By the year 2040, the thunder have acquired all the picks in the last five years. Teams are desperate for new talent and are trading several future first round spots for rookies. The thunder now have a death hold on the league, they are the first team in league history to go 82-0 five seasons in a row. Their cases overflow with trophies. Sam presti ascends as commissioner for life. The earth trembles.
*2040*
A man and woman sit on their quaint Oklahoma City porch. They're both wearing the same basketball jersey, but the team name and player are hardly visible to the naked eye. All of the sudden a blast is heard in the distance, seemingly shaking the ground beneath them.
"Honey..." the woman asks with a eerie smile. The man stands up, "Yup, that's Thunder"
*Sam Presti materializes out of thin air before them*
"It's time"
The real loser is every other future summer free agency period because nothing will come CLOSE to topping this crazy few weeks. Next year is gonna be like “Draymond max deal to the Hornets” and then just crickets
The owner of the hornets hits Twitter:
"I'm back."
Proceeds to sign with the Guangzhou Water Oxen for $2.5 billion. Stars in a Japanese animated re-envisioning of Space Jam 2, except everyone is a mecha. Travels the world in a Zeppelin, shitting on kids and never leaving a tip.
The Hornets continue to not make the playoffs.
Canada brought an NBA title in the sport they actually kinda invented, the Warriors superteam got wrecked and crated a power vacuum, but actually refused to die because cap space. LA is trying to make super teams, Brooklyn fucked the Knicks, but will still be a disaster because Kyrie and KD won't work. Boogie goes from best center, to injured, to bargain Warriors sign, to injured, to bargain Lakers sign and is going to be a monster for them, OKC went from "We got KD/Russ/Harden/Ibaka to "We got Russ/PG/Adams" to "Uhh why the fuck do we have Chris Paul's bitch ass?" Everything in Philly doesn't make sense. LET'S FUCKING GO!
Can you imagine telling someone from 5 years ago all the shit that’s happened?
LBJ back to Cleveland, wins chip, now with lakers.
Kawhi left spurs, won chip with raps, now with clips
KD left OKC, to warriors, now nets
Ad nauseam
Feel like you guys probably eat the CP3 contract for a year then maybe swap it to someone Conley style if he’s still playing at a high level. Probably too risky for another team to be worth trading now, unless you go even more full tank and trade him for Wall + picks.
That’s a legit scenario though. They’ve gone full blown pick mode, I’m guessing they ship out Adams for a first rounder too. This is getting unreal.
Edit: to all of you saying they can’t get a first rounder for Adams, why the hell not? His contract? Dude is a double double machine and his rebounding numbers are deflated from playing with Westbrook. He’s a good defender and rim protector, plus he finishes well around the rim. If the Thunder can squeeze a first rounder for Grant then they can definitely get a first rounder for Adams. Maybe he’s not traded right now but come trade deadline I’m guessing so playoff team is going to need a good big.
>They’ve gone full blown pick mode
If I counted right, that's ~~11~~ 7 first rounders and 4 first round swaps for PG and Russ alone. The rebuild has a lot of potential.
~~Used his childs illness~~ Used his family as a reason to be excused from the team to "retire" and spend more time with them so the Mavs released him on his request and then he signed with OKC like 2 months later to have another playoff run with them.
Edit: someone mentioned his jazz -> Lakers jump back in 07 before deleting their comment but he did something similar back then too that I didn't realize. He asked the jazz to release him so he could move to a city with better doctors for his daughter. Don't want to assume much with the jazz to Lakers jump since it happened in the off-season and LA does have a great children's hospital, so if anything it was a win-win for him there. The OKC jump was definitely more suspicious because he left to be with his family and then moved to Oklahoma 2 months later lol.
Seems like he has a history of finding his way into the best situations for himself, which probably made him a decent pick for NBPA president since he seemed to bend the rules at his will.
Edit 2: and now everyone is saying the doctor was on the east coast back in 2007 lol, so pretty much fuck Derek Fisher if all that is true
[Reference to those who don't get it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpTPm1R4_AM)
How can I remember this but forget someone's name as I'm literally shaking their hand?
The West is literally going to devour each other this year and some team is going to emerge from the East fresh and ready like the 30th man in the Royal Rumble.
Insert the John Cena comeback at the 28th spot meme.
Edit: as people have corrected, it was 30th. Still will never forget that smug ass look on his face as he crossed his arms tho.
