Oklahoma City joins the Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs for Western Supremacy

by TheCylon41 on Feb 24, 2011 2:54 PM CST

In an effort to solidify their interior, the Thunder have traded for Kendrick Perkins and Nazr Mohammed. Are Perkins and Mohammed an upgrade from Nenad Krstic and Jeff Green? Obviously a downgrade in offensive capability but a huge leap in rebounding and defensive ability.

Plus, the Thunder got some offensive punch from the acquisition of Nate Robinson. I think their starting five would be Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins and Serge Ibaka. With Nate Robinson, James Harden and Nick Collison rounding out the main rotation.

I think this was a win for the Thunder. They got a ton better on the defensive side of the ball with Kendrick Perkins and made up for the loss in offense with Nate Robinson. With the obvious caveat on whether or not Perkins can play during the playoffs.

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Who got the better end of the Perkins/Robinson for Green/Krstic deal?

Boston Celtics

9 votes

Oklahoma City Thunder

46 votes

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Obviously the Thunder got a better deal

I don’t think they’re up there with the Big 3 yet, but they’ve solidified the #4 spot.

by Why on Feb 24, 2011 3:25 PM CST reply actions

i dont now

krstic and green can be good role players. it will be a interesting end to the regular season

by go87 on Feb 24, 2011 3:32 PM CST reply actions

Not really

I agree Green can be of service, but honestly he’s not needed in their rotation. Perkins is a solid battle-tested player that can play in the NBA Finals, Kristic and Green are not. Kristic is just not someone you want to go into battle with in the playoffs. It’s worse than having Dampier as your starting center.

by Why on Feb 27, 2011 4:43 PM CST up reply actions

huh

the lakers just won against OKC barnes-less

by go87 on Feb 27, 2011 7:52 PM CST up reply actions

i dont think celtics lost a step yet

with their “big 3”

by go87 on Feb 27, 2011 7:53 PM CST up reply actions

Big 4*

It won’t show in the regular season. Best of 7 series missing Perkins will be more obvious especially against Orlando and even Miami.

by Why on Mar 1, 2011 9:40 AM CST up reply actions

nah, OKC isnt as good quite yet

teams like the blazers, hornets or even suns can give them a run and most likely win.

by go87 on Mar 1, 2011 1:47 PM CST up reply actions

Portland Trailblazers are the dark horse

The Trailblazers give up Dante Cunningham and Joel Przybilla for Gerald Wallace giving them a starting five of Roy, Wallace, Batum, Aldridge and ?. They’re now relying on Marcus Camby and Greg Oden to anchor the middle, when both of them look like they can’t stay on the court for any length of time. I still don’t want to play them in the playoffs.

by TheCylon41 on Feb 24, 2011 3:34 PM CST reply actions

Boston raped themselves

I’m disgusted by their stupidity. I think they may have just pissed away their chance at the title this year and maybe for the near future.

by elbow greater than face on Feb 24, 2011 5:29 PM CST reply actions

unless they plan on signing Murphy

yeah, pretty much their undoing

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by Pongskie on Feb 24, 2011 6:07 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry, I don't know much about Murphy but

how does that help them? His stats don’t seem that remarkable: http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1013/troy-murphy

by elbow greater than face on Feb 24, 2011 6:30 PM CST up reply actions

makes them a little whiter, i think :-)

on a serious note, i think he’d be a good rotation player (if Boston is in fact hinging on Shaq and Jermaine). He didn’t quite get enough playing time this season with the Nets to vouch for meritable stats, but his Warriors and Pacers stints were fine (around 14pts, 10 rebs in 32 mins).

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by Pongskie on Feb 24, 2011 6:53 PM CST up reply actions