Why don't free agents take less money to play with Kevin Durant and Russy like they do Lebron?

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Lebron took a paycut himself though.....
Exactly, that's my point. They all took paycuts to be in Miami. When will someone take a paycut to be in OKC? I know the thread title suggested that it was just to play with Lebron but my point is that every nikka on that roster took a paycut to be there.
 

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new age, new players and if they are not a old veteran most players wants to play where they the man and they will at least see 10 shots a game and u not getting that in OKC UNLESS u getting offensive rebounds
 

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this is the answer

nikkas are underestimating the lure of South Beach and the no taxes of Florida

the lack of state taxes and the beautiful weather are the reason free agents wanna be in Miami
nobody is underestimating this, its pretty obvious
 

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:comeon:Ray Allen left 6 mill on the table to come off Miami's bench.
were any other SERIOUS contenders offering the same contract boston was though?

ray was done in boston, he felt disrespected and money wasnt going to change that.

that was his way of saying fukk you to the celtics. going to the clippers would not have had the same effect

what did the clippers offer? and were they even a true contender? miami was the absolute perfect spot for him
 

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Even though he said LeBron, we ALL know this is @Blackthoughts way of shytting on OKC because Iggy took less money to play in GS. Don't deny it either :ufdup:
 

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Even though he said LeBron, we ALL know this is @Blackthoughts way of shytting on OKC because Iggy took less money to play in GS. Don't deny it either :ufdup:
Honestly it's not, this debate started in the Paul George extension thread when I said that Indy had to overpay because no free agent was going to sign to Indy no matter how good they were. I told @tremonthustler1 that the same thing applies to his Timberwolves and that no matter if they won 65 games in a season they still couldn't get a free agent to sign there without overpaying. This has nothing to do with OKC for the most part, they're just an example that just because you have a superstar and win a lot of games it doesn't mean nikkas want to move to OKC for half of a year.

Do you ever think you'll see the day where a good team like San Antonio is on the top of a nikka like Dwight Howard's wish list?
 

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Honestly it's not, this debate started in the Paul George extension thread when I said that Indy had to overpay because no free agent was going to sign to Indy no matter how good they were. I told @tremonthustler1 that the same thing applies to his Timberwolves and that no matter if they won 65 games in a season they still couldn't get a free agent to sign there without overpaying. This has nothing to do with OKC for the most part, they're just an example that just because you have a superstar and win a lot of games it doesn't mean nikkas want to move to OKC for half of a year.

Do you ever think you'll see the day where a good team like San Antonio is on the top of a nikka like Dwight Howard's wish list?

There's only a handful of teams who can attract free agents like that though. Guys will take less to play in Florida, Cali, NY, and Texas....nowhere else.
 

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There's only a handful of teams who can attract free agents like that though. Guys will take less to play in Florida, Cali, NY, and Texas....nowhere else.
Which is my point that I don't think anyone can disagree with. Except for the part of Texas, Houston and Dallas is great, nikkas don't want no parts of San Antonio tho.
 

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Which is what I tried to convey to @tremonthustler1. No matter how good Minny ever gets they won't find a nikka willing to take less to sign there which is the basis of this thread.
And what I'm saying is that my team is so far away from this dilemma that it isn't worth mentioning. Give me the situation where we are that good again and I could care less who's taking a paycut.

But this doesn't apply to OKC for Presti is making a choice to replenish from within instead of being in the mix for older vets.

You're acting like you're trying to convince me something that I'm in denial of.
 
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