason for that comparison and I shot it down already by getting you to deny the "franchise player" aspect of the Harden claim when applied to Manu.

i'm not saying Harden = Manu... no player = another player. they're all different, slightly better or worse. but we compare players, dont be obtuse about it. the point i'm making is that losing harden was a significant loss. whether or not he's a "franchise player" is irrelevant. if the spurs lost danny green this summer, it would have been a significant loss, even though he's not a franchise player.

Losing a 6th man of the year is always a significant loss. Too bad they didn't lose him. They traded him intentionally. He would have walked, and that's "losing" him.

[DMC]

Don't give me that "folks" . I lodged it first. Me.

Sure you did, and between you, me and the fence post. That's yours as well.

[DMC]

Houston didn't trade Harden for a bag of peanuts in the midst of a possible dynasty

You aren't a "possible dynasty" when you win only one ing game against a 1st year Lebron led Heat team. You could win b2b and not be a dynasty. You'd need a long period of dominance, and you're really getting into unnecessary speculation to go there, laughing boy with rice bowl haircut.

[djohn2oo8]

You aren't a "possible dynasty" when you win only one ing game against a 1st year Lebron led Heat team. You could win b2b and not be a dynasty. You'd need a long period of dominance, and you're really getting into unnecessary speculation to go there, laughing boy with rice bowl haircut.

Do you need a definition of the word possible?

[Raven]

i think it's a good fit, for a whole set of reasons.

[spurraider21]

lol... apparently OKC didnt lose harden