Thunder enter preseason at 9/2 odds to win the title

 @OBoymuzik  @ou_sas  @Crow Bynum's already hurt. But they probably don't have much reason to take him on with Spencer Hawes capable of playing C. Chicago would do this though.

 @ATH  @ou_sas  @Crow why would the 76ers want perk? they have bynum

 @ou_sas  @OBoymuzik  @Crow How bout http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8lh58qx 

 @OBoymuzik  @Crow So like this? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=8f7f4aq 

 @Crow Gasol is really interesting, too bad Memphis guards are weak. I would do Perk+ Harden for Gasol and maybe a draft pick and then see if we need to deal maynor for a better backup 2

 @ou_sas  @Crow  @dream catcher But now I'm dreaming about a Gibson-Ibaka frontcourt.

 @ou_sas  @dream catcher varejao would be on the list too if healthy

 @ou_sas  @Crow  @dream catcher Hayes was recovering from a major medical condition last year. He probably will improve. 

 @ATH  @Crow  @dream catcher Hayes is a step backwards from Perkins. Last year posted a 109 defensive rating (vs. 103 for Perk), averaged fewer points and rebounds per 36, and shot a lower ts%. And Thornton would inevitably be a step back from Harden. As a cost saving measure, makes sense, but our team would probably be downgrading both positions.

 @Crow I think Ibaka could play center next to Taj Gibson. That would be awesome. 

i liked hayes before but he is getting old. don't care for thornton.

 @ou_sas  @dream catcher Probably would want to try for taj gibson, amir johnson, udoh or marc gasol in the deal with other stuff, based on RAPM impact.

+ a pick

 @ou_sas  @Crow  @dream catcher Harden/Perk for Chuck Hayes and Marcus Thornton? 

 @Crow  @dream catcher Do you have any thoughts as far as teams that would be willing to give us a defensive center as part of a Harden-Perkins deal? Because otherwise you're looking at a defense anchored by Serge, Collison, or Aldrich at Center. 

 @dream catcher i really can't see an immediate trade but i hadn't even thought about it til now.

 @f5alcon  @Crow Hopefully Brooks will have confidence in Maynor, Reggie and PJ to actually try things. It seems like the reason he stuck with his rotations on Fisher is an unwillingness to rely on his other guard options.

 @Crow  @ou_sas Brooks needs to be more flexible with the situation, instead of same rotations all of the time, he has shown times where he will do that, but it needs to be more consistent. If we are having problems scoring put an offensive lineup in, if we cant stop them, go more defensive, incorporate some zone maybe to break the opponents flow. We have more options this year, PJIII, maynor, reggie,cook.

 @ou_sas about +19 per 100 possessions. 5th most used last season but barely over 100 minutes for the season. did well in playoffs but hardly used.

just for special occasions? wrong strategy i think. should be used lots lots more to test its real strength.

 @Crow Agreed. Do you have +/- numbers on a Westbrook-Harden-KD-Collison-Ibaka lineup? (Or do they prefer Ibaka-Collison?)

 @ou_sas more collison and more collison-harden and more collison-harden with the other starters would seem to help. it is needed in the playoffs but maybe it is needed in the regular season more to convice Brooks.