Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$48M extension - Basketball Forum : Professional and College Basketball Forums

**Dissonance** · 08-17-2012, 11:23 PM

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Adrian Wojnarowski ‏

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka has reached agreement on a four-year contract extension, league sources tell Y! Sports.

‏@WojYahooNBA

**Dre** · 08-17-2012, 11:36 PM

Alright now Harden...you better hope that finals performance didn't make you the odd man out

**Knicks4life** · 08-18-2012, 12:13 AM

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Oklahoma City forward Serge Ibaka has reached agreement on a four-year, $40-million plus contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--se...homa-city.html

**R-Star** · 08-18-2012, 12:47 AM

Nice deal for both sides.

**Diable** · 08-18-2012, 02:42 AM

I guess he was happy there. Someone would have definitely given him substantially more on the open market.

**R-Star** · 08-18-2012, 07:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Diable

I guess he was happy there. Someone would have definitely given him substantially more on the open market.

Maybe. It doesn't get talked about much, but his Finals performance wasn't much if any better than Hardens.

seifer0406 · 08-18-2012, 08:01 AM

I hope OKC can sign both. If they only had money for one I think Harden is more important than Ibaka.

**BlakeJesus** · 08-18-2012, 08:56 AM

Definitely a great deal for OKC, Ibaka is continuing to improve and he's likely going to be worth way more than this by the end of the extension.

kbdullah · 08-18-2012, 09:05 AM

Only worth it if they can also keep Harden. Lets not forget the Thunder still don't have anyone in the frontcourt that can either score on the inside or rebound at a high rate, which is what allows teams like the Heat to go small and succeed.

**Hibachi!** · 08-18-2012, 09:29 AM

When you consider how much guys like Asik and them got. That's a steal.

**BlakeJesus** · 08-18-2012, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by kbdullah

Only worth it if they can also keep Harden. Lets not forget the Thunder still don't have anyone in the frontcourt that can either score on the inside or rebound at a high rate, which is what allows teams like the Heat to go small and succeed.

Even if they lose Harden (which I don't think they will) this is a great deal. You wouldn't want to just lose one of your top 5 most valuable assets (potentially top 3 if we're running with the hypothetical that Harden is gone) because you lost another one of your top 5 most valuable assets. What sense does that make? He's young, talented, and now signed to a reasonable extension. Worst case he's extremely tradeable, best case his play is going to be worth way more than 10 mil a year.

**Knicks4life** · 08-18-2012, 09:41 AM

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Oklahoma City forward Serge Ibaka has reached agreement on a four-year, $48 million contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--se...homa-city.html

kbdullah · 08-18-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BlakeJesus

Even if they lose Harden (which I don't think they will) this is a great deal. You wouldn't want to just lose one of your top 5 most valuable assets (potentially top 3 if we're running with the hypothetical that Harden is gone) because you lost another one of your top 5 most valuable assets. What sense does that make? He's young, talented, and now signed to a reasonable extension. Worst case he's extremely tradeable, best case his play is going to be worth way more than 10 mil a year.

My point is that if they had to choose b/w the two, they should've chosen Harden.

e-monk · 08-18-2012, 10:31 AM

so that's 60m committed into next season - and Harden will be the test of whether Clay Bennett has the stones to face the lux tax? nothing we didnt see coming but it will be interesting to see how it plays out as the season progresses

**Diable** · 08-18-2012, 10:49 AM

I was really thinking that it did not seem like his agent would allow him to sign a 10 million dollar a year deal. 12 million is about what I would have expected, although honestly Ibaka needs to improve to be worth it. Still he could have probably gotten someone to give him a fair bit more if he'd gone into free agency.

Signing this deal makes a lot of sense when you think about the fact that you might get injured next year before you could cash in.

08-17-2012, 11:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dre do better Join Date: Jun 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 41,325 Rep Power: 21474887	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr extension Alright now Harden...you better hope that finals performance didn't make you the odd man out

08-18-2012, 12:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
R-Star BBB.net Archivist Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The village of Clive, bro Age: 30 Posts: 37,804 Rep Power: 21474884	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$40M plus extension Nice deal for both sides. __________________

08-18-2012, 02:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
Diable Limehouse Blues Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,140 Rep Power: 14577544	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$40M plus extension I guess he was happy there. Someone would have definitely given him substantially more on the open market. __________________

08-18-2012, 08:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
seifer0406 Cat Launcher Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC Age: 30 Posts: 8,526 Rep Power: 16655205	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$40M plus extension I hope OKC can sign both. If they only had money for one I think Harden is more important than Ibaka. __________________ The Raptors Young Onez

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BlakeJesus Community Moderator Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Wisconsin Age: 23 Posts: 16,772 Rep Power: 12803037	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$40M plus extension Definitely a great deal for OKC, Ibaka is continuing to improve and he's likely going to be worth way more than this by the end of the extension. __________________ Jalen Rose - "Positions were created so the novice could follow the game. You ARE your skillset." 2024 KVBL Champions: Atlanta Hawks 2026 KVBL Champions: Atlanta Hawks 2027 KVBL Champions: Atlanta Hawks

08-18-2012, 09:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
kbdullah Star Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 3,404 Rep Power: 1266257	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$40M plus extension Only worth it if they can also keep Harden. Lets not forget the Thunder still don't have anyone in the frontcourt that can either score on the inside or rebound at a high rate, which is what allows teams like the Heat to go small and succeed.

08-18-2012, 10:31 AM	#14 (permalink)
e-monk All-Star Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 5,663 Rep Power: 3201099	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$48M extension so that's 60m committed into next season - and Harden will be the test of whether Clay Bennett has the stones to face the lux tax? nothing we didnt see coming but it will be interesting to see how it plays out as the season progresses

08-18-2012, 10:49 AM	#15 (permalink)
Diable Limehouse Blues Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22,140 Rep Power: 14577544	Re: Thunder, Serge Ibaka agree to 4-yr/$48M extension I was really thinking that it did not seem like his agent would allow him to sign a 10 million dollar a year deal. 12 million is about what I would have expected, although honestly Ibaka needs to improve to be worth it. Still he could have probably gotten someone to give him a fair bit more if he'd gone into free agency. Signing this deal makes a lot of sense when you think about the fact that you might get injured next year before you could cash in. __________________

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