Quote Originally Posted by G.Walker View Post
You all keep saying next year, they WILL be great. You do understand that the basketball gods are not as forgiving. We are one major injury away from making anything. We got lucky that none of our starting 5 suffered any major injuries that sidelined them for the season. SGA, JDubb, Chet, or even Dort gets hurt, its a different season.

You are quick to forget the history that still haunts us today of a similar young Thunder team composed of KD, Russ, and Harden. After the Finals appearance they said we were destined for greatness, a dynasty for years to come. Then what happened? Harden left one year, KD get hurt the next, Russ get hurts the next and so on.

The time is now, yes you can be optimistic about the future, but I have learned to one needs to seize the opportunity now, as there might now always be a next year.
You’re talking about things that happened after that version of the Thunder’s 3rd playoff appearance (when they made the finals) and the 7th season from the beginning of that tear down/rebuild. This was the 4th season after the beginning of a rebuild and the team’s 1st playoff appearance. If on the same clock, we would still be two seasons away from a finals appearance and this team is way ahead of the 2009-2010 team that had that era’s first playoff appearance. It also has a ton more going for it in terms of overall roster, assets, cap space and draft capital.

All of that to say, yes we should make some moves in the near term to improve the team with the right pieces if they make sense but also don’t need to throw a bunch of assets away to bring in someone who may not be a good fit just for the sake of “doing something.” Regardless, all this PTSD doom talk with complete disregard for context and lack of perspective is ridiculous and really shows how little some people have paid attention since the team moved here.