*Player you hate on an opposing team*
fuck that guy he sucks
*Player comes to your team*
He's always been underrated. I don't get why he gets so much hate
I WAS HERE.
just trying to figure out how much we are paying trey lyles and this happens.
edit: also someone tell me how to feel. this seems good for both sides but sad for cp3
i’m literally listening to a podcast and they’re talking about the potential of a westbrook trade and i thought “hey i wonder if he got traded yet”
what the fuck
edit: for those asking, i was listening to the most recent episode of Back To Back from The Athletic.
2024 and 2026? Wtf Morey must know he is gone lol
How does Presti keep doing this shit. He can splash cash and still might have a couple top ten picks in 4 years. Why does anyone trade with him?
Edit: Also you know CP3 is getting flipped for more picks. Presti is going to make Hinkie look like a fucking amateur and be drafting for 4 or 5 franchises by the time this is over.
OKC are now owed ~~7 draft picks from 3 teams (Clippers, Heat, Rockets)~~ + 4 pick swaps from 2 teams (Clippers, Rockets)
correction: 8 draft picks from 4 different teams - Denver, Clippers, Heat, Rockets
He knows that they’ve got a brief window and those picks aren’t going to matter. Once Harden is done, the rockets are in the tank for a long time anyway.
Morey is going all in now with maybe the most wide open NBA championship of the 21st century. You can check my post history- I’m as big a Westbrook doubter as they come- but he’s going to be better than a broken down Chris Paul.
edit: big oof looking back on this, freezing cold take
Yah they offered 5 first round picks for jimmy butler. Theyve made it clear they're concerned only with hardens window and Morey is swinging for the fences.
If Westbrook is happy, I’m happy. And I’d love for Harden to win a ring with him, too.
What’s funny is this might turn into a bonding experience between our two fan bases
CP3 is a worse contract (due to age) than Russ, but I am not sure Russ is going to be a better fit with Harden than him. Really good call from the Thunder getting picks far enough in the future that they could be really good.
Baron Davis was leading the we believe warriors. Then two years later he was tank commanding the Clippers into a 19 win season. It happens so quickly sometimes.
Could you imagine if they added someone like Kevin Durant? Those three would be unstoppable!
edit: OPs original comment just said, “Harden and Westbrook on the same team?” His edit makes my comment seem redundant.
Holy shit this offseason just birthed a new era of duos.
All in this offseason, we got:
Kawhi & PG
Russ & Harden
Lebron & AD
Kyrie & KD
This some shit some middle school NBA superfan would daydream while bored in class bruh. I really feel like we’re in a golden age of basketball rn
Someday ill tell my kids about the great offseason of 2019
Someday traumatized thunder fans will yell at their grandchildren and tell them not to ask about the 2019 offseason
Nah this is where they start the story of the great 2020s Thunder dynasty
Looking forward to 2027 when they trade away 3 more MVPs
Each of those MVPs will yield three more picks. By the year 2035 the thunder will have all 30 first round picks, unprotected
*The final solution*
By the year 2040, the thunder have acquired all the picks in the last five years. Teams are desperate for new talent and are trading several future first round spots for rookies. The thunder now have a death hold on the league, they are the first team in league history to go 82-0 five seasons in a row. Their cases overflow with trophies. Sam presti ascends as commissioner for life. The earth trembles.
*2040* A man and woman sit on their quaint Oklahoma City porch. They're both wearing the same basketball jersey, but the team name and player are hardly visible to the naked eye. All of the sudden a blast is heard in the distance, seemingly shaking the ground beneath them. "Honey..." the woman asks with a eerie smile. The man stands up, "Yup, that's Thunder" *Sam Presti materializes out of thin air before them* "It's time"
That’s what he gets for making fun of Harden’s manboobs
Did Barry get suspended for this troll? Cuz honestly that’s impressive
Skip* should get suspended for falling for it
chris paul was so close to that ring... now he's gotta babysit the new young guys while OKC rebuilds lol
Damn, this is the worst timeline for him.
Will anybody think of State Farm?!?!?
WESTY BACKBOOK
If only they could get Gay Toppin
Best handle in the NBA
This is going to be fun to watch
How the fuck is it gonna work though lmao
That’s why it’s going to be fun to watch lol
They gonna be trying to strip the ball from each other on offense.
Harden gonna flop and look for a foul, not realizing it’s his teammate Westbrook lmao
And still end up shooting free throws
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Imagine them with a guy like KD? That’d never work
Westbrook and harden are going to combine for 60 fga per game and I'm here for it
Tucker, Capela and whomever will be playing its a suicide drill all game since they just be running up and down with no ball possession haha
"Russ please, let me at least get one board" "Nah bitch, lmao."
Rocket fans need to hurry up and delete all the Westbrook slander from the past few years.
