I agree. I don't think this puts them over OKC and GS for next year. Parker is ass and Manu is washed.
They also don't have a center on the roster.
Like you said though, they have Kawhi and LMA on pre cap explosion deals, which will give them the ability to build around them in the next two offseasons
It's a great reset button for the next 4-5 years
OKC is going to get CRUSHED by Swag Antonio...
The only reason why they could compete with them after Harden left was that Ibaka is such a tremendous weak side defender that he can fly all over the court and pretty much discourage or stop any real dribble penetration AND recover fast enough to challenge any shot dumped off to a big...
Putting Diaw in the lineup neutralized that and still will...
And now with LMA Ibaka is going to have to stay glued to him cause OKC doesn't have another big man to really even bother LMA at all...
So say goodbye to all that godly weakside defense...
LMA numbers will look pretty pedestrian against OKC...
Problem is with Serge glued to him the entire game Duncan Diaw are going to kill Kanter, and there is going to be no resistance to dribble penetration in the paint...unless Ibaka is coming over to help and just giving LMA wide open 12 footers...and that is fine...
LMA doesn't really hang out around the rim like Spliiter did for Ibaka to even be in position to offer good weak side help