The loss of Kevin Durant will not only effect the Thunder in the immediate future, but will also effect the entire landscape of the franchise. A place like Oklahoma City is not a prime destination for free agents. Of the 30 teams, Oklahoma City would rank near the bottom in terms of places I would want to live, slightly beating out the likes of Milwaukee, Utah, and Denver. Free agents don’t want to play in a boring, mid-western city like Oklahoma City. There only hope is to strike gold in the draft, which they did three years running from 2007-2009, drafting Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden respectively. But now only Westbrook remains on the roster and he is slated to be a free agent after the 2016-2017 season. He’s already …show more content…
Simple: Trade Russell Westbrook and acquire draft picks. Below are three potential trades. 1. Boston Celtics The Celtics were among the final six teams on Kevin Durant’s list of potential teams. Although they struck out on Durant, the Celtics have the assets to acquire Durant’s former teammate Westbrook. The Celtics own the 2017 and 2018 Brooklyn Nets first-round pick, which are both likely to be top five picks. Packaging those picks with Isaiah Thomas and a combination of a few other players could (should) be enough to wrangle Westbrook from the Thunder. The 2017 and 2018 draft classes are expected to be two of the strongest classes since the 2003 draft class, which makes this trade even sexier from the Thunder’s point of view. The only potential hiccup of this trade is whether or not Westbrook would re-sign with the Celtics. 2. Los Angeles Lakers Unlike the Celtics, the Lakers don’t have an abundance of draft picks to dangle. For the Lakers to trade for Westbrook they would have to give up their three previous lottery picks in Julius Randle, D’Angelo Russell, and Brandon Ingram, but even then, their offer is nothing compared to the Celtics offer. The Lakers cannot trade their 2018 first-round draft pick because of the NBA’s draft pick trading rules. The pick that would likely accompany these three players would be a 2019 or 2020 pick, which by then would likely not be a lottery
In looking over the minimum requirements I noticed that a few things rose to my attention. In particular endorsements allowed, contract length, sponsorships, work out dates, travel conditions, and salary increments. I will attempt to address all of my reservations and offer suggestions to remedy these requirements and leave room for negotiation between your negotiation team and myself. If you can not meet these requirements then my client will not be allowed to enter your WNBA draft 2001/2002.
1 pick and immediately traded him to the Golden State Warriors for Hardaway and three first-round draft picks. The Warriors had chosen Hardaway with the third overall pick in the same draft. (Shawn Bradley went to the Philadelphia 76ers at No. 2.) In an effort to ease Hardaway's adjustment to playing point guard in the NBA, Magic Coach Brian Hill started him at off guard for the first half of his rookie season. Hill eventually moved Hardaway to the point, and the 21-year-old rookie finished with averages of 16.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game. He made the NBA All-Rookie First Team and finished six votes behind Webber for the Rookie of the Year Award. In only his second year in the league Hardaway emerged as a top NBA guard. He averaged 20.9 points and 7.2 assists, started in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game, and helped the Magic to the best record (57-25) in the Eastern Co...
Shortly before the deadline Larry finally signed with the Boston Celtics for $650,000, making him the highest paid rookie in NBA history. Larry's collegiate rival Earvin 'Magic' Johnson had also entered the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers. Not only did they fight for the National Championship a year before, but their rookie seasons they were both in the run for Rookie of the Year. Magic may have taken the NCAA title but Larry took the Rookie of the Year award and was voted into the Eastern Conference All- Star team in the 1979- '80 season.
First, let me start off with the career of Kobe Bean Bryant who is currently on the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe was first drafted into the NBA in the year 1996 by the Charlotte Hornets, but was later traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. The most amazing part about him being drafted was that
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Most players that enter the NBA draft early are 19 or 20 years-old. They are going to end up playing against 25-year-olds that are stronger, faster, and that have had more experience than they have. Along with more experience, they will not be as physically fit because one or two years of college will not do it, and high school will not do it. For example, Lebron James. He is considered one of the best to have played the game, and he went straight out of high school. Imagine if he had gone to college, he would be so much better. So if they leave after the freshman or sophomore year, they will be about five or six years behind and that will make it harder to get a spot on the bench. If they do not make it to the bench, then they will be in the D league for 2 or 3 years to help develop their skills. “The D-League uses a tiered compensation system that's based on experience. Players with ample NBA
The early age entry rule, has been blamed for taking away the talent that made NCAA basketball popular over the last 40 years (Hughes, 2013). Recently many of the most talented basketball players have entered the NCAA with no intention of playing a second, third, or fourth year. The NBA permits players to be drafted at an age that many have considered is too young to live the lavish lifestyle of a professional player. This has been cause for the big debate of should the NBA change the eligibility to 20 years of age and two years removed from high school.
First, college basketball has paid off by losing its most talented players to the NBA as many as three years early. This has resulted in not only an overall lessening of the game, but in certain circumstances caused the downfall of once great basketball programs. This is how it happens, as colleges recruit players based on what their needs are or what they will need shortly in the future. So let us say that one school has a great core of sophomore and junior players for the upcoming season. The coaches do not have the need or the room for many new top-notch players.
Russell was unique in the sense that he was one of the few athletes to coach and play for the same team at the same time. And more than that, he did it successfully. For the last three years as a Bos...
The NBA is a desirable basketball hotspot. Domestic players train to be drafted, and International players want to enter the NBA.
Walton shows us how much of a risk he is willing to take for his
Since 2011, the Eastern Conference was dominated by LeBron James-led teams. Before each season, it had been fairly simple to assume that whichever team "The King" was on, would make the NBA Finals. Sure enough, his Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers teams were the only representatives from the East in that time frame.
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According to FOXSports, the Chicago Bulls reportedly placed Jimmy Butler on the trading block ahead of the February trade deadline. The move came as a surprise because Butler is one of the vital cogs for the Bulls campaign this season and trading him seems to be insane. But there is one team
• The Use of Force is about a girl who may have Diphtheria, but refuses to open her mouth to let the doctor look at her throat. After much struggle, emotional and physical, the doctor forces her to open her mouth and it turns out she does indeed have the disease.