Westbrook had himself a campaign for the ages, but it was volume-driven, as opposed to efficiency-driven (see Durant, Kevin).
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With these new additions playing alongside current league-MVP Russell Westbrook, the Thunder looked poised to be the biggest challenge to the Warriors for the Western Conference championship. They have made the last three NBA Finals, won two of them, and are the favorite to repeat as champions this upcoming season.
If Westbrook were to wait to re-sign with the Thunder, he could demand a no-trade clause during the summer.
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The Houston Rockets, who now boast a background of Chris Paul and James Harden will most likely struggle in the playoffs when team begin to realize that their tertiary and quarternary options in Trevor Ariza and Eric Gordon are streaky at best.
Anthony said he has respected the Thunder organization for years, so when he had to make a quick decision, Oklahoma City was on the short list.
But think about how exciting this would have been a couple of seasons ago – I’m talking pre-Paul George injury.
This, combined with Dwyane Wade’s decision to join LeBron James in Cleveland, all but locks in the Westbrook – Roberson – George – Anthony – Adams starting lineup.
“He’s a rather dignified guy, in my opinion, in the way he conducts his business”, Presti said.
The deals also don’t rid the Thunder of all that much depth.
All throughout the Association, general managers capitalize on superstar migrations for their own iteration of super-team formations.
With the Carmelo Anthony era now over, a new breed of young, athletic and exciting players will finally don the banner of the rebuilding New York Knicks. After then-team president Phil Jackson publicly announced in March his desire to trade the 10-time All-Star, the relationship with the front office deteriorated, culminating in Anthony’s trade. “As we have said recently, this is a new beginning for the New York Knicks”. And if it works out, it’ll be a fire, pissed-off fire, and ice thing with George and Russ screaming around the court and Melo calmly draining fifteen-footers from the elbow.
But trading for a versatile, explosive player like George and dynamic scorer like Anthony to take some pressure off Westbrook is a worthwhile pursuit. Oklahoma City has a lot of talent on paper, but there’s a lot of question marks.
“There will be a bit of learning on the fly, but it will be an incredible experience for every one of the players who go over and compete against an National Basketball Association club”, Anstey was quoted as saying by The Herald Sun. If you aren’t convinced, just check out this road map to how Presti turned spare parts into potential Hall of Famers.
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Doug McDermott was the 11th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft selected by the Chicago Bulls. Anthony’s NY teams have seen a rotation of decent to below-average players at the position, which is a big reason why he has been forced to carry the offence with isolation scoring for so many years.
