I can't believe this stupid narrative still has legs.
Uh why wouldn't it have legs...
OKC went to the finals...could have brought the same team back...but instead they made a decision to choose Ibaka over Harden a year early because they were scared to let him walk for nothing...
They never had injuries before that...they haven't stopped having injuries since then...
And to top it off Kevin Martin did what for them?
Jeremy Lamb did what for them?
Those first round picks and that 2nd round pick have carried them to where exactly?
And now they staring down the barrell of KD and westbrook free agency...
But the front office has gotten away with the narrative of "we are a small market team we have to be cap conscious"
While any time any financial information comes out about the revenue of NBA teams OKC always generates money and is almost always in the top 10 in generating money...
You talk about karma
Westbrook played what...5 NBA seasons at full speed attacking the rim like a madman jumping out the gym smashing on 7 footers night in and night out in the regular season and the playoffs playing heavy minutes and never had a major injury...and then the very first time he plays a team who's star player is james harden and only makes the 8th seed in the west because james harden carried them their he get's a serious knee injury on a random play where a dude swipes at the ball because he is a "scrappy player"
You couldn't make up that narrative if you tried...
Luckily they still got Perkins around to set them 9 million dollar screens