Devastation. Even more devastation to come. Ibaka out, Durant out, Westbrook probably out, you were planning on the momentous occasion of inking the best stars your team has ever known to long term deals but instead you're rebuilding around Enes Kanter and Victor Oladipo. You're now the Utah Jazz.
With no more moves the team looks like: PG Westbrook, SG Oladipo, SF Roberson, PF Ilyasova, C Adams with Payne, McGary, Kanter, Sabonis off the bench. That's not a bad team, with Westbrook that's a playoff team in the West. But is it the team Westbrook wants to run with? If not, he's gotta go and that is no longer a playoff team.
I think Westbrook to the Celtics is the most logical trading spot for this summer (Nets 2017 1st rd pick, Clippers 2017 1st rd pick, Avery Bradley, then either Rozier, Hunter or Young). I'd rather have Westbrook, he's still one of the best players in the league, a true cornerstone player/performer, the Thunder are begging him to sign an extension, but if he doesn't he's gotta go before the beginning of the year. And an Eastern conference team with money to burn is the logical spot. (I don't see Westbrook extending w/Celtics next summer (maybe) but it might be worth it for the Celtics either way. I think OKC still has a pretty good team w/Westbrook but without him it becomes a teardown, replenishing big contracts for young talent and picks (yeah, Utah Jazz, I already said that)).
OKC is not done this summer. Either players come in to feed Westbrook's desires or either Westbrook is shipped out for a platter of test tube babies. Tough summer so far for OKC but it isn't over.
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