Which Thunder player do you miss the most?

This is a fun thing to think about: which player do you miss donning the Thunder blue the most?

For just about everyone, that player is James Harden, including me. But we won't get into that because I just wrote an article about some of the awful moves Sam Presti has made over the years, and that trade was the principal focus. (Check it out here on ucentralmedia.com).

No, let's think about other players who have departed over the years that we miss.

For me, it's Derek Fisher. For some reason I just loved that guy. Maybe it was his championship experience or the way he shot three pointers. I had actually hoped the Thunder would bring him back instead of Nazr Mohammed this season if we're looking for a "veteran presence." And I don't care for Matt Barnes at all, so there's no hard feelings from me there-- even though he probably violated the bro code in that ordeal.

What about Kendrick Perkins? People loved him here, whether it was the comedic relief his "Shaq'tin a Fool" moments brought or his scowl and attitude. I'll admit, as frustrated as I used to get with Perk, I do find myself strangely missing him sometimes.

But let's go even further into the past. I have a good friend who has a straight-up man crush on Jeff Green. Anytime he does something on the trade machine or completely overhauls the Thunder's roster, he always finds a way to sneak Uncle Jeff in there. He insists that Green is one of the best "stretch fours" in the league. I constantly have to remind him that his nostalgia is really overrating the most average player in the NBA.

I have a wacky friend in New York who loved Nenad Krstic in all of his midrange-shooting, chair-throwing glory. He played a half season for Boston before he was never heard from again (now he's overseas somewhere).

Sometimes I see stat lines from Reggie Jackson and I wonder how good the Thunder would have been last season with a healthy squad, or wonder how they might be if the team could have worked something out for him to stay. As bad as he was defensively, Kanter isn't any better and Jackson could actually push the pace and play along our two stars.

What about Perry Jones and Jeremy Lamb? I don't miss them so much as I miss pretending that they would be awesome players someday. Lamb is currently better than Waiters (who replaced him) but the man known as "PJ3" is somewhere in the D-League, last time I checked. Well at least we'll always have that game against the Clippers where we thought he could have FINALLY become the player we'd always hoped.





Did I miss anyone that you loved to see in Thunder blue? Comment below!