I wish we had a real newspaper in Oklahoma City instead of the razor thin Oklahoman which is owned by a leverage company in New York which cow tows to the racist Trump. I wish there was some passion coming from our sports department nowadays from the Oklahoman staff. Quite frankly–I wish I was a columnist alongside Tramel telling everyone why Sam Presti shouldn’t automatically trade Danilo Galinari.
I wish.
So this is Mike Rizzo before Game 7 versus the cheating Houston Astros in this past fall classic.
Rizzo had two star free agents after this game was played. Anthony Rendon and Steven Strasburg.
He was able to keep Strasburg, but lost Rendon in free agency. This is a tough loss for the Nats unless they can possibly sign another power hitting third baseman from another team.
But they won a franchise first ever World Series.
Here’s the decision Mike Rizzo had to make….does he run the risk of losing Rendon as he did or play his cards with a team and a fanbase who no one thought would get past the Milwaukee Brewers in the wild card game?
When as a GM do you play a gut feel and play your cards and risk losing a good player for nothing?
Here’s what I would say. Presti wouldn’t be losing Paul George for nothing. He already got his next star in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Galinari, and a slew of draft picks for Paul George.
Sam Presti and the Thunder have already been compensated for Paul George.
Why in the world wouldn’t we possibly view Galinari as we did Kevin Martin as a one year rental as was the case in the Harden trade?
Why if the Thunder did lose Big Gallo in free agency would that be any different than losing Kevin Martin?
I don’t really see a difference.
I wish we had a newspaper in Oklahoma City. Not only sports, but a real Op-Ed page where someone would tell the Okies the truth now and again about the world they live in. Maybe David Holt could raise some money from MAPS 5 and start a newspaper in Oklahoma City to go along with the NBA team, the Riverwalk, the baseball park, and the world class rowing river. Just some random thoughts from a wannabe sports messiah.
Dream big, Oklahoma City.