One would think Russell Westbrook will be holding the MVP trophy tomorrow night in New York. For me it’s very simple, without Westbrook this Thunder team would have struggled to win 22 games. With him, they won 47 games, made the playoffs, and were competitive against every team in the league minus the Warriors. And those triple doubles weren’t just for show, OKC needed every single one of them to win as many games as they did. When he tripled doubled — OKC won eighty per cent of their games.
Great season by James Harden, but Russell Westbrook is my runaway MVP winner. As long as I’ve watched basketball I’ve never seen anything like it, and chances are I never will again.
Both Blake Griffin and Chris Paul opted out of their Clipper contracts this week. They both now become unrestricted free agents and while they could still sign with the Clippers speculation is Chris Paul is headed to the Spurs and maybe Blake Griffin could be coming home to Oklahoma.
Griffin was the national POTY at OU in 2008 and the subsequent number one pick in the entire league after his sophomore season.
Would Blake Griffin be a great get for OKC? I would say yes. His career pro numbers are 21 pts, 8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. He runs the floor, has excellent court vision, is a surprisingly decent three point shooter at 34% and is a unique talent who along with Westbrook would make the Thunder the most exciting team to watch in the NBA.
Would it put them over the top against the Warriors, probably not, but it would give the Thunder a core three of Westbrook, Griffin, and Adams which would be pretty impressive.
In order for this to happen, you would think Andre Roberson, Taj Gibson, and Enes Kanter would be playing elsewhere. Presti could possibly move Oladipo to the sixth man role and move Abrines to a starting two guard role.
OKC’s bench would have Oladipo playing the Harden role, Sabonis, McDermott, Ferguson and someone else could round out the top ten players.
The Thunder’s top nine players would be Westbrook, Griffin, Adams, Oladipo, Sabonis, Abrines, McDermott, Ferguson and let’s say Jerami Grant.
That’s a nice top nine which should be able to score the ball and become a decent defensive team. It’s roster which would put the Thunder in as good as position as possible to contend for a title as any of the other 28 teams in the league excluding the Nike West Coast All-Stars and LeBron.
Is Blake Griffin coming home? I hope so. It would be great for the team, the city, and the league. Plus, it would be fun.
Sam Presti selected Terrance Ferguson with the 21st pick of the first round on Thursday night in the NBA draft. He fits the mold of a two way wing player, but he has some substantial work in front of him to transition from project to dependable rotation player.
One would assume this probably means Andre Roberson probably won’t be matched when he enters restricted free agency in July. OKC will have a trio of wings in Ferguason, Abrines, and Doug McDermott trying to provide solid production on a nightly basis.
Ferguson was originally slated to play his college ball at Arizona, but instead played pro ball this past season in Australia.
I’m assuming Sam Presti has more players coming in the next few weeks to strengthen this basketball team in what right now is Russell Westbrook’s final contractual year in Oklahoma City.
Ferguson is a nice prospect, but OKC needs a couple of other proven vets to take this team up a tier. With Jimmy Butler now a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Northwest Division just became a much tougher division along with OKC’s schedule becoming more difficult. With Utah now a very solid team, the Thunder with Westbrook and Adams, and the Wolves now with Butler, Townes, and Wiggins—the Northwest Division becomes a tough division.
Just add this one to the Caligula’s Best Whoppers List. His trekkie groupies don’t want to admit this, but their boy is a savant at the art of pathological lying. I put him right up there with George Constanza as the Master of Lying.
He’s just the most pathological liar ever seen. Even Nixon in his hey day couldn’t hang with Caligula. Not even George. He has no conscious whatsoever and he knows these dumbasses who support him don’t even care when he lies brazenly.
With a core of Westbrook-Adams the Thunder has a solid twosome to build a team around. OKC won forty-seven games this season and could have easily won fifty games.
I’m very interested to see what transpires tomorrow with the Thunder’s teambuilding. To me, a wing player who can consistently come into the game and provide offense is a must. Russell Westbrook needs a wing he can kick out to and see the ball drained.
I’m not sure how strong Presti still is on Oladipo, but again I’m very interested to see what happens tomorrow night. To contend in the West a team must somewhat be structured to score with Golden State, San Antonio, and Houston. You gotta score with them to be competitive.
