IF James harden stayed with okc

[eeeeeebro]

Was this the worse trade of the decade? what chances do OKC have of championship with harden still on team? I KNOW GOOD AND WELL HARDEN GOT THEM TO THE FINALS then harden had a bad finals.

[Done_And_Done]

They could have been scary good and for years going forward.

[DMAVS41]

They could have been scary good and for years going forward.

They already are...and they have interior defense/rebounding to go with that.

They didn't win in 12 with Harden.

They wouldn't have won in 13 without WB.

Maybe they win last year....hardly for sure.

But hell...if they had traded for Afflalo like they should have. They would have had a great chance as well.


Presti has made mistakes since that Harden trade...those aren't related.

[SCdac]

IF he was willing to continue accepting a #3 role behind Durant and Westbrook (which he wasn't), they'd be pretty good for sure. Possibly even champions. But Harden chose what an extra 10-20 million and more limelight? instead of staying put. As a young person, can't blame him, but still. Think about the Spurs Big 3, they could have all probably made more money individually by splitting up and having teams bid highest dollar for them, but they chose to stay put and sacrifice money/touches/fame for the sake of winning

[L.Kizzle]

3 perimeter players who need the ball will not work.

[GimmeThat]

Ibaka + Perkins plus picks for Noah

[Top Gun]

It's not the OKC way to pay the luxury tax. They believe in drafting well and putting the parts together to be successful in the long term, while still staying within financial limits. They were going to trust in what they had and believe they could use what they got back to create a team good enough to contend, which they have done. Presti is an excellent GM.

[StephHamann]

Was this the worse trade of the decade?

To early to judge, but this season Tyson for Dalembert+Calderon+Larkin might be the best trade.

Tyson averages 10,8PPG 11,9RPG and 1,4BPG while playing very good defense.

The Knicks are 5-29

[xtrm]

Ibaka + Perkins plus picks for Noah

Lots of people in IHOP are saying Adams+Lamb > Harden

since Harden > Noah

you could just do Adams+Lamb for Noah + Picks:rockon:

[HOoopCityJones]

Seems convenient.

[bluechox2]

he would only average 17ppg tops