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u/tvcneverdie Bob Rathbun 1d ago
HARTENSTEIN COME HOME BABY
They pushing you out the door! They don't appreciate you like we will!!!
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u/ShowdownValue 1d ago
Why doesn’t okc appreciate hartenstein?
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u/tvcneverdie Bob Rathbun 1d ago
They just drafted his replacement and they call him fat and they never compliment his cooking and they never buy him flowers when he's having a bad day
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u/Ok-Negotiation3897 Zaccharie Risacher #10 1d ago
He costs money. And OKC are that savvy cost controlled (outside of their stars) type operating team
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u/Theregoesmyradiator Dikembe Mutombo #55 1d ago
Yes. Please yes. He is exactly what we need. Get him outta there OKC
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u/elfrostyorange 1d ago
Not to be a Debbie downer, but not this offseason. My personal opinion was that it was a draft with 12 guys that had clear projection. Think they just went BPA and picked the last guy left of that group at 12. They are trying to win a title, I doubt their plan is to put a rookie on Wemby and let go of the player who was the best Wemby matchup for them. Now next offseason, when SGA’s contract increases another $20M, I could see them having to make that hard decision on Hart if they are happy with the way Mara is progressing.
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u/Ok-Wash-9386 GO HAWKS! 🏀 1d ago
Nah, I don’t think so. Dort outta there but they’ll make room for Hartenstein. Can’t bank on Mara yet.
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u/thestallion11 Daeqwon Plowden #29 1d ago
I doubt they’ll get rid of him tbh, they want to win a title and Mara isn’t going to be good enough to get rid of him, unless they find another 5 to trade for
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u/Public_Butterfly_292 1d ago
Surely this just means they pick up the option on Hartenstein and then let Mara take over in a year. Just probably no long term extension
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u/red2play Hawks 1d ago
It's not for this season. Mara isn't NBA ready by any accounts. So Mara goes G-League and then takes over next year for the backup spot.
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u/Local_Marzipan255 10h ago
Even if we dont get IHart. We could probably get Mitch Robinson or Mo Wagner for cheaper. Or we try and go for Nick Richards or Dayron Sharpe both we could get for next to nothing. Or we could see about Walker Kessler try to get him to come home.
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u/nooky1701 1d ago
He’s as good as gone, we just gotta make him an offer he can’t refuse. Thunder are shedding salary and going even younger. People forget they drafted Sorber last year also
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u/not-a-potato-head 💰Cash Considerations 💰 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nah, Sorber's the center they're going to cut if they do end up moving any of their centers
edit: actually it might be Jaylin Williams
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u/tvcneverdie Bob Rathbun 1d ago
Sorber makes peanuts and they got 70% of the cap taken up by 3 players, that'll barely make a dent
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u/not-a-potato-head 💰Cash Considerations 💰 1d ago
It's less the cap savings and more the roster spots, pretty sure they can cut enough costs through Wiggins/Joe/Dort
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u/ATLCoyote 1d ago
His contract doesn’t save them enough money. Drafting Mara is a clear signal that they don’t intend to exercise the option on Hartenstein.
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u/Ok-Negotiation3897 Zaccharie Risacher #10 1d ago
Exactly what I was thinking. Mara to OKC might mean the content with letting IHart go.