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Sam Presti appreciation thread

allpurpleallgold
allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
edited October 29 in Hardcore Husky Board
So, Mr.Charts and Graphs, Zach Lowe pointed this out on one of his pods yesterday, check out this series of transactions.

Magic acquire- Serge Ibaka

Thunder acquire- Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova, Domantas Sabonis

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Pacers acquire- Victor Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis

Thunder acquire- Paul George

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Clippers acquire- Paul George

Thunder acquire- 5 first round pick (4 unprotected), 2 first round pick swaps and SGA


I’ve chatted a lot of shit about Presti but he turned Ibaka into that Clippers package. That’s incredible.
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  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

    So, Mr.Charts and Graphs, Zach Lowe pointed this out on one of his pods yesterday, check out this series of transactions.

    Magic acquire- Serge Ibaka

    Thunder acquire- Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova, Domantas Sabonis

    .

    Pacers acquire- Victor Oladipo, Domantas Sabonis

    Thunder acquire- Paul George

    .

    Clippers acquire- Paul George

    Thunder acquire- 5 first round pick (4 unprotected), 2 first round pick swaps and SGA


    I’ve chatted a lot of shit about Presti but he turned Ibaka into that Clippers package. That’s incredible.

    Until Westbrook leaves. And those first round picks should mostly all be late round.

    That being said. The string makes them maybe have a good team in 5 years if they draft well.
  • NEsnake12
    NEsnake12 Member Posts: 3,795
    Now all he needs to do is fire Billy Donovan
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,259
    The thing with most of those picks is they will be out of the lottery ... which means they may lead to rotation players instead of Stars

    Only way they get stars is to bottom out and win the lottery ... Westbrook swapped w CP3 is the direction that I expect
  • Doogles
    Doogles Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 12,858 Founders Club
    Tequilla said:

    The thing with most of those picks is they will be out of the lottery ... which means they may lead to rotation players instead of Stars

    Only way they get stars is to bottom out and win the lottery ... Westbrook swapped w CP3 is the direction that I expect

    Do you really think CP3 Will allow his final years to be spent in Oklahoma City mentoring young guys instead of chasing a ring?
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,551 Swaye's Wigwam
    OKC has no use for Paul. I think the Heat will get Westbrook, but they don’t have much to offer either.
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,880 Standard Supporter
    Of all the teams interested in Westbrick, I like the Heat in this one. Riley gets shit done.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,372

    OKC has no use for Paul. I think the Heat will get Westbrook, but they don’t have much to offer either.

    This isn’t about value for value. It’s Unloading one of the worst contracts in the league to save the owner millions and millions of dollars. Of course they want to get as many assets as possible but Westbrook has negative value. Get money off the books as soon as possible and get some draft picks.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 30,551 Swaye's Wigwam
    edited July 2019

    OKC has no use for Paul. I think the Heat will get Westbrook, but they don’t have much to offer either.

    This isn’t about value for value. It’s Unloading one of the worst contracts in the league to save the owner millions and millions of dollars. Of course they want to get as many assets as possible but Westbrook has negative value. Get money off the books as soon as possible and get some draft picks.
    Chris Paul has a contract almost just as bad, is older, and will get less of a return.
  • AtomicDawg
    AtomicDawg Member Posts: 7,372

    OKC has no use for Paul. I think the Heat will get Westbrook, but they don’t have much to offer either.

    This isn’t about value for value. It’s Unloading one of the worst contracts in the league to save the owner millions and millions of dollars. Of course they want to get as many assets as possible but Westbrook has negative value. Get money off the books as soon as possible and get some draft picks.
    Chris Paul has a contract almost just as bad, is older, and will get less of a return.
    Right. Just making the point that moving Westbrook is not a basketball move. It’s about mitigating the multiplier penalty on the luxury tax for a mediocre team. Even shaving a year off of that can make a huge difference financially.

    Cp3 is a brutal contract though.