I'm not an NBA expert but am absolutely staggered by OKC this trade season ..
- one more class player and I thought that they'd be in the window .. .
But no .. lets hoard trade picks and defer it for other years ...
- their win / loss record is inflated as many teams have waved the white flag against them ...
- If SGA etc gets shut down during finals they really have nothing else to give ...
Just staggering ... not sure that they want or know how to win a championship ...
There really wasn't much out there, sure if the Mavs had been smart enough to call with Luka they probably do it but they're an amazingly complete team already and have exceptional chemistry as well. They were pretty close last year to making the finals and they've improved significantly since then.
Remember that their second option has been out most of the season in Chet, Jaylen is a very good 3rd option. Hartenstein has been really good when he plays. Caruso and Dort is just lock down and Wiggins has really been developing as a sparkplug off the bench as well. SGA has also taken his game to a higher level than last year, it's a joke that people think he's the MVP because of Jokic, but he should be genuinely second to him, he's been that good.
They're also a really young team, their window is definitely open and should stay that way for several years, imo.
The only name that really made any sense to me was Durant and I'm not sure if he wanted to go there or was really available anyway.
Very rough week this one. Anyone who managed to avoid the Durant, Cunningham, Giannis, Lillard and co destruction will be flying, alas I'm mired deep in that quagmire. The rollercoaster of last weeks highs where people actually played to this weeks lows
