LOS ANGELES — Back in August, when The Vertical's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Russell Westbrook's extension, he buried this tidbit about Blake Griffin becoming the next target for the Oklahoma City Thunder:
Once, it was James Harden and Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Now, it's a superstar solo act – with an eye upon Los Angeles Clippers All-Star forward Blake Griffin in 2017 free agency. Griffin is an Oklahoma kid gone Hollywood, a star who has his own tensions with Chris Paul on the Clippers.
Griffin might not get along perfectly with Paul, but the odds of him fleeing L.A. for OKC are slimmer than ever—just in time for the Clippers' showdown with the Thunder at Staples Center on Wednesday.
According to Woj, the Thunder agreed to rookie-scale extensions with Steven Adams (four years, $100 million) and Victor Oladipo (four years, $84 million) prior to the Oct. 31 deadline. In doing so, OKC essentially locked itself into its current squad for at least another season.
Per Basketball Insiders, the Thunder have upwards of $106 million in guaranteed salaries on their books for 2017-18. Tha ...
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