Missed the dynasty for 6 million! Durant talked about the third young man back then: Thunder is not ready, Mr. Pu is too young

The Thunder won the championship in the 24-25 season, which is expected. They have excellent lineup thickness and advanced playing style, and the team's configuration is also very reasonable. They have top stars, two All-star players, and a group of outstanding defenders. But to be honest, even though the third young master won the championship this year, in the eyes of many old fans, the older generation of third young masters is still more powerful, Durant, Westbrook and Harden back then. The third young men of this generation are also the pain of Thunder fans. They reached the finals in 12 years. Although they lost to the Heat at the peak of James and Wai, this team allowed everyone to see their future. They thought they could create a dynasty in the future, but the Thunder was unwilling to give Harden an additional 6 million contract in the offseason, and Harden forced the palace to leave the team together. Maybe now everyone thinks 6 million is nothing, but 6 million was indeed a lot in the era at that time.

Perkins previously talked about the third young man at that time, and he gave his own opinion. He said that although the third young man at that time was strong, the reason why they did not succeed was that they all had their own thoughts and they were not mature enough. And now the third young masters are willing to sacrifice data for others, and they are happy when their teammates perform well, and they will not be stingy with the ball. In addition, Perkins also said that when Harden left the Thunder, it was James and Wade who provoked it.

Everyone knows Perkins that after he has no ball to play, he has become a "famous mouth". Many times, for the sake of traffic, he claimed to be the leader of the Thunder during this period, but was ridiculed by Durant and Ibaka. Recently, Durant was a guest on the show "Brain of the Field" co-starring Nash and James. He talked about the Thunder's dealing with Harden and the reasons for the Thunder's failure that year.

He said: I think we exceeded everyone's expectations at that time. We reached the finals and were able to succeed in such a short period of time. I think the general manager or boss of the team was not prepared for this. What you expected should be a team with 22 wins and 23 wins. As a result, we accelerated the progress of the time, and every player is like this. Ibaka didn't know where he came out, and he became the top blocker in the league.

I averaged 30+ games at the age of 21, Westbrook became an All-Star at the age of 22, and Harden won the sixth best man at the age of 22, so we exceeded the expected schedule, and they obviously were not ready for it. Of course, this is just my personal understanding. I don’t know what Presti and the boss thought at the time, but my guess is that I don’t think they were fully prepared to compete for the championship every year.

Durant was obviously dissatisfied with the original result. He continued: Since we entered the finals, you should consider upgrading the lineup, fine-tuning better, improving the shortcomings of the lineup, and making some changes. You can't just get a key player away from the team, and then expect us to still play dominant power like before? I just feel like we've become so good so quickly, shocking and confused the outside world. Presti was in his 30s at that time, and everyone was very young and was trying to figure out what to do. Everything happened too quickly.

Indeed, trading Harden was the biggest failure in Presti's life. He exchanged Harden for Martin. Obviously, Martin was just a scorer. He was not as good as Harden's defense and organizational ability. After Martin joined, the Thunder did not show his previous dominance, and they gradually began to decline. If the third young master did not disintegrate that year, it can be imagined that the Thunder could win the championship, and more than one.

But it's too late to say these things now. They may be destined to be separated. To be honest, the current three young masters, I think they probably won't cooperate for too long. A group of top talents together is unlikely to sacrifice themselves for a long time. Jewe has proved how outstanding he is in the playoffs. In the future, he has the ability to lead the team by himself. Chet has the ability to become a star, but he has never had the right to play. Maybe they will go their separate ways.

But fortunately, they won the championship. The new version of the Third Young Master can be said to be a copy of the old version of the Third Young Master. Presti made up for the mistakes of that year. Everyone was young, but the Thunder always believed in President Pu, which also made him prove himself again. In 24 years, the Third Young Master scored the first place in the Western Conference and reached the second round of the Western Conference playoffs. At that time, they had not reached the finals, but Presti learned from the previous lessons and chose to strengthen the lineup shortcomings. In the end, the Thunder successfully won the championship.

Durant's third young master failed to win the championship. If he had to blame, he could only meet the right person at the wrong time. Presti was not mature enough at the time. If President Pu was put to the present, he would probably try his best to keep the third young master and at the same time form a suitable lineup for them. Do you think the new third young master can establish a dynasty? Everyone is welcome to leave a message to discuss.