If this team stay all together they would of won 2 rings next 3 yrs

@marcusjohnson7321

Ай бұрын

That's a what if. Because the Spurs were ready for anybody in the west after losing to okc in 2012.

You forgot that Harden declined the extension from OKC because of 2 million dollars! They had no choice he was gonna walk in free agency.

@LosersRus_2

8 ай бұрын

Or ok’d was unwilling to pay 2m

@Luke-Ryan

8 ай бұрын

@@LosersRus_2 They made an offer its business you either take it or counteroffer. He did neither and instead said let me think about it. What did you expect them to do? Wait around? that is not how business is done you take the best deal you got right now as waiting more often than not will cost you money as it will potentially lose you future sales waiting on something that is not a guarantee. This point was very clearly proven with KD and they lost big should of traded him when he refused to sign an extension but they let ppl like you get in there heads over the whole Harden thing and waited.

@Darealmenxce

7 ай бұрын

@@Luke-Ryanppl keep making excuses for him but here it is 2023 and 34 year old James harden is still a crybaby

@ElliotLee-ek3xg

7 ай бұрын

And harden will be ringless until he retires because 2 mil unless kawhi and pg carry him instead of winning chips in okc

@smurflocster

6 ай бұрын

​@@ElliotLee-ek3xgnah it woulda been like 26 mil cause luxury tax penalty. Lots of people forget we already getting hammered in luxury tax. Repeat offenders.

Wtf Sam Presti gave you the keys to the city. KD is so fake. He will go down in history as a bus rider not bus driver.

@marshallchristopher1304

9 ай бұрын

No he didn't Sam presti and russ were in cahoots they neglected KD after 2014 oklahoman calling KD unreliable many predicted KD will leave okc after that barkley skip lebron all of them predicted KD will leave okc perkins also revealed nike wanted to do some KD promotion in okc sam presti refused

@warrenhicks8988

8 ай бұрын

That's laughable. KD was king of OKC. You must not have lived in OKC when KD was here.

@mrparkx2

8 ай бұрын

​@warrenhicks8988 is that why they went rebuilding? Let's be real, where else would kd go to get a ring chance? No one was winning that Cleveland or gsw. Maybe spurs, but you get zero business opportunities there and no guarantee.

@warrenhicks8988

8 ай бұрын

@mrparkx2 they didn't go rebuilding right after KD left they went and got Paul George. Just remember one thing, Golden State sales pitch to KD was, you won't have all the pressure here like at OKC. Bus rider, not the bus driver.

@mrparkx2

8 ай бұрын

@warrenhicks8988 what? No. Season 2016 when durant left, the next best player after westbrook was an up and coming oladipo. He left when they traded serge ibaka. Now imagine, if durant stayed, he would have had westbrook and a 4th year oladipo as his 3 best players. Then you have Steven Adam's and other people with less than 3 years. Sorry but he would have wasted his prime and be haunted with no ring like Barkley, yao, tmac, and AI.

lol he coulda went and talked to the damn GM he was the face of the franchise that’s just him being passive, he gotta take accountability for his own shit sometimes, you was scared you let Russ run the team and when you left you had shit to say, Durant shoulda been a man and stood on business let them know what he didn’t like and what he’s gonna stand for he never gave the front office the chance because he never said shit so they thought he was cool with it

@porkyonfroy8338

8 ай бұрын

As a thunder fan I would’ve appreciated it more if he woulda told us what he wanted instead of going with the flow, thank god ever since then presti has made it a point that he will give you nothing but transparency

@Karla-mu6hn

7 ай бұрын

Yea, I was surprised to hear him say that because Sam seems so cool and like he always has an open door. I'm sure both KD and management learned a lot from this situation.

What is he talking about? He and Russ were the stars on that team which had just gone to the finals. Wtf, he could have easily told the front office to keep Harden as a starter.

@Boarddunks

9 ай бұрын

Fr bro

@bluealvey

8 ай бұрын

I know people on staff for the Thunder. Kevin can't be honest with himself, first of all. He had every opportunity to talk to Sam. Sam has a complete open door policy for even the janitor in the arena. Kevin lied to a bunch of people on the way out, still can't be honest with himself.

