Although not my home or favorite team I remember watching y’all specifically for that Durant, Westbrook, and harden trio. I really thought if y’all kept that y’all were bound to get rings. Are y’all ultimately happy with how things are now or would you go back in time and beat the person who made that decision.

  • selddir_BEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Well it wasn’t just one decision. Was the Harden trade good? No, it wasn’t. But I also don’t think Harden becomes a superstar in OKC. He needed his own team to make that leap.

    As for Russ and KD, our FO tried everything to keep KD. We had Al Horford ready to sign with us and had just almost beaten the 73-9 Warriors. But KD wanted easy rings like the bitch he is.

    So I don’t think there’s anything Presti could have done differently other than not trading Harden. KD had assured our entire front office he was re-signing. Can’t help that he lied cause Draymond was in his ear the whole time.

    The main things I would change don’t even involve the big 3. It would involve our role players and competitive depth. We relied too heavily on that trio and then on Russ and KD after Harden was gone. If Presti had built a better bench and used assets better for better depth I think we would have won at least one ring.

    • IntellectualSavanteBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      In my mind a couple of huge do overs would have been:

      1. Not done the Singler trade.
      2. Perkins was the wrong big
      3. Scott Brooks’ insistence on playing Perkins probably cost us a ring. (Specifically a coaching issue).
      4. Ferguson was a huge liability even though he was a lockdown defender. Couldn’t shoot enough to keep him on the floor.