Because they are the two most meaningful players involved in the deal. K-Mart leaving for nothing after one year removes him from consideration. Therefore, Lamb is the leftover crumb OKC received in exchange for arguably the best SG in the NBA. Steven Adams development should also be taken into consideration. By the end of the season, he might be more important to OKC than Jeremy Lamb. Just a thought.
hold your horses, guys! when i said we may not have totally won the harden trade, i didn't mean to insinuate that okc had potentially "won" the trade. i'm just saying it wasn't as bad for them as everyone made it sound. how are you going to pay your 3rd option a max contract when he can't even have the ball in his hands very much? can you imagine if jeremy lin was paid the max coming of the bench? it had to be done for the thunder. the playoffs last year showed how underrated russell westbrook is anyway. if westbrook was healthy, okc makes it to the finals last year and people stop taking sam presti to task for the trade.
