Paul George Traded to Thunder for Victor Oladipo & Domantas Sabonis

[Liquid]

Indiana 47-32
Okc 45-34


Look at that superteam brehs

They told me Oladipo was garbage

 

[Raquinotj]

Ended up being a wash for them and they still didn't get back as much as they could have

We'll also see if Vic Oladipo can sustain his play or if its an anomaly next year.

A wash? Pacers got 21 Year Old Damantas Sabonis in the Deal too. He’s shaping up to be a Double double machine.

 

[Poitier]

A wash? Pacers got 21 Year Old Damantas Sabonis in the Deal too. He’s shaping up to be a Double double machine.

Do you see this team being anything more than a treadmill? The goal should be to at least reach where PG had them at his peak.
Unless they use the extra cap space well and draft well then idc...

 

[mastermind]

Ended up being a wash for them and they still didn't get back as much as they could have

We'll also see if Vic Oladipo can sustain his play or if its an anomaly next year.

the fact that Paul George isnt coming back to OKC and they are nowhere near a title contender means Indiana automatically won the trade.

 

[Poitier]

the fact that Paul George isnt coming back to OKC and they are nowhere near a title contender means Indiana automatically won the trade.

OKC definitely gambled and are assed out but simply maintaining a treadmill can never be a win.
Then again, a lot of you really value the regular season and eastern conference and I don't.

 

[who_better_than_me]

Do you see this team being anything more than a treadmill? The goal should be to at least reach where PG had them at his peak.
Unless they use the extra cap space well and draft well then idc...

Where pg had them at his peak? You giving PG too much credit. Those Pacers teams that challenge the Heat were not all PG. they were just a well put together team. Paul George didn’t have to carry that team. He just had to do his part.

 

[Wiirdo]

Pacers won the trade by a mile.

 

[Poitier]

Where pg had them at his peak? You giving PG too much credit. Those Pacers teams that challenge the Heat were not all PG. they were just a well put together team. Paul George didn’t have to carry that team. He just had to do his part.

I think it goes without saying every team that wins big has pieces around them. Are you saying Vic and Sabonis are doing this alone?
Look, this is a league of the haves and have nots....this middle class yall want to exist doesn't. Either you have the building blocks for a title or you don't.
The Pacers as constructed are treadmill status and outside of some extremely lucky drafting or trades....shall remain there.

 

[mastermind]

OKC definitely gambled and are assed out but simply maintaining a treadmill can never be a win.
Then again, a lot of you really value the regular season and eastern conference and I don't.

The Pacers can be a treadmill team and continue that, but they have cap space now and young assets.

The Thunder traded those young assets for a guy who is gone in a month and didn't help them do anything.

 

[Poitier]

The Pacers can be a treadmill team and continue that, but they have cap space now and young assets..

Meaningless until I see them turn it into a contender

 

[krazykid18]

Let the playoffs decide who won this trade regular season and OKC losing there best defender is huge

 

[Fade Runner 2049]

Where pg had them at his peak? You giving PG too much credit. Those Pacers teams that challenge the Heat were not all PG. they were just a well put together team. Paul George didn’t have to carry that team. He just had to do his part.

ok breh. He carried them multiple times in the offs. They had a decent system and PG plays within the flow of the OFFENSE which is why it may seems that he was just another piece but nah. No one has taken Bron 7 games with less. Not to mention it was Bron and Wade and Bosh

 

[MikelArteta]

Indy won
Oladipo is better than George
And domantas is only 21 and averaged 12 points 8 boards shooting 59 percent form the floor and nearly 38 percent from three

Indy got two starters for the next ten years for Paul overated George

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I could see Vic regressing back to 53 TS% and the Pacers being something like a 8th seed and


They saved money but if they don't draft well then its meaningless and we're essentially boasting about a treadmill team.
The goal should be to at least replicate where PG had them when he peaked.

They weren't trading away, "The 2013 Indiana Pacers." They were trading away ONE player who was going to leave anyway, from a 2017 team that had just gotten themselves swept out of the first round.

How can you trade away one player from a team that got swept in the first and somehow expect the fruits of the trade to be an ECF appearance, just because that's what happened 4-5 years earlier when they had a squad?

They made a trade that saved money, got good players locked in to the team for fair multiyear contracts, AND made the team better. If that ain't a win I don't know what is.

 

[Poitier]

They weren't trading away, "The 2013 Indiana Pacers." .

That PG anchored......not saying it was going to be replicated but thats what you aim for.

How can you trade away one player from a team that got swept in the first and somehow expect the fruits of the trade to be an ECF appearance, just because that's what happened 4-5 years earlier when they had a squad?

They made a trade that saved money, got good players locked in to the team for fair multiyear contracts, AND made the team better. If that ain't a win I don't know what is.

I didn't say they needed to make the ECF this year but I'm not going to act like this team is winning until I see the moves that get them back there.

So far they are a ways away from that peak.

I say jury is out just my opinion.