re: Harden Traded to the Rockets

This thread is better than the Zack Randolph one a few years back.

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Posted by PortCityTiger24 on 10/27 at 10:15 pm to Brageous
You people are idiots. 2nd round picks in the NBA draft are worth nothing. Dallas' pick will suck. Toronto will be competitive this season. Houston had 3 picks in the middle rounds this season and couldn't package them for anything. Now they get a young player with star potential, and you say its a bad move? The stupidity on this board kicks arse!!

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I was wrong about Toronto FWIW

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Broski

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Sam Presti just made Daryl Morey his bitch?

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This is very good for the Hornets...this makes the Rockets significantly worse for years to come. Harden is an upgrade over Martin, but not by as much as people make it seem. Giving up a young prospect in Lamb and other future picks was Morey being an idiot as usual.

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Come on BigJ!!!!

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very favorable deal for OKC IMO.

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TigerTatorTots

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Dude be happy, OKC just raped Houston if "significant draft picks" are actually significant

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Houston just bent over and let OKC raw dog them





...without lube

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Here is the 'creampie' to the rapage.


Add in a 2nd rounder to an already ridiculous win by OKC

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Brageous

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oklahoma city wins this easily IMO

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What a terrible trade for Houston

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SPEEDY

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Thunder just fricked the Rockets

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volfan30

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OKC easily wins the deal imo. Solve the payroll problem. Add Lamb. Add 2 protected 1sts.

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No way is Harden a #1 on an elite team imo

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I feel like they have handcuffed themselves. This is a better roster than they had obviously, but they don't seem to be any closer to a championship and they have really limited themselves cap wise assuming they give Harden a max.

They have to pray Harden turns into a legit #1, but I have some doubts .

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fightingtiger2335

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Harden was money in finals and Olympics. Agree, Houston steal

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CunningLinguist

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Rockets got fricked hard in this trade.

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Retro

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Can Houston get any more retarded?

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songofthesword

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lol they not did not lose anytihng, they got a very good scorer in martin who is a better defender than Harden will ever dream of being, and they got a young good prosepct in lamb who looks good so far.

damn the rockets are stupid.

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americanoutlaw

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I think the thing no one has mentioned is how much the lakers profit from this trade. If they can get any kind of chemistry, this move makes them heavy favorites in the West. OKC basically threw away a title run this season for the future, and I'm not sure how much better their future became.

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SOCAL TIGER

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Wonder what the picks were? The Rockets should get a sign a trade deal in place or he will be gone at the end of the year.

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UlitmateHog

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Huge win for OKC.

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Perkins would qualify for the Early Bird Exception I believe.

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Jeremy Lamb will be a stud.

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CtotheVrzrbck

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Watch more hoops bro. This will turn out to be more Presti magic. Harden dissapeared in the finals, he's a defensive liability, and honestly a 6th man can't be getting huge contracts.

Lamb may not be as skilled offensively but he's better defensively. Ibaka was the more important piece there's no question to that. I'd assume OKC got 2 first rd. picks and maybe 2 2nd rd'rs too.

OKC was able to shred bad draft picks in Aldrich and the other guy, Maynor will be back and healthy and Cook actually sucks, and then avoid the salary disputes and issues that would have dissolved the team by having payroll heavy on 3 or 4 guys not leaving enough to build quality depth or sign draft picks. The picks from the Rockets will be lottery picks so the type of new blood coming in should be more talented than the picks 28-32.


At the end of the next 4 years the trade should be very positive for OKC and who gives a crap about the Rockets.

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RLDSC fan

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On another note do the lakers now have a cakewalk to the NBA finals?

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Klark Kent

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Houston's hunt for a superstar for the past few years nets them 2 bench players as their "stars"

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SOCAL TIGER

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UlitmateHog

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Jeremy Lamb will be a stud.

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Lamb was a stud just in the wrong league.

UlitmateHog's best work was in the thread that he started after Harden had a 17 point game.