Tuck: Thunder Struck With Bad Luck  By Mike Tuck Host, Tuck &
O'Neill  The Oklahoma City Thunder led the 2012 NBA Finals 1-0.
 Everything that happened since, wasn’t in the script if you
were a Thunder fan.  OKC lost 4 straight and the championship
went to Miami.  Thoughts went to a looming salary cap
quandary for the Thunder, but as the summer months passed it
appeared they’d put that off until next summer.  After all, it
wasn’t something that needed to be addressed yet.  But wouldn’t
you know it, on October 27, three days before the opening game
of the season, OKC pulled the trigger on a deal sending away
James Harden.  They had made their decision.  A year earlier
than they had to.  GM Sam Presti got quite a bit in return (by
NBA standards), but was it wise to trade such a valuable player
before exploring all avenues to keep him.  We maybe didn’t know
Harden would score 25 a game, but we knew he was scoring 17 a
game as a vital cog in the Thunder machine.  So was it all that
shocking he’d have the year he