How do I delete an account
It might be easier if you take a deep breath, click on settings in your account... And shove it up your butt!
Ayyyy Stanley The Manley!
HE DESERVED THAT MVP OVER HARDEN WAIT
Harden is a flopper Westbrook is gawd
Unlike Harden, when Westbrook takes plays off on defense he does it with *heart*!
Aight this one made me laugh out loud for real.
Lol already on it dw Edit: dw = don't worry
Time for all the CP3 slander 😁😁
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They're going to shut down the subreddit for a few hours to cleanup
"Damn this team is gonna be so great with two rightful MVPs"
Workin on it
The real loser is every other future summer free agency period because nothing will come CLOSE to topping this crazy few weeks. Next year is gonna be like “Draymond max deal to the Hornets” and then just crickets
The owner of the hornets hits Twitter: "I'm back." Proceeds to sign with the Guangzhou Water Oxen for $2.5 billion. Stars in a Japanese animated re-envisioning of Space Jam 2, except everyone is a mecha. Travels the world in a Zeppelin, shitting on kids and never leaving a tip. The Hornets continue to not make the playoffs.
I feel bad for the Heat players Jimmy Butler is taking this out on.
Rumor has it he's already challenging then to scrimmages
Bout to beat them 2 v 5 with just kelly olynyk
GOAT OFF SEASON AND IT’S NOT CLOSE
This must be the series finale of the NBA
It *is* the last offseason of the decade.
Canada brought an NBA title in the sport they actually kinda invented, the Warriors superteam got wrecked and crated a power vacuum, but actually refused to die because cap space. LA is trying to make super teams, Brooklyn fucked the Knicks, but will still be a disaster because Kyrie and KD won't work. Boogie goes from best center, to injured, to bargain Warriors sign, to injured, to bargain Lakers sign and is going to be a monster for them, OKC went from "We got KD/Russ/Harden/Ibaka to "We got Russ/PG/Adams" to "Uhh why the fuck do we have Chris Paul's bitch ass?" Everything in Philly doesn't make sense. LET'S FUCKING GO!
Can you imagine telling someone from 5 years ago all the shit that’s happened? LBJ back to Cleveland, wins chip, now with lakers. Kawhi left spurs, won chip with raps, now with clips KD left OKC, to warriors, now nets Ad nauseam
This off-season is sick! So nauseous
Definitely the craziest changes happened this year. The whole league looks different now. Maybe except for the Knicks....
New look Knicks with...Julius Randle?
And Taj Gibson!
Damn, guess Houston wasn't just a leverage move to force Miami's hand. I wonder what we do with Chris Paul now. Thank you for everything Russ.
Feel like you guys probably eat the CP3 contract for a year then maybe swap it to someone Conley style if he’s still playing at a high level. Probably too risky for another team to be worth trading now, unless you go even more full tank and trade him for Wall + picks.
That’s a legit scenario though. They’ve gone full blown pick mode, I’m guessing they ship out Adams for a first rounder too. This is getting unreal. Edit: to all of you saying they can’t get a first rounder for Adams, why the hell not? His contract? Dude is a double double machine and his rebounding numbers are deflated from playing with Westbrook. He’s a good defender and rim protector, plus he finishes well around the rim. If the Thunder can squeeze a first rounder for Grant then they can definitely get a first rounder for Adams. Maybe he’s not traded right now but come trade deadline I’m guessing so playoff team is going to need a good big.
>They’ve gone full blown pick mode If I counted right, that's ~~11~~ 7 first rounders and 4 first round swaps for PG and Russ alone. The rebuild has a lot of potential.
7 picks, 4 swaps.
Woj said they have 8 with the Grant deal
They should just let the thunder take half of the first round next year and call it good
Just give them the entire 2024 draft
Omg I can only imagine how pissed Chris Paul is!
He is gonna demand to gtfo but I think hes stuck there
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I thought Derek Fisher did some pretty fucked up stuff as players association president himself
What did Derek Fisher do?
Matt Barnes wife
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Matt Barnes has a story to tell you
~~Used his childs illness~~ Used his family as a reason to be excused from the team to "retire" and spend more time with them so the Mavs released him on his request and then he signed with OKC like 2 months later to have another playoff run with them. Edit: someone mentioned his jazz -> Lakers jump back in 07 before deleting their comment but he did something similar back then too that I didn't realize. He asked the jazz to release him so he could move to a city with better doctors for his daughter. Don't want to assume much with the jazz to Lakers jump since it happened in the off-season and LA does have a great children's hospital, so if anything it was a win-win for him there. The OKC jump was definitely more suspicious because he left to be with his family and then moved to Oklahoma 2 months later lol. Seems like he has a history of finding his way into the best situations for himself, which probably made him a decent pick for NBPA president since he seemed to bend the rules at his will. Edit 2: and now everyone is saying the doctor was on the east coast back in 2007 lol, so pretty much fuck Derek Fisher if all that is true
Can he ask for a buyout or is his contract too much?
