The OKC Thunder are a broken organization. Prior to the idiotic Enes Kanter injury the organization was suffering from a nasty high ankle sprain causing them to limp into the future. Now, however, the Team has a compound fracture that will require extensive offseason surgery.
In the short-term, being without Kanter is a major blow to an offense that was already vulnerable. Russell Westbrook needed more help, even with a healthy Kanter. Yet, Westbrook is stuck on a team with even fewer options.
Before the “forearm heard round the world“, Kanter was one of the few pieces of leverage the Thunder had in a trade scenario.