How the Thunder failed to win a title after drafting three MVPs in a row

Watch them get their first one with Chris Paul at the helm

 

If their Hicksville owner didn't move to Hicksville, maybe they could afford three generational talents up until the next cba.

 

Should have stayed in Seattle. It’s a shame the Supersonics aren’t around any longer. There’s a ton of money up there now.

 

Didn't watch it but o assumed it was LTS

Harden wanted 60 million.

OKC said 56 because that extra milliona year would be LT so traded Harden for LT. wanted Klay or Beal and Rockets gave them best offer for LTS.

Tilman respond s ...I don't know how that happened...if he was OKC owner at that te. It was a fluke

 

This.

That franchise is forever cursed.

Starbucks barista Howard Schultz should have never sold his team to Oklahoma snake oil salesman Clay Bennett. Imagine instead if someone like Jeff Bezos had bought it and kept in in Seattle. Allen, Bezos, Lacob, Ballmer -- that would make a incredible number of tech billionaires with deep pockets to run winning NBA franchises.

As for the Thunder, they are never going to recover from this massive failure of drafting 3 MVPs and 0 championships. It will take another 30 years before Thunder ever reach the same probabilities again.

 

~was about to trash russ then realized he was a rocket now. ~

 

Yeah they messed up big, but I’d blame Durant more so then anyone aside from that ridiculous deadline they gave Harden to make a decision.

 

What about presti being god around here and the rebuild hard on?
Presti is the most overrated adored gm on this bbs. Most folks dont realize or appreciate morey yet jock presti here. Same with cuban. Ive never understood it.

Its like presti must have best publicist ever or has hypnotized sports writers into this narrative when he keeps getting fleeced by morey over and over. Its so weird. Almost roswell weird like aliens man.

 

We'll probably never know but I suspect moving Harden was the beginning of the end for Durant. It's crazy how badly that one trade screwed their entire franchise and eventually led to one of their other three cornerstone players being moved here too.

 

I don't need the video, trading Harden for basically nothing /thread THANK YOU OKC!!! the one time I can say that... Hahah

 

They didn't win MVP at the same time period..... 2 MVPs in their prime though.

 

lmao so true

 

Are you saying morey fleeced presti in the Westbrook trade? That most certainly didn’t happen

 

Man, are we going to be watching one of these videos about the Rockets in the next three years?