NBA yazarı Bill Simmons, OKC Thunder’ın James Harden takasının yanlış bir hamle olduğunu uzun zamandır dilinden düşürmemiş durumda. Simmons tam da Thunder-Rockets maçının olduğu bugün, kişisel twitter hesabından konuyla ilgili paylaşımlarda bulundu;
OKC newspaper piece about the Harden trade leaves out the key point – they didn't have to trade him when they did. http://t.co/yrdgViPR9s
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 5, 2015
OKC could have made a 2013 title run and stayed under tax, then dealt with Harden's restricted free agency that summer. That's just a fact.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 5, 2015
Harden wanted 60m for extension, OKC wouldn't go higher than 54m. They loved Houston's offer + severely underrated Harden's impact. Fact.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 5, 2015
The key point – you make one more title run for 2013, then you figure it out. Every OKC competitor celebrated when they dealt Harden. Fact.
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 5, 2015
Last thing – I wrote about about OKC's Harden dilemma just a few weeks before they traded him. Interesting re-read. http://t.co/OpI9hzfyDQ
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) April 5, 2015
Takasın en büyük sebeplerinden biri olan ve Simmons’ın konuyla ilgili her yazısında kendine yer bulan Kevin Durant kendi Twitter hesabından isyan bayrağını çekti;
@BillSimmons just let it go!
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) April 5, 2015