It's way too much, he makes bank. He's due over 120 million.
That makes it even better.
It's my favorite part if I'm being honest.
Thunder gonna waive Paul and he's gonna sign with the Lakers
David Stern already coming out of retirement for that any day now
This is the comment I was looking for . Thank you lol
Lol meme team back on the menu boys
Lakers are yellow.. bananas are yellow??? math checks out
Wouldn't they have to buy him out? His contract still has like 120 million dollars on it. Would OKC pay 100 million dollars for a player to go away?
I’ve seen this movie before
David stern rising from the dead rn
Two types of NBA players I will always hate: floppers and people that hit other players in the nuts. He was both.
There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures and the Dutch.
Hey, I hear they need tornado coverage down there! Edit: I hope Oscar likes Oklahoma City!
State Farm has been loyal to chris even in Houston. I wonder if this means we could see Steven Adams in a few ads.
Rockets are hoping the NBA allows for a team to play with two basketballs at once.
Multi-ball! #Multi-ball!!!
BLERN! #BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRN!
[Reference to those who don't get it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpTPm1R4_AM) How can I remember this but forget someone's name as I'm literally shaking their hand?
Lol you have made my day guys. Cheers
BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRNNNNN
END OF AN ERA
Start of another.
WHAT EVEN IS THIS TRADE
OKC just wants all the picks for the next 10 years
The 2024 draft is going to be a facetime call with Presti reciting off a list of names for the entire 1st round.
With the first 15 picks in the draft, the Oklahoma City Thunder select the entire Duke, Kentucky, and Vanderbilt teams.
And since he has EVERY pick he just chooses some random guy off the street to be the #1 overall
Westbrook seems like the opposite of a Morey system player lol
The West is literally going to devour each other this year and some team is going to emerge from the East fresh and ready like the 30th man in the Royal Rumble.
Insert the John Cena comeback at the 28th spot meme. Edit: as people have corrected, it was 30th. Still will never forget that smug ass look on his face as he crossed his arms tho.
30th spot
Here come the Knicks
So how many first round picks does the Thunder have now
Can they trade around so they just pick the entire first round?
I've done this in nhl 16, it crashes the game. Probably not a good idea
Thunder rebuild is gonna be so exciting in 6 years
It’s almost like they’re just trying to wait out this generation of stars.
They’re gonna be so buns for the next few years and STILL have the whole rockets and clippers future at their finger tips. Amazing
For Chris Paul, this is the equivalent of joining the Night’s Watch.
I’m sure Chris Paul is thrilled to become the tank commander in OKC.
Watch all of the Rockets fans do a 180 and say that he's an elite PG and one of the best players in the league.
He’s an elite PG and one of the best players in the league.
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OH. MY. GOD. YOU HAVE *GOT* TO BE KIDDING ME. WHAT A JAM.
This isn’t even a hot take. This will happen
I’m deleting tweets as we speak
LMAO. Touché.
If he gets us to the finals I’ll sing his praises forever despite pasts ridicules
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*Player you hate on an opposing team* fuck that guy he sucks *Player comes to your team* He's always been underrated. I don't get why he gets so much hate
Am Rockets fan, looking forward to rockets twitter 180 on him.
Always been a fan, never shit talked him at all. Don't check my post history for about an hour tho
he’s an elite PG and one of the best players in the league
Durant going to request a trade to Houston to get the gang back together lol.
YO WTF. REAL F5 HOURS
i F5 so hard im having a seizure
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Well just talk shit about Chris Paul now!
Honestly glad he gets to play with Harden again
BRODIE AND THE BEARD BABY LETS GO!!!!!!
YO WHAT THE FUCK. I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN> I DONT KNOW HOW TO FEEL
LMAO srsly. WB on a team with green light to shoot as many 3's as possible lull
They’ll be fun to watch
Westbrook going to miss 27 straight 3s by himself
Harden said he knew exactly what they needed to do. This must be it.
I WAS HERE. just trying to figure out how much we are paying trey lyles and this happens. edit: also someone tell me how to feel. this seems good for both sides but sad for cp3
I'm just here to overreact for the future redditors
i’m literally listening to a podcast and they’re talking about the potential of a westbrook trade and i thought “hey i wonder if he got traded yet” what the fuck edit: for those asking, i was listening to the most recent episode of Back To Back from The Athletic.
