You know how many trades looked good to critics and scouts, only to be terrible in the end?

It’s usually the moves that look good that suck, and the ones that look bad that turn out out to be good.

Everybody predicted OKC to be in the basement last season and for Paul to be washed.
How did that go down?

All I know is that OKC just gave away one of the best sixth men in the game , and a top 4 fourth quarter player for trash ass green and a draft pick ( what they have now like 16 first round draft picks?):

From okc’s side, right now, the pieces they got back have zero value. We don’t know what the pick is going to turn into and green is a negative.

So OKC is playing from behind, hoping that the pick turns into a really good player. It’s all potential at this point.

Only way that anything that OKC is doing would make sense to me is the pandemic. Since no fans are allowed or coming to the arena, no real need to put stars on the floor to generate revenue or to worry about putting fans in the seats. Take the hit now while everything is slow and hope to be up and competing in 3 years.

However that is a huge risk to take in a league where players run the league, and fans demand star players. A franchise could be assed out for decades. It can happen just like that.