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Which players deserved investigation for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s problems in 2020-21?

Nov 16, 2020Nov 19, 2020Nov 24, 2020Mar 13, 2021

Nov 19, 2020 — Sam Presti

The decision this board surrounds ultimately brought in Vincent Poirier. Later outcomes never rewrite the board.

OKC on 2020-11-19: the listed basketball needs were passing, interior finishing, rebounding. no source-clocked open candidate route was available. 0 open-market candidate(s) matched at least one listed need. Market access, basketball fit, price, salary route, and legality remain separate.

No source-clocked open market foundlisted needs: passing · interior finishing · rebounding3 candidates — ordered by team link, then need match, then evidence. No target score.
Russell Westbrookcap charge $41.4M
Market route
Linked only to another team
Need addressed
Addresses passing
Observed functions
creation · passing · event creation
Strength overlap
Addresses a need without overlapping an identified team strength
Availability history
No pre-decision availability reports in the governed source
Acquisition price
Public offer-shape evidence available
Contract & salary
Salary screen available; contract-control evidence unavailable
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

Russell Westbrook: sources linked Russell Westbrook to another team, not OKC. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: passing. The salary screen was available, but contract-control evidence was unavailable. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2017 CBA rules)
Incoming salary: $41.4MTeam position proxy: Under cap proxyRoom plus 100k: minimum outgoing $27.9MNon taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100: minimum outgoing $33.0MTaxpayer lane (125% + $100K): minimum outgoing $33.0M

minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 0.7 per 100 (O 0.4 / D 0.3) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

James Hardencap charge $41.3M
Market route
Linked only to another team
Need addressed
Addresses passing
Observed functions
creation · passing · event creation
Strength overlap
Addresses a need without overlapping an identified team strength
Availability history
No pre-decision availability reports in the governed source
Acquisition price
Withheld No public price evidence before the decision
Contract & salary
Salary screen available; contract-control evidence unavailable
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

James Harden: sources linked James Harden to another team, not OKC. His prior basketball profile addressed one listed need: passing. The salary screen was available, but contract-control evidence was unavailable. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2017 CBA rules)
Incoming salary: $41.3MTeam position proxy: Under cap proxyRoom plus 100k: minimum outgoing $27.8MNon taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100: minimum outgoing $32.9MTaxpayer lane (125% + $100K): minimum outgoing $32.9M

minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: 2.6 per 100 (O 1.8 / D 0.8) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

John Wallcap charge $41.3M
Market route
Linked only to another team
Need addressed
Does not address a listed top need
Observed functions
Not established
Strength overlap
No major overlap with an identified team strength
Availability history
No pre-decision availability reports in the governed source
Acquisition price
Public offer-shape evidence available
Contract & salary
Salary screen available; contract-control evidence unavailable
Exact legality
Withheld A salary screen is not a full transaction-legality determination.
Why is he here?

John Wall: sources linked John Wall to another team, not OKC. His strongest observed functions did not match the listed top needs. The salary screen was available, but contract-control evidence was unavailable. Exact transaction legality remains withheld without a complete package and exception ledger.

Minimum-outgoing salary screen (2017 CBA rules)
Incoming salary: $41.3MTeam position proxy: Under cap proxyRoom plus 100k: minimum outgoing $27.8MNon taxpayer expanded 175 100 plus5m or 125 100: minimum outgoing $32.9MTaxpayer lane (125% + $100K): minimum outgoing $32.9M

minimum outgoing salary screen only; post-trade team salary, guarantees, bonuses, aggregation timing, exceptions and complete package remain required for legality

prior-season impact context: -0.2 per 100 (O 0.0 / D -0.2) — Prior impact context is separate from team fit, price, and transaction value.

Historical decision board. A public-market player is not presented as a team target without a named team link. Minimum outgoing salary is not exact legality. Missing asking price is not a zero price. Later outcomes do not alter the decision-date board.