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.
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01-01-2015, 03:19 PM #1Decent college freshman
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01-01-2015, 03:26 PM #2Induuubitably
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Re: IF James harden stayed with okc
They could have been scary good and for years going forward.
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01-01-2015, 03:30 PM #3NBA Legend and Hall of Famer
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Re: IF James harden stayed with okc
They already are...and they have interior defense/rebounding to go with that.
Originally Posted by Done_And_Done
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.
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01-01-2015, 03:33 PM #4Very good NBA starter
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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
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01-01-2015, 03:34 PM #5ISH's Negro Historian
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3 perimeter players who need the ball will not work.
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01-01-2015, 03:36 PM #6NBA All-star
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Re: IF James harden stayed with okc
Ibaka + Perkins plus picks for Noah
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01-01-2015, 03:40 PM #7has a need for speed
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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.
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01-01-2015, 03:42 PM #8Gambling expert
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To early to judge, but this season Tyson for Dalembert+Calderon+Larkin might be the best trade. Originally Posted by eeeeeebro
Tyson averages 10,8PPG 11,9RPG and 1,4BPG while playing very good defense.
The Knicks are 5-29
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01-01-2015, 04:29 PM #9Learning to shoot layups
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Re: IF James harden stayed with okc
Lots of people in IHOP are saying Adams+Lamb > Harden Originally Posted by GimmeThat
since Harden > Noah
you could just do Adams+Lamb for Noah + Picks
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01-01-2015, 04:33 PM #10NBA rookie of the year
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Seems convenient.
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01-01-2015, 05:24 PM #11#knickstape
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Re: IF James harden stayed with okc
he would only average 17ppg tops
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