You play in a bum ass MAGA state, would you take a paycut? fukk that give me all the money I deserve. The city sucks and the team owner is a backstabber who tricked Seattle back in the days.
Even winning a championship doesn't guarantee you that they'll never fukk you over. You get all the money you can.
This isn't the case of Miami Big 3 or Warriors superteam where their stars were so marketable that whatever paycut they took, they earned it back through more commercials, partnerships, etc.
These dudes in OKC are boring and not marketable.