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    Jethrol: I am sure that we would all love to have Howard but thats not the way the system works. That is why the Owners negotiated the salary cap to save them from themselves. Even without the cap, one would have to look at the chemistry. Look at how many George Steinbrenner big money yankee teams could never win a championship. Talent is important but so is chemistry.

    I completely agree with you that the Thunder needs a quality big man. I remember when the Lakers won a lot of games but didnt win a championship until they got Wilt Chamberlain.

    Give Mullens a chance. He was supposed to be a lottery pick coming out of high school but his freshman year at Ohio State proved how raw he was. That is why we got him with the 25th pick and why he needs some D League experience before getting a shot with the big team. He is certainly a better alternative than Robert Swift. Picking the right big guy has a lot to do with luck. Memphis picked a big guy with the number two pick of the draft and they sent him to the D League. So far Presti has made the right moves and until he screws a couple of them up, I will continue to have faith. I am sure that he knows as well as we do that we need a big guy in the paint. The question is where to find one----especially this year when we probably will not have a lottery pick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by circled9 View Post
    Jethrol: I am sure that we would all love to have Howard but thats not the way the system works. That is why the Owners negotiated the salary cap to save them from themselves. Even without the cap, one would have to look at the chemistry. Look at how many George Steinbrenner big money yankee teams could never win a championship. Talent is important but so is chemistry.

    I completely agree with you that the Thunder needs a quality big man. I remember when the Lakers won a lot of games but didnt win a championship until they got Wilt Chamberlain.

    Give Mullens a chance. He was supposed to be a lottery pick coming out of high school but his freshman year at Ohio State proved how raw he was. That is why we got him with the 25th pick and why he needs some D League experience before getting a shot with the big team. He is certainly a better alternative than Robert Swift. Picking the right big guy has a lot to do with luck. Memphis picked a big guy with the number two pick of the draft and they sent him to the D League. So far Presti has made the right moves and until he screws a couple of them up, I will continue to have faith. I am sure that he knows as well as we do that we need a big guy in the paint. The question is where to find one----especially this year when we probably will not have a lottery pick.
    Actually, nothing I say here should be taken as any sort of condemnation or even mild criticism of Sam Presti. IMO he's done an outstanding job....far beyond most people's wildest imaginations of what was possible in this short period of time.

    I know it's a long shot and the odds are against this ever happening but so what....it's fun to dream sometimes. Most people in this thread don't want to dream, they don't want to look at how this would affect the team and/or out play....they only want to look at why this won't happen and educating me on the "way things work".

    People need to lighten up a bit.

    You know...the way things work is simply based on the past. However true innovation comes from people that buck the trend, they are mindful of the past but aren't a slave to it. To be truly innovative, one must stop adhering to the way things work.

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    Jethrol:

    You are a lot like me; you dream big--go for the Moon and you might get a star.

    Dwight Howard is a different animal; CAP space ($58 million) will prevent us and many teams from getting a Dwight Howard without giving up something.

    The NBA model was designed to keep teams from getting all the good players. Teams like Dallas who are over the salary CAP pay a luxury tax for the amount they are over.

    If for instance my current payroll is $68 million which is $10 million over the CAP ($58 million); then, I have to match that $10 million I'm over as the luxury tax. My amount in salaries now becomes $78 million. It gets expensive when you're a small market team like OKC, Memphis, Orlando, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Charlotte & New Orleans...

    I wouldn't want to break up the trio (basketball's supremes) Durant, Green & Westbrook just to get a player like Dwight Howard.

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