Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft?

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  1. HomerLovesKoolAid

    HomerLovesKoolAid I have a well-known member.

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Ha.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    I don't think we have to worry about a large market team stealing NO away either since he left LA to come here.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    No.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    OMG anyone remember our Diogu thread from like 5 years ago? :lol:
     
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  5. BlazerWookee

    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    We passed on Faried to secure the Felton trade. Which we wouldn't have made if Brandon had retired at season's end instead of waiting until training camp.
     
    BlazerWookee, Nov 18, 2014
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  6. BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    That season.. ugh... started with such promise too
     
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  7. Natebishop3

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Still trying to make up for that Tyrus Thomas pick though [emoji6]


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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    I'd say the OKC is right up there with us, and the Spurs.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Really? Who has OKC acquired in the past few years that is impressive? They completely botched the Harden trade.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    He was a cap casualty. But the fact that they drafted him is good on them. Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka, Adams, Harden, Jackson...they have a very talented roster put together through drafting.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Though I wouldn't want to to spend 12.5 million on a player like Faried. No way Portland would have given him that. So he'd be gone by now anyway...though we might have gotten something nice in trade.
     
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  12. Natebishop3

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Is Jackson really that great? Maybe he'd be impressive if we weren't living in a golden age of point guards.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    But weren't they given? Like Durant, Westbrook and Harden were all the best players available.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Westbrook was considered a big reach at the time as draft mocks had him going about where we were picking (#13). I can't speak on Harden but the next pick ended up being ROY (T. Evans). OKC has drafted about as well as you possibly could. Ibaka and Jackson in the late 1st round? Getting Adams at the tail end of the lottery was also very good. Jury is still out on Jeremy Lamb however.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Hell ya, is that a serious question? He's their backup that plenty of teams would want as their starter, and he was taken 24th, very rare to find that kind of talent so late, it was a great pick.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Westbrook wasn't projected by most to be that good, and Durant....well...we drafted Greg Oden ahead of him, so OKC gets points for that if you're comparing our two franchises.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Yeah makes sense. They just don't know what to do with them afterwards! ;)
     
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  18. Sheldon Shape

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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    Which really sucks if you're the GM, right? They are going to have to trade Reggie Jackson or let him go in free agency. No way the owner is going to pay out for Westbrook's backup.
     
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    Re: Are we the best team in the NBA when it comes to obtaining talent via trade/draft

    The Clippers drafts haven't been to shabby either.
     
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    Sucks to be a OKC fan
     
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