Thunder need to trade Westbrook.

[I.R.Beast]

Was waiting for one of these posts.... smh.... They need westbrook for the playoffs... It sends reggie jackson back to the bench thus making there bench even stronger... It gives KD a reliable number 2 so that he doesnt have to log 46.5 minutes a game in a series anymore so that he can actually have the energy to close. Westbrook is a top 10 player in the league... trading him makes no sense... He has an advantage every night at pg, regardless of the team they play... As great as KD has been do you really think he can play out of his mind like this every game of a series?

[veilside23]

Thunder would be better with a pass first PG

Rondo and Sully for westbrook?

no i think they are fine with westbrook ... but i think Durant needs to have a prime Dfish on his team... even without brook with prime Dfish ... :pimp

[scm5]

Kemba Walker + Al Jefferson for Russell Westbrook + Kendrick Perkins + Jeremy Lamb

Walker/Jackson
Thabo
Durant
Ibaka
Jefferson

[I.R.Beast]

OKC are not better without a guy who was top 5 MVP just before injury & arguably best PG..... the only thing Westbrook's absence benefits is KD's stats.

can't believe I'm co-signing pauk , but he is absolutely right... westbrook at KD combine for 50 a night...you dont just trade away 21-5-8 ....plus westbrook is a tenacious perimeter defender....when he and KD are both on the thunder are unstoppable.

[ABG]

lay off the crack.

[All Net]

This crap needs to end.. OKC need Westbrook to win it all. He is a huge part of what they do. He's a top 5-7 player when heathly.

[el gringos]

OKC gets Rondo, shumpert, Tyson chandler

Suns get Jeff green

Boston gets 2 Phoenix 1sts, OKC 1st, ny 1st, t hardaway jr, p jones 3, amare, okafor

Knicks get WESTBROOK, k Perkins, g Wallace, humphries

[ispin69]

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=lrahry5

inb4 why would they trade with each other

[Ancient Legend]

OKC gets Rondo, shumpert, Tyson chandler

Suns get Jeff green

Boston gets 2 Phoenix 1sts, OKC 1st, ny 1st, t hardaway jr, p jones 3, amare, okafor

Knicks get WESTBROOK, k Perkins, g Wallace, humphries

The Suns get raped here.

[shaq2000]

We'll do you a solid and give you Pau Gasol and salary fillers for him, k?

[Professor Griff]

Yep, really smart idea to trade a top 10 player (who you absolutely need to contend) when his value is lowest. People consistently underrate Westbrook's value.

Have fun making it through the West with a starting backcourt of Reggie Jackson and Thabo.

[scm5]

Yep, really smart idea to trade a top 10 player (who you absolutely need to contend) when his value is lowest. People consistently underrate Westbrook's value.

Have fun making it through the West with a starting backcourt of Reggie Jackson and Thabo.

Thabo doesn't even get the bulk of the minutes anymore. Lamb has developed quite nicely for OKC.

Reggie Jackson also isn't the problem at starting PG. He actually does really well for OKC. The only problem is he doesn't have a back up.

I suggested that OKC would benefit by trading Westbrook, Perk, and Lamb for Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker because I truly believe it would benefit both teams. Charlotte gets an actual superstar player to build around and a good young prospect in Lamb. Meanwhile, OKC gets the post-up big they need along with a really good starting PG in Kemba.

Kemba and Jefferson were a mismatched pairing on the Bobcats anyways because Jefferson is at the point in his career where he needs to be on a contender and Kemba is still developing.

[imdaman99]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/realist...0701--nba.html

Westbrook, Perkins, and a 2nd round pick for Chandler, Shump, Felton, and the right to switch future 1st round picks

there is no way OKC does that

As a Knicks fan, I salivate even though they get Perkins. But that 2nd round pick, yeah baby yeah! Can't wait

[Dave3]

Westbrook and Lamb for Caron Butler and Luke Ridnour

Thought you were a Bucks fan? Terrible trade. If they don't at least throw in Ibaka, you're giving up way too much.

[Dave3]

Jokes aside, you think with the way OKC (more specifically Durant and Reggie Jackson) have been playing, that it may have crossed Presti's mind that maybe trading Westbrook might benefit the team? Obviously he won't do it, but I think that it at least crossed his mind...