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Originally Posted by tyrith
They still have to pay Kemba's dead money, and the other nearly $20M of dead salary they took on in deals to accumulate draft assets. It's pretty clear that they left their salary space open last year in search of more trades to take on money for picks, and the market dried up in that space. Don't assume what I do or don't know.
OKC paid $61M of luxury tax in 2018-19 (notably several years after Durant was gone) and spent over $100M in tax payments total throughout the Westbrook era. They've spent twice as much money on the tax as the Miami Heat have - did the Heat become cheapskates all of a sudden in everyone's eyes? Their accumulated tax payments to date are dramatically more than both Milwaukee and Boston, although both of those teams are going to be making huge tax payments this year. It's dramatically more money spent on the luxury tax than Philly, Toronto, Phoenix, Chicago, and Houston, which are all obviously much bigger markets.
So tell me - why is OKC the cheap ass owners here? Being willing to tank their asses off to accumulated high draft picks is generally the opposite of being cheap. The money grubbing owners are the ones in Charlotte, Washington, Sacramento, and potentially now Indiana, that refuse to ever be bad because they're afraid of the hit to their ticket and sponsorship revenue.
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Sorry man. I assumed nobody would boast about dead money putting a team over the cap.
The Thunder ownership paying big money is a thing of the past. Right now they have two goals: minimize expenses and secure a new arena deal. And if that new arena isn’t secured, move the franchise elsewhere. It wouldn’t surprise me if they sell the team after that happens, especially given what Sarver got for the Suns.