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The Westbrook - Paul trade does impact the Sixers, as they have a future 1st round draft pick from the Thunder
There is also a strong chance Paul is traded to Miami. The Thunder are in full blown rebuild mode.
The Thunder have no incentive to help Miami. They own Miami's unprotected first round pick in 2021 (??). Plus another of Miami's first round picks (2023??). Does giving them Chris Paul make Miami worse in two years or better? Hard to say. CP is getting up there in age. And maybe he and Butler don't get along. Who knows.
The Thunder are going all in on the process. Where is Sam Hinkie?
Its not ideal for the Thunder, but the Heat are one of only a few who could take on Paul's contract. Keeping Paul for a rebuild makes no sense for the Thunder, and Miami would like to have another star to pair up with Butler. Paul is also said to want to go to Miami.
Exactly my first reaction. Blow up in 4-3-2-1...Boy, Westbrook sharing the ball with Harden in Houston is so not going to work, in so many ways. Unbelievable.
It’ll be fun to see, though.Exactly my first reaction. Blow up in 4-3-2-1...
They get to offload the long Paul contract, and can receive expiring deals in return (ie dragic) or gifted youngsters like adebayo or herro. But the biggest gift is offloading the long and expensive Paul contract. I’d almost expect the thunder to give up picks for someone else to take that deal off their books.I understand all of that. I'm just saying it doesn't work to OKC's advantage. On top of what I mentioned, what assets does the Thunder even get from Miami? They have to take back overpaid players to make the salaries work. But what actual assets do the get? Miami doesn't have any first rounders to trade until at least 2025.
I could see Smith earning the starting spot at the 2https://www.theringer.com/nba/2019/7/17/20697230/zhaire-smith-philadelphia-76ers
This is what their depth chart looks like:
PG: Ben Simmons, Raul Neto, Shake Milton
SG: Josh Richardson, Zhaire Smith, Matisse Thybulle, Marial Shayok (two-way)
SF: Tobias Harris, James Ennis III
PF: Al Horford, Mike Scott, Jonah Bolden
C: Joel Embiid, Kyle O’Quinn, Norvel Pelle (two-way)
I could see Smith earning the starting spot at the 2
That's a good move at those dollars. I'm curious how many minutes Korver gives them at this point in his career, but you can never have too much shooting off of the bench.