Talk about a knee jerk thread. First of all Harden is part of their core, I doubt they let him go. Secondly, Harden has a long way to go before he reaches KM's level of play. Finally one shot does not a career make, lol what kind of moronic GM calls OKC to trade for Harden after just one shot?
At least get the name right - Charles Barkley Know what you talk about before you say it - Jeff Van Gundy
Considering Harden has way more potential than Boobie Gibson yes it would be easier and cheaper to get Boobie Gibson.
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No, we'd be all over that like flies to a crawfish boil. A common perception on this board is that other teams are stupid which is not the case at all. OKC knows what they have in Harden - he's the perfect compliment to Westbrook. They have a nice young solid core group of players so I expect them to continue to build around that core group. Martin is OK but he's certainly not the kind of player a team would make a bad deal just to get him.
Why is getting KM a bad deal again? Saying Harden is the perfect complement to WB doesn't make sense, why would he be a complement when he isn't a lights out shooter and needs the ball to be effective? What complements KD and WB is a SG version of Shane Battier, someone who can hit the 3 accurately, doesn't need possessions to be effective and is a tenacious defender. Anyway Harden really brought out the knee jerks in people. One decent game and suddenly trading him for the most efficient sg last year is bad deal
I don't like Harden. Seems like his game consists entirely of dribbling five times between his legs before pulling up for a midrange jumper or three. Sure, he puts points on the board, but he doesn't make his teammates any better.
Chiming in late, but I really liked a potential Harden acquisition about 18 months ago and posted about that to start the <a href="http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?p=4879523#post4879523">random trade thread that year</a>. A lot of us thought the Rockets, with depth at power forward, and the Thunder, with depth at the 2-3, were a really good potential match for a trade. Each had in surplus what the other needed. I think that ship has sailed... both teams patched up those holes. To boot, the Rockets are probably getting better production out of their guards currently, though unless they pull off a Celtics-type miracle trade, they may need to clean slate this thing.
This is absolutely correct. OKC made a choice with their young talent when they traded away Jeff Greene. Harden is the guy they are going to ride as their 3rd heat and frankly - he's perfect for it. If anyone is going anywhere it's Westbrook if he can't learn to defer to Durant but that said, no one at OKC is in a hurry to blow up that combo for at least another few years. The only way we even have a remote chance to get anyone on OKC's roster worth getting is if the CBA switches to a hard cap and OKC can't afford all their young talent at once - they have decent money tied up in their bigs as well as they stars.
Harden is a millions times the scorer Trevor Ariza is... He can dribble AND shoot... 2 things Trevor will never be good at...
To be fair, Ariza did those things well the postseason before we signed him. Then he got the money and went back to being himself. Harden has been great this postseaon, but lets see him sustain it for a longer period of time (1-2 entire seasons) before trying to throw a bunch of assets and money to get him. Trading Martin for him at this point would be extremely stupid imo.
