True, they didn't want to pay him market value.
Look at who they traded for, 1 guy on a rookie contract in Waiters and another in Augustin that's on a cheap deal, they didn't want to break bread on what HE thought he was worth.
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True, they didn't want to pay him market value.
Look at who they traded for, 1 guy on a rookie contract in Waiters and another in Augustin that's on a cheap deal, they didn't want to break bread on what HE thought he was worth.
categorically false. harden wanted 60 million, they offered 54.5. that's what it was about
Why would they pay Jackson the 80 million? You know this was just after he averaged 11ppg with a 114 Drtg and a 12 PER through 19 games in the playoffs right?
You would have been clowning OKC if they paid him the 12 million offer he turned down.
I didn't know every organization in the league actually paid every player based on what that player thinks he is worth.
Did you forget that he didn't want to stay on the bench? Did you forget that he was a cancer during the season until he got traded to a different team? Did you forgot he publicly demanded a trade?
Why are you making it seem like OKC did him wrong?
All that to say this - They didn't want to pay him market value
and of course he turned down $12 million a year considering what the Pistons gave him it was a smart decision. They paid Kanter after his 112 DRTG as well so miss me with the statistical approach too.
He thought he was worth more than 12 million a year and ultimately the Pistons proved him right.. So how is he in the wrong?
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You missed the point. They weren't willing to pay Harden that much AND pay Ibaka. There's a salary cap and luxury tax, it wasn't just a disagreement on money. They couldn't afford to keep both.
If I recall correctly his rookie contract had 2 team option years. He only played in OKC 3 years. But they wanted to sure up the core of the team that offseason, so again, they chose between Ibaka and Harden. Both were only in the 3rd year of a 4 year rookie deal. Both wanted extensions following a playoff run to the finals.
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All that to say this - They didn't want to pay him market value
They paid Kanter after his 112 DRTG as well so miss me with the statistical approach too.
Thunder just can't win when it comes to peoples opinion
The Pistons giving Reggie that money has nothing to do with the Thunder not paying him his market value. The Pistons aren't in the same situation with their roster with a top 10 NBA player in front of him, the Pistons had Jennings with a torn achilles & Dinwiddie. Why would we give him $80m when he doesn't want to be on the team, is the backup, & wasn't worth that amount to the Thunder at all?
Kanter at least brings something to the team we didn't have, Reggie didn't.
Stop spreading bullshyt man
Word the thunder trading Reggie had nothing to do with money and EVERYTHING to do with him not wanting to remain in a lesser role. Reggie wanted to be a PG in the NBA a starting PG , so we were suppose to pay a complaining ass toxic player 80 mm to appease malta? That makes absolutely no sense especially when he had problems in the locker room with Westbrook and durant. This is literally nothing like the harden situation. Hell Kanter makes more than Reggie nothing to do with moneyThunder just can't win when it comes to peoples opinion
The Pistons giving Reggie that money has nothing to do with the Thunder not paying him his market value. The Pistons aren't in the same situation with their roster with a top 10 NBA player in front of him, the Pistons had Jennings with a torn achilles & Dinwiddie. Why would we give him $80m when he doesn't want to be on the team, is the backup, & wasn't worth that amount to the Thunder at all?
Kanter at least brings something to the team we didn't have, Reggie didn't.
Thunder just can't win when it comes to peoples opinion
The Pistons giving Reggie that money has nothing to do with the Thunder not paying him his market value. The Pistons aren't in the same situation with their roster with a top 10 NBA player in front of him, the Pistons had Jennings with a torn achilles & Dinwiddie. Why would we give him $80m when he doesn't want to be on the team, is the backup, & wasn't worth that amount to the Thunder at all?
Kanter at least brings something to the team we didn't have, Reggie didn't.
You don't work for the Thunder so why does it matter whether or not they can "win" when it comes to peoples opinions?
It was a money issue, Lamb and Jackson were both due extensions where just Kanter was up for one and Waiters would be a year later. Again, nothing you said refutes the fact they didn't want to give him market value
You constantly have excuses and the shyt is comical at this point.
Yall just regurgitate whatever the beat writer for the team says and speak it as gospel, rather than just looking at the situation and using common sense. You saying Kanter makes more than Jackson is about as disingenuous as you can get too, considering they had to match an offer sheet to keep him, otherwise they didn't offer him anything close to that
Lamb and Jackson would have been making more than what the Thunder wanted to give them, ie they didn't want to give them market value. You go into these emotional ass responses when it always comes back to the fact I said they didn't want to give him MARKET VALUE which is a fact
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You don't work for the Thunder so why does it matter whether or not they can "win" when it comes to peoples opinions?
It was a money issue, Lamb and Jackson were both due extensions where just Kanter was up for one and Waiters would be a year later. Again, nothing you said refutes the fact they didn't want to give him market value
It wasn't a money issue.Reggie wanted to be a starting PG & that wasn't going to happen with the Thunder. Saying they just wouldn't pay his market value is dumb because it ignores the fact that he didn't want to be on the team in the role he would have had.
Lamb got fukked over by Scott Brooks & never got a chance to really do much so they traded him. Even if we kept Lamb he would have been gone next year anyway more than likely because he wanted a chance to play & we would have 3 or 4 SGs on the team.