@Cold-Blooded bad news
@DavidMN Oh i thought I had to defend the other side... I'm not sure they would, but I'm also not sure they wouldn't. Ibaka and Gotat would be pretty good paired together, and if they project themselves around in the 5-10 range, one wouldn't be enough. Look what Houston got for Lowry or Portland got for Gerald Wallace.
@DavidMN I think Ibaka at $14M has little value, and may be detrimental to the Thunder, depending on his progression. I think scola at $3M, plus two high picks in the top 10 or so (without Nash, i think they will be very bad) has a lot of value.
If we can lock Ibaka down for around $10M, i think that changes things, but based on his talent level, the surrounding hype, and what McGee got this summer, he'll be getting a lot more.
@justin_mia Would you do Ibaka for Scola and Phx's 2013 and 2015 1sts? Is it crazy that I would consider it?
If we were to trade Ibaka, I'm curious what you guys think the going rate would be in terms of draft picks.
Box Score?
@Lost Ones 16 karate chops and 10 suave poses
Here is the link: http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/52881/arti.html
and the box score: http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/3886/05/76/62/202d208ycc5XQ/
Ibaka had a good game last night in a friendly between Spain and France. That should def be a bolt! 16 and 10!
The point about Gordon setting the market is a good one. I have no idea where the impression started he was a "franchise player" but by most metrics Harden is the same or better than Gordon.
@diddoff If you look at his stats compared to Kristic's (who played on the same team this year) they aren't very far off. he looks a little thin for a center, but he's listed as one in an arguably more physical league...
I don't know why the B2B is in the first four games? Save it for the games they might not even need.
@Thunder S Not against the Lakers. Yes against everyone else.
@Fuzzy Logic It's his thing,everything is tongue in cheek or satire. Every HRO article (the blog he started) is difficult to tell levels of sarcasm or who he is making fun of.
Horrible game. I don' even care if we win. Way too many fouls called. Not even fun to watch,