Thunder match max offer to Enes Kanter

allpurpleallgold

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/13246647/oklahoma-city-thunder-match-enes-kanter-offer-sheet-portland-trail-blazers

Really smart move by Portland. Everyone thought OKC would match so they've tied up their cap with a bum.

OKC has decided that James Harden wasn't worth a contract that Enes Kanter is worth. Presti the mad genius proves once again that he belongs scouting college games and not making actual decisions.

Now the idiots covering the NBA will cry that it's not the same thing. These are the same guys that say Chris Paul is winner. They play favorites and Presti is there boi. They'll defend him harder than they defend the 76ers Ponzi scheme.

Embiid just had another foot surgery by the way.

dnc

doogsinparadise

Cap bonanza changed the game, apples and oranges with Harden as much as that's a bitter pill to swallow.

whlinder

Wow, Portland helping out #MyWizards

bananasnblondes

Ahh, Enes Kanter. One of the original members of the Romar cuckold club

greenblood

As a Blazer fan, I'll be excited when the ping-pong ball results are announced next June. Enes Kanter would have only taken a few of those balls away. I never thought I'd be so happy to see OKC match that rediculous offer.

TierbsHsotBoobs

Olshey's only good move this off-season was eating up OKC's cap.

CHRIST

greenblood

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Olshey's only good move this off-season was eating up OKC's cap.

CHRIST

I disagree.

The Blazers could have done some damage in the playoffs if Matthews would have been healthy. But, with the writing on the wall that Aldridge was leaving, nuking the roster sans Lillard was the only viable option. In the NBA being a perennial borderline playoff team is a deathnail to a small market team. No star free agents want to go there, and it's nearly impossible to keep your own stars that are already there. The only way for these teams to succeed is through the draft. Which a late lottery pick in most cases won't do any good for these teams. Basically, tanking is the only real viable option. And the best way to do that without pissing off your fanbase is to bring in a bunch of below average high motor guys. They'll suck, but at least give a crap, so it looks like you're trying.

TierbsHsotBoobs

greenblood said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Olshey's only good move this off-season was eating up OKC's cap.

CHRIST

I disagree.

The Blazers could have done some damage in the playoffs if Matthews would have been healthy. But, with the writing on the wall that Aldridge was leaving, nuking the roster sans Lillard was the only viable option. In the NBA being a perennial borderline playoff team is a deathnail to a small market team. No star free agents want to go there, and it's nearly impossible to keep your own stars that are already there. The only way for these teams to succeed is through the draft. Which a late lottery pick in most cases won't do any good for these teams. Basically, tanking is the only real viable option. And the best way to do that without pissing off your fanbase is to bring in a bunch of below average high motor guys. They'll suck, but at least give a crap, so it looks like you're trying.

Nuking the roster was fine. The replacement dreck they signed to multiyear deals is the problem.

greenblood

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

greenblood said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Olshey's only good move this off-season was eating up OKC's cap.

CHRIST

I disagree.

The Blazers could have done some damage in the playoffs if Matthews would have been healthy. But, with the writing on the wall that Aldridge was leaving, nuking the roster sans Lillard was the only viable option. In the NBA being a perennial borderline playoff team is a deathnail to a small market team. No star free agents want to go there, and it's nearly impossible to keep your own stars that are already there. The only way for these teams to succeed is through the draft. Which a late lottery pick in most cases won't do any good for these teams. Basically, tanking is the only real viable option. And the best way to do that without pissing off your fanbase is to bring in a bunch of below average high motor guys. They'll suck, but at least give a crap, so it looks like you're trying.

Nuking the roster was fine. The replacement dreck they signed to multiyear deals is the problem.

I didn't notice the multiyear portion on Aminu. But everybody else is pretty short term. I don't see anybody more than three years out, and in the case of Plumlee, the next two years are team options.

RaceBannon

*ridiculous

greenblood

RaceBannon said:

Thanks *ridickulous

RoadDawg55

greenblood said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

Olshey's only good move this off-season was eating up OKC's cap.

CHRIST

I disagree.

The Blazers could have done some damage in the playoffs if Matthews would have been healthy. But, with the writing on the wall that Aldridge was leaving, nuking the roster sans Lillard was the only viable option. In the NBA being a perennial borderline playoff team is a deathnail to a small market team. No star free agents want to go there, and it's nearly impossible to keep your own stars that are already there. The only way for these teams to succeed is through the draft. Which a late lottery pick in most cases won't do any good for these teams. Basically, tanking is the only real viable option. And the best way to do that without pissing off your fanbase is to bring in a bunch of below average high motor guys. They'll suck, but at least give a crap, so it looks like you're trying.

The Blazers were never doing damage in the playoffs.

Muttzen