I don’t even know where to start with all of this because I’m not one of those millenials over at Daily Thunder who live for days like yesterday.
So–I’ll go slowly… Chris Paul and Abdel Nadar are in Phoenix. OKC still has Kelly Oubre Jr. and the the two young bench players I won’t name until I see a roster. I think Rubio was traded somewhere yesterday, but I’ll need to recheck on Daily Thunder. This is when a guy like me needs some staff for a day. I’m covering the world and Biden’s transition…I had no idea Presti was going to go completely batfuck crazy.
I just caught myself…Rubio is now back in Minnesota.
Dennis Schroder came out the big winner in my view. He got what Chris Paul probably wanted–that being a spot with LeBron on the Lakers’ championship groomed roster. Good for Dennis and his agent.
Then I guess Danny Green who along with some draft picks came back to OKC in the deal.
Clearly…I’m not Woj and will never claim to be. But he won’t be me either and I doubt he has any idea who the four Chief of Staffs were in Donald Trump’s pathetic one term presidency.
Reince Pribus, John Kelly, Mick Mulvaney, and Mark Meadows. Laura Ingram actually was his first pick, but she’s making $10 million a year on Trump’s own state televison network….Fox-Politburo-Trump. She already had a better job.
The Philadelphia Sixers…my team as a kid growing up BTW– then became emeshed in all of this. The Sixers got Danny Green and Terrance Ferguson in exchange for what’s left on Big Al Horford’s existing contract. Since Billy Donovan has long been gone to the Chicago Bulls we know that wasn’t a factor in any of this. That was a little sarcasm on my part.
What I’m wondering at this point is if Sam Presti told Billy Donovan this was his Kevin Costner Draft Day plan moving forward. In my view …Billy Donovan is the second biggest winner only behind Dennis Schroeder yesterday.
So then …Sam Presti used two lower first round (a 25th and a 28th) to move up to the 17th spot in the first round. Presti used the pick to select a big white Serb named Aleksej Pokusevski who apparantly can dribble and shoot from beyond Steven Adams’ limited range.
We know this though about Poku… he’s white, could probably care less about Trump, and he looks like he could bench the same 85 lbs. Kevin Durant could bench press as an NBA rookie.
Project. Poku’s body is a project.
All of that wheeling and dealing to get a Serb who deeds some serious work in the weight room and a litany of protein drinks.
He’s white though. That must be what Presti’s thinking at this point. Presti must be thinking that if Poku turns into a real NBA player he’ll be okay with the Fox birther Thunder fans in the city who are still claiming Trump won the election he just lost by somewhere around seven million votes. Dude…give it up. Even Roy Cohn would give it up at this point… you lost.
Steven Adams, Danillo Gallanari, and Big Al Horford are still members of the Thunder as of this writing…I think.
I will definitely reread and update what I just wrote, but I did my best on the fly.
But, again…if you’re going to tank then given what the U.S economy is going to struggle with adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic these next year and beyond… this would be the logical time to rebuild in Fox World–OKC.