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kind patron

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    there is this article from march 2016 where Ibaka was complaining about his role on the team and wanting to get more involved in the offense.

     

    http://thunderousintentions.com/2016/03/29/serge-ibaka-wants-to-be-involved/

    After a 119-100 win against the Toronto Raptors Monday night, Ibaka gave Anthony Slater, of the Oklahoman, one of the more interesting quotes to come out of the Thunder lockerrom this year:

     

    “I’m gonna tell you the truth, it’s hard sometimes when you play hard, you play you’re (butt off)…You play so hard on defense, then you come to offense and you’re going to be out there in the corner for 4, 5, 6, sometimes 8 minutes and you don’t touch the ball. We human, man. It’s hard.”

     

     

    clearly he was unhappy with his role on the team and wanted a more active role in the offense

    this was one of the reasons why they traded him. of course during the playoffs they weren't going to focus on this issue until after their playoff run ended but this type of dissension can grow inside the locker room. the thunder were better off without this conflict especially since they are trying to get re-sign Durant this offseason. but like i said, the thunder got better with this trade.

     

    I definitely agree. I also hope this will result into a breakout season for Elfrid Payton of the Magic under Frank Vogel.

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    actually this is a trade they wanted to make in order to clear up more salary cap in order to re-sign him. They've always targeted oladipo and liked to sign him now they have with this trade. Ibaka was growing impatient with his role on the team and wanted to have more touches offensively within the team. Everyone knows that wasn't going to happen with Durant and Westbrook getting the majority of those touches plus i think they got deeper with signing Ilyasova and a young Sabonis who can pretty much cover the void left by Ibaka.

    they go younger and more deeper doing this. to me i like this trade. it tells Durant that the Thunder are making moves to make the team better and be more competitive in the West with the Warriors and Spurs

     

    Thanks, pretty good analogy. I thought they're preparing for him leaving and maybe Westbrook next year. So much potential in Oladipo and that Ilyasova/Sabonis acquisition makes sense. They still have Adams who played decently in postseason and Kanter who is able to give them good minutes while on the floor as well.

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