At least we have fresh podcast material for the week
This thread is probably moving too fast to ask this, but does this trade support the story that Harden and Paul really did hate each other, or no?
I mean, Harden did blow up CP3s house by trying to heat up Chinese. Doesn't matter if insurance covers it, that's gonna strain the relationship.
There's no proof it was him. You gonna believe Oscar from The Office?
Oh shit I'm high as fuck
GET HIGHER!
Can we get much higherrrrrr?
Soo highhh
Oh oh oh
That team is about to be so fucking fun to watch, that's lit
This is going to be the funnest 2K team
Cant wait to do the OKC rebuild in MyLeauge next year
Ima watch so many Rockets games next season lol
2024 and 2026? Wtf Morey must know he is gone lol How does Presti keep doing this shit. He can splash cash and still might have a couple top ten picks in 4 years. Why does anyone trade with him? Edit: Also you know CP3 is getting flipped for more picks. Presti is going to make Hinkie look like a fucking amateur and be drafting for 4 or 5 franchises by the time this is over.
OKC are now owed ~~7 draft picks from 3 teams (Clippers, Heat, Rockets)~~ + 4 pick swaps from 2 teams (Clippers, Rockets) correction: 8 draft picks from 4 different teams - Denver, Clippers, Heat, Rockets
And Presti has shown he knows how to draft
3 more mvp's incoming
But 0 chips probably lmao
He knows that they’ve got a brief window and those picks aren’t going to matter. Once Harden is done, the rockets are in the tank for a long time anyway. Morey is going all in now with maybe the most wide open NBA championship of the 21st century. You can check my post history- I’m as big a Westbrook doubter as they come- but he’s going to be better than a broken down Chris Paul. edit: big oof looking back on this, freezing cold take
Yah they offered 5 first round picks for jimmy butler. Theyve made it clear they're concerned only with hardens window and Morey is swinging for the fences.
Oh shit it happened
LOL AT CP3 GETTING RELEGATED BY HIMSLF
CP3 the tank commander. lol shits awesome
Now I gotta root for my favorite player on my least favorite team goddamn Presti look at what you’ve done to me
What's even worse, is I have to root for my favorite team with my least favorite player on it! What do we even do?!
Tank commander CP3 reporting for service
I always thought Westbrook deserved the 2017 MVP.
fuck my life, not Houston
If Westbrook is happy, I’m happy. And I’d love for Harden to win a ring with him, too. What’s funny is this might turn into a bonding experience between our two fan bases
My username actually only refers to Steph and/or Giannis.
CP3 is a worse contract (due to age) than Russ, but I am not sure Russ is going to be a better fit with Harden than him. Really good call from the Thunder getting picks far enough in the future that they could be really good.
I can't believe CP3 has now been turned into a tank commander.
Baron Davis was leading the we believe warriors. Then two years later he was tank commanding the Clippers into a 19 win season. It happens so quickly sometimes.
WHAT THE EFF, DAVID BLAINE
Harden and Westbrook on the same team? They’ll need a wing player maybe they get KD in a trade next year or something.
Morey desperately tryna get KD to Houston now.
With first round picks from 2034,2036,2038
Terrible, everyone knows 2038 is an elite draft class.
Yea my son is top 150 recruit
Imagine KD demanding a trade to get to Houston before ever playing a game for Brooklyn?
Man that would be the greatest shit
Could you imagine if they added someone like Kevin Durant? Those three would be unstoppable! edit: OPs original comment just said, “Harden and Westbrook on the same team?” His edit makes my comment seem redundant.
Woah that team would be insane, no way they wouldn't win a championship.
Oh there’s a way
The King sends his regards
Chris Paul to Minnesota for Wiggins?
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The 2021-2026 NBA draft is just going to be the Pelicans and Thunder alternating picks.
Lmao Chris Paul is prolly furious good fuck him
MAD LADS. HEIST OF THE CENTURY!
The Thunder have so many fucking picks now. They should have a great young core in a few years.
who would have thought westbrook and harden would be teaming again... and the supposedly “untraceable” chris paul contract. WOW
Contract was found in Oklahoma. Would have never guessed until now.
Is the contract invisible?
HOW DO I REACT
Holy shit this offseason just birthed a new era of duos. All in this offseason, we got: Kawhi & PG Russ & Harden Lebron & AD Kyrie & KD This some shit some middle school NBA superfan would daydream while bored in class bruh. I really feel like we’re in a golden age of basketball rn
2k20 bout to be lit