their rival team jettisoning a 23-year-old elite scorer so their franchise could keep Kendrick Perkins and not pay a luxury tax when they were in the midst of being a perennial title contender.

Oh and uh, Harden is still better than Ibaka. By like, a whole lot.

Something tells me an actual fan of the team might feel a bit differently about these developments.

But yeah if I rooted for the Spurs I'd be pretty happy OKC ownership got conveniently poor when it was time to pay a guy who was the biggest reason my team lost in last year's Conference Finals.