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I’m a big fan of wasting time watching NBA mixes and through the numerous YouTube rabbit holes I’ve climbed down whilst doing so, I haven’t stumbled across too many good James Harden ones. But wouldn’t you know it, this one just popped up a couple days ago and it’s very solid. Especially with Steve Kerr’s outstanding comment to kick it off.








Oklahoma City’s Offseason Grade: On a curve
As other teams ran the free agency rat race — overpaying for talent, making deals, signing veterans looking to chase a championship — the Thunder had a very Thunder-like offseason.
Uneventful.
All it amounted to was trading Nazr Mohammed, Derek Fisher and Royal Ivey for Perry Jones III, Hasheem Thabeet and Hollis Thompson. An upgrade? Hard to know with the unknowns of two rookies and a bust, but it’s probably at least a push.
What the Thunder do lose though is three very solid veteran voices. Obviously Scott Brooks and Sam Presit feel that between the experiences of the last couples seasons along with a few older guys like Nick Collison and Kendrick Perkins that the Thunder have plenty of it. Because no more Fisher, no more Mohammed, no more Ivey. That’s 38 seasons of NBA experience replaced with three, and those are all from Thabeet. Keep Reading…