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Originally Posted by CanadianMavsFan
This is a very good point. People are quick to crown Durant, and he is a phenomenal player, but saying he is the best in the league is a little bit ridiculous. Top 5? Certainly. But the Thunder are probably the most stacked squad in the league right now.
Once Ibaka and Harden are forced to leave because OKC can't pay them, it will be interesting to see how well they do.
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Don't know if they will necessarily be forced to leave. OKC based on the HoopsHype site seems to be in decent salary cap shape with about $40M committed to about 7 players not including Harden and Ibaka for 2013/2014. If they sign Harden and Ibaka to $24M/yr in combined salaries between the two it takes them to $64M which is above the cap but below the luxury tax. You could then attempt to fill out the roster with minimum salary players after that.
As reference Harden's max is about $13M/yr, which means you'd be asking Ibaka to take a contract starting at around $11M/yr which I think is reasonable given his productivity.