@BlueMarvel616

7 ай бұрын

Exactly! He acts like couldn’t have talked to Sam. They would have bent over backwards for him had he said something. Just another example of him being a coward

@JohnSmith-tk7nt

7 ай бұрын

You don't know that. Aaron Rodgers was a 4x mvp and claimed the front office in Green Bay didn't wanna hear a word he had to say about personnel decisions. These millionaire GMs who have been doing it for decades are probably not very interested in a 25 year old basketball players thoughts on contract negotiations

Harden was a superstar the day he suited up for Houston and would have been had he been allowed to start in OKC the year before. Dude went from sixth man of the year to all NBA in one year.

I still miss these guys man.... I love our boys we have now but man I wish we got 1 out of these 3 😢

I respect KD frfr a man who does his job no complaining to bad he cared to much about what people thought he could've been great

Whatever, Sam Presti is still the best front office player of all time lma😂😅

Return back to the okc,James Harden,Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant 3 MVP's on One Team please answer my prayers

@ballsthatclank

8 ай бұрын

fuck that, im excited for the new team

@thegodpotato132

7 ай бұрын

He’s washed now both them we good

These players need to realize they are the employees not the employers they don't tell the front office what to do unless you're the Lakers and bow down to Queen James

And when he had the chance to call the shots in 2016 he still didnt.

Giddy

He should’ve went to the clippers instead of golden state. Him Chris Paul would’ve looked better instead of going for the best team. Kyrie bron vs kd and cp3 would’ve been epic. The clippers were usually a playoff team he wouldn’t have looked soft if he went there and stayed. Clippers always needed the help golden state won before and after him

What is the name of the beat in the background?

Still makin excuses. He just can't wipe that slime off.

Nobody cares what he has to say why can't he just let it go?

Okc Russell Westbrook,James Harden and Kevin Durant

Sam Presti (GM for the OKC thunder) made the mistake of signing Ibaka first for 50 million and that simply didn't leave enough money to offer Harden what he was worth. They should have waited and signed Harden first and given him whatever he wanted and if they lost Ibaka then so be it. Ibake was the expendable player, not Harden. If they had kept Harden OKC would have become a dynasty and won an untold number of championships. I still can't believe they traded Harden.

@SpaceGhost92

7 ай бұрын

People forget just how good young Serge Ibaka was. Dude was averaging 4 blocks a game for an entire season

@joeldriver-sp2rg

7 ай бұрын

@@SpaceGhost92 He was good but he wasn't on the same planet in terms of importance compared to Harden. Harden was an MVP level player. Ibaka was just a good piece to have and EASILY replaceable.

@coreycollins6917

7 ай бұрын

@@joeldriver-sp2rgthis is revisionism. Harden wasn’t a mvp level player, ibaka 3rd best young PF in the league 3bpg at 6’10. Defensive monster and way more important to that okc team

@joeldriver-sp2rg

7 ай бұрын

@@coreycollins6917 Are you trying to tell me that keeping Ibaka and trading Harden was the right move? Dude, if that's the case you seriously need to permanently remove yourself from any sports message boards for the rest of your life. There isn't one person remotely knowledgeable about basketball in the world that would agree with you. Ibaka was not on the same fucking planet as Harden.

@RalphSampson-nc3wd

5 ай бұрын

@@coreycollins6917Harden was coming off the bench scoring 40, all that sounds good for Ibaka but Harden was clearly the bigger piece to that team. Just a stupid ass move by the front office that ruined history

Wayo…

Presti should’ve sat all 4 of them down n told them we can only afford to max 3 guys unless you all take slightly less

Players should not be able to chose everything. They work for the franchise not the other way around. Tf has gotten into these athletes thinking they're GMs. Thats why MJ is so respected and Kobe.

@CrossCuts

7 ай бұрын

Yeah I agree with that to a certain point. What Harden did in the last couple years was just ridiculous. But think about other players like Jrue Holiday, Marcus Smart or Isaiah Thomas (this one who played for Boston). They've all wanted to play for their respective franchises until the end of their careers but GMs just traded them without even informing them about that. In that case why players should be loyal to their franchises if they could be traded with just a one phone call. Or look at Dame. He gave it all on and off the court for Blazers and they couldn't build good roster around him. Kobe and MJ was loyal until the end but look that they've always got good teams around them. Kobe thought about leaving the Lakers around 2006-2007 and Lakers traded for Pau Gasol just to make him stay in the team.