WiggyRuss
Well-Known Member
i think the Htunder are gonna be really good this year though- ithink they will be #3 in the West solidly. A year of continuity should help a ton. roberson has really established himself. They just brought in Noel to probly come off the bench.He couldn't get a 5 year deal.
But, they could have given him 4/60 and didn't because they didn't want to pay the tax.
They lost him for 5 mil total, which is why I have no sympathy for them.
I will post a link to a story that clearly spells it out.
They could have paid him his 60 mil and still not fall victim to the luxury tax for almost a year and a half.
To reiterate the point, Harden was asked if he would still be with the Thunder if money wasn't an issue.
"Definitely," he said. "Definitely. No question."
The Thunder offered Harden $55.5 million over four years -- $4.5 million less than the max deal Harden coveted and will get from the Rockets, sources told ESPN The Magazine.
How a massive miscalculation broke up Thunder's Westbrook-Durant-Harden dynasty
I think OKC could be really good this year.