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Steve H that'd be an interesting team. Rumor was that CP3 was interested in the clippers, which would be heckuva squad with his addition as well. While they couldn't offer the Hornets quite what Golden State could, a Chris Paul led team with Gordon, Griffin, and Jordan would really be tough to beat (minus Vinny Del Negro of course)

JimboSlice That Clippers line up is scary, but I think they would have to include Gordon in any deal to land CP3.

Steve HJimboSlice Gordon or Jordan for sure...

Loud City Jimmy Yeah, there's a Hollinger article on possible Howard and Paul trade scenarios, and he has the Clips giving up Jordan in pretty much all their offers, but not willing to deal Gordon. Of course, giving up Jordan just makes sense for their offer for Howard.

sammasaaronLoud City Jimmy Are you kidding me? You absolutely give up E-Gordon every time in a deal for CP3. You think Boston wanted to give up a budding Al Jefferson for KG? In hindsight, it was a good move but at the time, Jefferson was on the verge of being an All Star not to mention he was much much younger. But in this scenario, you give up Eric Gordon, while a nice player, Chris Paul is in the upper echelon of NBA talent and production, you gotta give up something up. Remember New York gutted half their team to get Carmello, you do what you have to do to get superstars.

C_DubsammasaaronLoud City Jimmy Well.. the Melo trade in hindsight may end up having being a pretty crappy idea. But I can see both sides. Yes, Gordon isn't one of those "don't trade at all costs" players, but I could see the clips being very reticent of making that trade based on the goal to get Paul in there and begin winning immediately. Gordon would be a big piece of making the CP3 transition work right away.

Steve H David West, Tyson Chandler and CP3 in Golden State? Might as well sign Rasual Butler and Desmond Mason and call yourself the Golden State OKC Hornets circa 2007 Warriors.

Steve H If no one offers better than Ellis + Lee for Paul, then NBA teams have got some serious player evaluation problems. Clips should offer some combo of Gordon/Jordan/Aminu/Bledsoe. They could do worse than gutting their team for a Paul/Griffin core and proceeding from there.

SergeIblaka He'd have to come extremely cheap. He didn't shoot anywhere near as well as D Cook, although most of his other numbers were better and he's bigger. For the right price he could be serviceable, but I just wonder about where his minutes will come from.

SergeIblaka Sorry but no thanks. I know its probably pre-mature to say, but Mike Miller is done. He was good for a few years, but all the injuries have not only hurt his physical game, but he's definitely shot mentally, not to mention getting older.

D Cook is a better option as a backup to Durant because he just shoots and he knows it. If he doesn't have the shot, he'll move the ball. Mike Miller pre-injuries used to be a (less talented) Harden type. And that would be a problem since we'd have Harden and sometimes Westbrook on the floor with him. I'd save all my money up for Battier. I know he's older but lets be honest, he's a more athletic version of Nick Collison, and he wants to win. Who wouldn't want that?

Daequan is younger and doesn't have a history of injuries so he'll be much more effective than Miller for the price he'll demand. If we finally start Harden instead of Thabo at the 2 Thabo can move to the 3 behind KD on the bench since he's tall and athletic enough for the position. Daequan can then move back to the 2 on the bench which is his natural position. Otherwise pairing up Reggie Jackson with Maynor as the bench backcourt could also be an interesting experiment. SergeIblaka

JimboSlice I like this because it'll show us the exact reason why we picked up Perk

dancassidy35JimboSlice Can't wait to wash away memories of when they absolutely destroyed the thunder right after the trade and there was noone on the roster that could come close to guarding Howard

anonymous12345JimboSlice I loved seeing Collison work his ass off though trying to. I need to get a Nick Collison jersey

anonymous12345 dancassidy35 JimboSlice i remember there was a point in time where we even had to put KD on him because Ibaka was in foul trouble and Collison was too tired. Funny thing is they didnt blow us out until the final five minutes we kept coming back and even got as close as 4i points from them.

JimboSlice also excited just to have the Magic coming to OKC, since there are 6 teams from the east that won't be at the Peake this year...does make it a little less likely that we will be seeing the Heat in OKC though.

Loud City Jimmy Why?

Jax Raging Bile Duct Six teams from the east will not make trips to OKC under the new schedule. You have to figure that they will split up the marquee teams. I would guess we will get no more than 3 of MIA, ORL, NYK, BOS, & CHI...and since we are getting ORL, it just limits the odds of us getting MIA as well. I would love to get all of these teams, but I just think it is unlikely.

As much as I like Thabo's D and energy, I think Harden should get the starting job. It'll help the Thunder's offense and help Harden reach his potential with more playing time. As for bench scoring, I'm thinking Presti drafted Reggie Jackson to take over that load from Harden.f5alcon

Olajuwon87f5alcon In the playoffs, Harden got 31 minutes to Thabo's 20 minutes. It does not matter who starts the game.

http://espn.go.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/okc/oklah...

As for RJ, we all hope that he can provide some offense, the team needs more offense other than KD and RW, but till we see it and we know it will be there consistently, RJ should not be a factor.

Hermit Olajuwon87 f5alcon didntJimbo go on a comment discussion that went over like 50to to tell you it does? Seriously buddy it does.

diddoff Just looked nervous in front of the camera to me. . . .

ThunderChick2010 And that's why he has longer, gelled hair. ;-)