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    Default OKC almost was GS before GS

    The original small-ball line up could have been:

    Serge Ibaka
    Jeff Green
    Kevin Durant
    James Harden
    Russell Westbrook

    But I guess the world was not quite ready for small ball just yet.

    So they sacrificed Green (and, by extension, Harden) so they could have Kendrick Perkins. Can't blame them for that.


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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    I remember 2012

    They were the dynasty that was meant to rule the decade

    It's kind of sad how it's all turned out

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    ESPN 30 for 30: The Dynasty that Never Was

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Lebron is an idiot, Miami was perfectly suited to beat this GSW's team. A few tweaks ( e.g SA) they would have been winning titles for years to come.

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    Quote Originally Posted by VengefulAngel
    Lebron is an idiot, Miami was perfectly suited to beat this GSW's team. A few tweaks ( e.g SA) they would have been winning titles for years to come.
    It's true

    Bosh at center is the perfect counter to Draymond at center

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Actually, this is never brought up but the one time Seattle/OKC screwed up in the draft was taking Jeff Green over Joakim Noah. The guys who went over Noah were Yi Jianlian, Corey Brewer, and Brandan Wright.

    They have Noah and later Ibaka ? That probably could have sealed the deal for a potential title(s).

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Remember when Durant stans said OKC fleeced Cleveland in the Waiters trade

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnFreeman
    Remember when Durant stans said OKC fleeced Cleveland in the Waiters trade
    I need to find this thread, it was hilarious.

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Quote Originally Posted by Legends66NBA7
    Actually, this is never brought up but the one time Seattle/OKC screwed up in the draft was taking Jeff Green over Joakim Noah. The guys who went over Noah were Yi Jianlian, Corey Brewer, and Brandan Wright.

    They have Noah and later Ibaka ? That probably could have sealed the deal for a potential title(s).
    OKC didn't draft Green. The Celtics did and traded him for Ray Allen.

    Although I suppose OKC could have instructed the Celtics to take Noah, if the deal was already in place.

    That said, Green > Noah, coming out of college. Green should have been perennial an all-star.

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Quote Originally Posted by VengefulAngel
    I need to find this thread, it was hilarious.
    http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=365820

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnFreeman
    Remember when Durant stans said OKC fleeced Cleveland in the Waiters trade
    Found it!

    http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=365820

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Cheap management and injuries ****ed the dynasty up real talk

    They still top notch now, but they ain't Golden state like you say

    Although they should have been. Lined up, crowned the future...

    You would have never guessed it to turn out like this just prior to the 2012 finals

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    They were supposed to be the 90's Bulls

    Instead they became the 90's Supersonics

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Quote Originally Posted by GIF REACTION
    It's true

    Bosh at center is the perfect counter to Draymond at center
    They can just have Love at center to counter GSW.

    Draymond isn't really a scoring threat and goes through confidence issues at times. He has become a great passer though. But he won't be dropping huge numbers on Love, no matter how average a defender he is.

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    Default Re: OKC almost was GS before GS

    Quote Originally Posted by plowking
    They can just have Love at center to counter GSW.

    Draymond isn't really a scoring threat and goes through confidence issues at times. He has become a great passer though. But he won't be dropping huge numbers on Love, no matter how average a defender he is.
    Love is nowhere near the defender that Bosh is.

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