I'm confused...OKC fires Brooks...GM is OK?

Just an observation.....I get that Scott Brooks might not be in the Coaches Hall of Fame.....but Sam Presti still has a job after trading away James Harden??.....Just pay the Luxory Tax....and OKC probably has at least one Championship........Am I missing something??

i think the cost of KD westbrook and Ibaka was just too much. i agree with you on Harden but i assume okc didnt think Harden was going to explode and develop like that.. okc was banking on ibaka westbrook and KD.. but yeah they shouldve paid luxury tax for Harden.. they wouldve been top 3 teams pass few years with him... idk okc is imploding now.

....This team should have at least been on a Championship Run.....if they would've paid the Luxory tax and Signed Harden...for a year or two...what could've been...

He's also a doctor, so he understands about all the injuries.....

Presti is an amazing GM and definitrly knows what he's doing. They're a small market team. No way he'd pay luxury and gamble on that line up.

Had to look up why or how Harden left.

James Harden is the player upon which all eyes are fixed as the Wednesday deadline for contract extensions approaches. Considered by many to be a player worthy of max money, the sixth man recently turned down a four-year, $52 million offer from the Oklahoma City Thunder, Yahoo! Sports reported, citing a league source.

Harden is interested in a maximum contract of four years for $60 million. The Thunder will try to sell their best wing player on an incentive-based deal that would get him close to $60 million, Yahoo! Sports reported.

General manager Sam Presti has met with Harden’s agent, Rob Pelinka, over the past two days to try and make a deal in the final hour. But, with plenty of assurance that his client would command a max deal as a restricted free agent, Pelinka sees no reason to settle for less than a maximum extension.

“You’re asking a player to take less money and remain a non-starter. Harden can start and go make more money. …That’s a tough sell," an unnamed league executive told Yahoo! Sports.

GM is a CEO. Team owners are shareholders who dictate what they want to get out of the enterprise. Clearly, OKC owner is interested in making money more than win championships. 

what about paying james harden and getting rid of ibaka.  ibaka or harden?  hm....