Thunder: extend Adams/Oladipo

[spursistan]

[apalisoc_9]

Safe to say, we dont have to worry about the thunder for the next couple of years.

[Thread]

That's Kobe money for Adams.

[Clipper Nation]

That's Kobe money for Adams.

He's worth it more than Kobe ever was.

[Thread]

He's worth it more than Kobe ever was.

It's comments like this that make the Reading Room look awfully good.

[Clipper Nation]

It's comments like this that make the Reading Room look awfully good.

[Seventyniner]

So *that's* how much a ceiling to your playoff hopes costs.

[Mr. Body]

Both good players.

[DPG21920]

Both good players.

We will see on Dipo. That might be a big regret.

[100%duncan]

25 million on Adams holy

[DPG21920]

25 million on Adams holy

I mean, it's a ridiculous raw number, but you have to normalize it based on what salaries were vs what they are now with ever expanding cap.

However, (not you specifically) people seem to not realize Adams is only 23/24 years old. Just doesn't look like that, but with what he's already shown at that age, seems like a much better investment than Dipo IMO.

[100%duncan]

I mean, it's a ridiculous raw number, but you have to normalize it based on what salaries were vs what they are now with ever expanding cap.

However, (not you specifically) people seem to not realize Adams is only 23/24 years old. Just doesn't look like that, but with what he's already shown at that age, seems like a much better investment than Dipo IMO.

Yeah for me it was more like I'm still not used to this increasing cap but honestly, I'm not sold on the guy yet. Admittedly I don't watch him that much.

[Captivus]

Season

	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	MP	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	2P	2PA	2P%	eFG%	FT	FTA	FT%	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
2013-14	20	OKC	NBA	C	81	20	14.8	1.1	2.3	.503	0.0	0.0		1.1	2.3	.503	.503	1.0	1.7	.581	1.8	2.3	4.1	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.9	2.5	3.3
2014-15	21	OKC	NBA	C	70	67	25.3	3.1	5.7	.544	0.0	0.0	.000	3.1	5.7	.547	.544	1.5	2.9	.502	2.8	4.6	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	1.4	3.2	7.7
2015-16	22	OKC	NBA	C	80	80	25.2	3.3	5.3	.613	0.0	0.0		3.3	5.3	.613	.613	1.4	2.5	.582	2.7	3.9	6.7	0.8	0.5	1.1	1.1	2.8	8.0
2016-17	23	OKC	NBA	C	3	3	35.0	5.3	12.0	.444	0.0	0.0		5.3	12.0	.444	.444	2.3	2.3	1.000	3.7	5.3	9.0	1.0	2.3	0.7	3.3	2.7	13.0
Career			NBA		234	170	21.7	2.5	4.5	.561	0.0	0.0	.000	2.5	4.5	.562	.561	1.3	2.3	.557	2.4	3.6	6.0	0.7	0.5	1.0	1.1	2.8	6.3

I once wanted every thread on a player to have stats of the player.
Maybe I can do it myself...

So..this guy averages 13Pts / 7 Revb / 1 Block, played 80 games last year (healthy..thats good).

Players averaging 13/9

Rk	Player	Season	Age
1	Russell Westbrook	2016-17	28
2	Kevin Durant	2016-17	28
3	Anthony Davis	2016-17	23
4	DeMarcus Cousins	2016-17	26
5	Blake Griffin	2016-17	27
6	Hassan Whiteside	2016-17	27
7	Myles Turner	2016-17	20
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo	2016-17	22
9	Andre Drummond	2016-17	23
10	Taj Gibson	2016-17	31
11	Kevin Love	2016-17	28
12	Jusuf Nurkic	2016-17	22
13	Jonas Valanciunas	2016-17	24
14	Gorgui Dieng	2016-17	27
15	Steven Adams	2016-17	23
16	Nikola Jokic	2016-17	21
17	Zach Randolph	2016-17	35

I know the sample is very small...but still...

[Mr. Body]

We will see on Dipo. That might be a big regret.

No, he's good.

[Raven]

Both good players.

are they really? good as a ceiling imo..

[Mr. Body]

are they really? good as a ceiling imo..

Oladipo has All-Star potential.

[gambit1990]

i wanted adams.

that is a lot of money though.

[Raven]

Oladipo has All-Star potential.

hm, i don't see it tbh...

[benefactor]

hm, i don't see it tbh...

For once, we agree.

[140]

Oladipo has All-Star potential.

N

[benefactor]

I have about as much chance of making the All-Star team at guard in the West as Oladipo does.

[Mr. Body]

Say what you want, I don't give a . But he has the ability to improve into All-Star form.

[ambchang]

Adam is going to waste his time with OKC. He should go to a contender and make a difference instead of wasting that time. He could be a Bogut type of player and help set illegal screens, defend and rebound.

Oladipo is a clear empty stats guy, one of those poor man's Starbury or Jerry Stackhouse types.

But people going crazy over these deals forgot about the early 90s, when Webber signed for $74.4M/15 years as a rookie, or Shawn Bradley had that $44M deal, or how Glenn Robinson tried to hold out for a $100M deal. Sure the dollars are not as great as today's, but the basis is the same, that there is way too much money to be thrown around, and the owners didn't now what to do with them.

The problem back then was that bad teams get top picks, so they give bad deals to unproven players and exasperated the problem. In comes the rookie deal. Now, bad teams get to overpay middling talent in order to stay/be relevant, and this will only make them pander to clueless fans who really think Oladipo and Adams will make them contenders.

[Molotov]

25 million on Adams holy

This scrub would be riding pine in the 90's, but in today's NBA he get 25 mil per...

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

25 million on Adams holy

Say what you want, but Adams was the main reason OKC beat the Spurs. Overpriced, yes, but the guy is a great one-one-defender and a very good (not great) rim protector.