In: Stanley Johnson Jr. Nicolas Batum. James Young. Bojan Bogdanovic.
Omer Asik, Pelicans 2020 1st + scrubs
Out: Wesley Saunders, Taj Gibson, Denzel Valentine, DeAndre Bembry, Clippers 2020 1st, Thunder 2019 1st + scrubs
1. Going into this off season, 8time was banking on receiving a top 2 pick(Prozingis, Green). But neither of those situations happened. But not to worry, the Thunder GM was already in talks with Spurs GM for a few months regarding the availability of Stanley Johnson, in case the Thunder would pick outside the top 3.
The worst happened, and the Thunder lost out on two potential busts. So Thunder GM called the Spurs on the PMaphone and they reached a agreement on a trade.
2. After acquiring Stanley Johnson, 8time looked at all the positives and negatives of the trade, and decided it was time to go grab a defender. He pmaphoned the Lakers for Victor Oladipo, but unfortunately Victor had just been traded. So what was next he thought? Well, since he had made a few trades before with Ice, he decided to give him a call, as Clippers were shopping Nicolas Batum. Surprisingly, a deal was not made that day. 5 days later Ice called 8time and gave him two offers. I would tell you those offers, but i honestly forget them. They talked for a bit and an offer of Batum, 1st, for Saunders, and 1st was offered. 8time shut the offer down and said no. Talks were off the table... or so they thought. After eating a delicious cream cheese bagel, 8time came to his senses. He pm'ed Ice and they reached an agreement on a trade.
3. Willy and 8time talk all the time. 8time reached out to Willy and made an offer. Some in season Depth Charts in return for a signature of Rozier, Vonleh, Stanley, and Anderson. Willy just did what he always does and sent 8time a random gif. A few hours later, sig arrived and it was a done deal.
4. After quickly agreeing to a depth chart for signature trade, 8time offered Willy Taj Gibson. Willy laughed. A few days and random pm's later, Willy made an offer for Taj Gibson. 8time quickly shot it down. You have to keep the GM's in suspense. They continued the random pm's(mostly about Walking Dead). A few days later Willy made the offer again, but this time it was better than the last offer. 8time said "Ill get back to you".
The unthinkable happened and a trade for Moe Harkless happened... or so we thought. The deal that never was..(to be continued)
Anyway, back to Gibson. So 8time finally accepted the revised offer and the trade was made. It was hard giving Thunder 19 1st, but getting back Peja and Asik was good enough. If you want Peja Willy, you know how to reach me.
5. With all these moves, the Thunder somehow gained 9.5 million cap space. The target? James Young. The guy is very efficient and would fit nicely with the young Thunder core. The problem? 9.5 million would not get the Thunder James Young. His asking price was 13.2 million for 5 years. So either his price would drop and someone else would snatch him up, or a trade had to be made. Let remind you, its not easy trading with good ole Johnny boy. 8time tried to make a deal with him before, and nothing ever worked. So he sent out a feeler offer. Jon accepted right off the bat. 8time was ready to offer 2nds too, just in case.. The deal was now made!
or so we thought... one day later Atlanta offers James Young 13 million for 5 years. So now it's a battle to see who will win. 8time upped the offer and thankfully James Young joined the better situation.
From starting out from Vasquez, Nick Johnson, MKG, Henson, BIG V, and Milsap to Rozier, Anderson, Batum, Stanley JR, Vonleh, James young, Bojan, Clarkson and 9 picks in the next 3 drafts.
That a decent upgrade in only two seasons. Two seasons from now, its expected that the Thunder will win the CSL Championship and 8time will change his name to 9time.
That's just some insight on the Thunder's off season.
very entertaining read.
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