25 Aug 2018 04:36:58
OKC/IND/MIN

OKC get Thad Young
- get a PF that fits the team well

Pg Westbrook/Shroeder
Sg Roberson/Ferguson
Sf George/TLC/Singler
Pf Young/Grant
Ce Adams/Noel

IND get Jimmy Butler, Taj Gibson & Alex Abrines
- get a superstar, a vet big and a young wing who can shoot

Pg Collison/Holiday
Sg Oladipo/Evans
Sf Butler/McDermott/Abrines
Pf Gibson/Leaf
Ce Sabonis/Oquinn

MIN get Myles Turner, Bojan Bogdanovic, Patrick Patterson, 1st round pick IND & OKC

Pg Teague/Jones
Sg Bogdanovic/Rose
Sf Wiggins/Okogie
Pf Turner/Patterson
Ce Towns/Dieng/Patton

1.) 25 Aug 2018
25 Aug 2018 13:47:55
OKC says "NOOOOOOOO"

Thad Young is a 30 year old, shooting 32% from deep in the last year of his 13 mil contract. He's averaging 12 points on 32 minutes of play.
He's going to be sharing minutes with Grant, which means that he will likely be playing closer to 25 mins, so at best averaging 9-10 points per-game, still shooting below league average in 3's.
Patterson averages 7 points on 25 mins of play, 37% from deep and still has 2 years to go on his 5.5 mil contract.

Not to mention that Abrines is a MUCH better backup at Shooting Guard than Ferguson is right now and he also still has 2 more years left on his 5.5 mil contract.

And finally, OKC doesn't have a 1st rounder to give anyone until 2024. That far out, it doesn't carry very much weight, not to mention, we don't need to give it out for someone who is at best slightly better than one of the players your giving away.

This deal wouldn't even be beneficial if it was just Singler and Patterson and a highly protected 2nd round pick in 2020.

Indiana and Minn may benefit and like this deal, but leave OKC out of it.

2.) 25 Aug 2018
25 Aug 2018 14:23:14
The sticking point is Abrines. A player no one out of okc has heard of and no one in okc should care about.

Interesting.

3.) 25 Aug 2018
25 Aug 2018 15:25:09
Yeah, the first is the reason this can’t happen. Young is a decent player and would probably be an upgrade at pf for OKC, but he’s not worth a first and OKC doesn’t have one to give.