I’ve enjoyed the down time away from the Thunder. Stanley Cup Playoffs were superb. Russiagate is always pulsating. Trump need to re-inject Billy Bush into the Russian yarn though. Plus, my son has turned me into an OKC Dodgers fan. If you don’t know who Willie Calhoun is you better go down to Bricktown and see him play before he heads off for the bigs. Kid has a beautiful swing. Kind of reminds me of Joe Morgan in that he plays second base and bats left. Doesn’t do the chicken wing though. My Pirates are awful, but my second favorite team the Houston Astros have been really good.
I’m kind of excited about tomorrow night as in what Sam Presti is going to do with this basketball team. Get a scorer, Sam Presti.
There’s a new Westbrook in town. His name is Noah and he looks just like his dad. Kevin Durant, assisted by his mother, showered Russell’s son with baby gifts. Very nice gesture and maybe almost one year after Durant’s departure maybe these two will resume their friendship. Time usually heals and one would hope the booing of Durant never happens again in OKC.
In the year which passed, Kevin won a ring and a Finals’ MVP, while Russ broke Oscar’s triple double record and will probably win the regular season MVP on June 26th. All told, they both had incredible seasons.
As a basketball fan, I’m still hopeful Kevin doesn’t stay in Oakland and perhaps goes to a place like Boston to win another ring in a more legitimate setting. I just think it would be better for the league and the sport as a whole. Plus, I think it would be the final piece to Durant’s incredible legacy.
The NBA draft is tomorrow night. The Thunder have the 21st pick. I have no idea who the Thunder will select. A nice two-way wing would be nice.
Officially—Jeff Sessions is now lawyered up for his role in Russiagate. This is why we as taxpayers build federal prisons. Maybe he and Flynn can share a cell.
Five months into this and not one tangible piece of legislature has been passed or appears near to being passed. Mike Flynn was fired twenty-four days in, not long after, Sally Yates was fired. Then of course, James Comey was fired. Jeff Sessions had to recuse himself from Russiagate, and just this week Mike Pence had to get himself lawyered up. Multiple people associated with the stench of this administration will be getting lawyered up as each days passes forward from this point. Even Newt Gingrich of all people admitted people will be going to jail.
Layers upon layers of government jobs are not being able to be filled simply because even Republicans at this point don’t want their careers disgraced by being associated with this president.
Caligula now has the lowest approval rating ever of a U.S. president five months in. In the past month alone his approval rating just among Republicans has plummeted 17 points. I mention this because it will have to be Republicans who at some point display some integrity as Americans and put country above partisanship as this thing careens towards a Watergate ending or worse.
If you’re a person still defending Donald Trump–then in a way I kind of feel sorry for you. Party trumps country with you evidently–pardon the multiple puns.
As I watched this video the two people I thought most of were Mattis and Tillerson. Mattis was the lone person in the room who actually had enough gumption to not lick Donald Trump’s balls. Mattis along with McMaster appears to be the firewall between Caligula and things becoming much worse. Pray for them and our country as well.
Tillerson…what an enormous embarrassment. I feel sorry for him. He didn’t even want to become Secretary of State. His wife made him do it. She claimed God had a new mission for them which went beyond Exxon stock. He should have ignored his wife and gone home to be near his grandchildren.
Jeff Sessions… how did he ever get through law school? I was raised by a trial lawyer, been around lawyers my whole life, to date I’ve never observed one as stupid as Jeff Sessions. I love his voice though…it’s like listening to Forest Gump try to talk about the law. But I’ll say this…he’s the one I have circled who Mueller might flip the easiest and become the John Dean of the bunch.
It doesn’t matter what your party affiliation is or your ideology at this point. If you’re an American and you love this country you should be praying some people near the top of our government can do the right things at some point beyond just hoping to get a tax break for our wealthiest people and getting Neil Gorsuch confirmed on the Supreme Court.
Even the bloggers in Columbia know better. White people in the New Confederacy…not so much. Somebody make this kid Secretary of State or Attorney General. It would be an upgrade.
Yes, stupid fuck, we do now indeed have a crooked rogue piece of shit president who can’t get anything done because he is the very center of multiple felonly criminal probes being conducted by Robert Mueller. And, yes, stupid fuck, with you clearly at the helm America does indeed have the look of a gongable banana republic with your hapless ass running the show. One might wonder how this laughably dumb motherfucker could find his own dick with his right hand in a dark room.
So, in honor of our total piece of shit crooked con artist rogue president……