Phrazbit
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When a star forces their way out their previous team typically gets 50 cents on the dollar... if they're lucky.
IMO, we paid a dollar twenty five to the dollar... despite that no one else had 80 cents to offer.
No team trading a player of Durant's age has received even a fraction of what we surrendered, and on top of all that, he isn't just injury prone... he is CURRENTLY injured.
This is a title or disaster trade, that didn't make us the title favorite.
I do think our title odds in the next 2 years have vastly improved, but we were in a situation to be a contender for the rest of the decade, with flexibility to improve upon those odds... that opportunity is gone. It's now or never... well, not for another decade at least.
I'm trying to talk myself into it. I know... we're a contender serious contender for the next couple years... but they better freakin win. If they don't win a title, I am not as optimistic as some of you about further superstars forcing their way onto a team featuring Booker and Ayton, a history of coming up short and no trade assets.
I hope this post provides egg on my face for decades.
IMO, we paid a dollar twenty five to the dollar... despite that no one else had 80 cents to offer.
No team trading a player of Durant's age has received even a fraction of what we surrendered, and on top of all that, he isn't just injury prone... he is CURRENTLY injured.
This is a title or disaster trade, that didn't make us the title favorite.
I do think our title odds in the next 2 years have vastly improved, but we were in a situation to be a contender for the rest of the decade, with flexibility to improve upon those odds... that opportunity is gone. It's now or never... well, not for another decade at least.
I'm trying to talk myself into it. I know... we're a contender serious contender for the next couple years... but they better freakin win. If they don't win a title, I am not as optimistic as some of you about further superstars forcing their way onto a team featuring Booker and Ayton, a history of coming up short and no trade assets.
I hope this post provides egg on my face for decades.
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