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The Oklahoma City Thunder have traded James Harden to the Houston Rockets, according to sources.

The Rockets will send Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb and future pick considerations for Harden, Cole Aldrich, Lazar Hayward and Daequan Cook.

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well look's like we will be favorites after all to come out of the West.

Wow!

First reactions. I don't know why Cole Aldrich was delt. They will need I guess Thabeet will be the backup C.
Cook and Hayward are pure throw ins. It is Hard to see Harden go. I love the Beard but, since he didn't take the 52 mill they had to move on. He will get the full max with the Rockets and become their number one option. I wish him the best.

What we received. The Mav's first round pick which is top 20 protected. So we probally won't see that for a while! But, we also received the Raptors first round pick. The Raptors first round pick is a lottery pick but top 2 and top 1 protected for the next couple of seasons. Hopefully we receive that pick within the next two seasons.

Lamb is a nice player. He can shoot the lights out, that he can do. It will be great to have him working with Durant and Westbrook. Martin is an expiring deal. He is a very nice player I wonder how it will all work out.

PJ3 is gonna get some serious burn this year for you guys!!!

Balkman, where did you see which picks it would be?

I agree Cole doesn't make a lot of sense. Guess they're thinking Nick has another couple of years and are good going a little small. I'd be surprised if they're looking at Thabeet as part of the solution just yet...

http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/ ... s/detailed

It's the Mav's and the Raptors picks.

2013 first round draft pick from Dallas
Dallas' own 2013 first round draft pick to Houston via the L.A. Lakers ( top 20 protected in 2013, top 20 protected in 2014, top 20 protected in 2015, top 20 protected in 2016, top 20 protected in 2017 and unprotected in the 2018 Draft). [Dallas - L.A. Lakers, 12/11/2011 and then Houston-L.A. Lakers 3/15/2012]

2013 first round draft pick from Toronto
Toronto's own 2013 1st round pick to Houston (Top-3 Protected and 15-30 Protected in the 2013 Draft, top-2 protected and 15-30 protected in 2014, top-2 protected and 15-30 protected in 2015, top-1 Protected and 15-30 protected in 2016, top-1 protected and 15-30 Protected in 2017 and unprotected in the 2018 Draft. [Houston-Toronto, 7/11/2012]

2013 second round draft pick from Charlotte
Charlotte's own 2013 2nd round pick to Houston via Oklahoma City and Boston. [Charlotte - Oklahoma City, 12/19/2011 and then Boston-Oklahoma City, 6/26/2012 and then Boston-Houston-Portland, 7/20/2012]




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I would guess that Orton will be resigned. But, I would think the new 15th man would come off another nba roster or a guy who was just cut.

This is... seriously terrible. Martin is probably only here for a year, and he's seriously not that good. Lamb is a big question mark. The Raptors pick is going to be... what? 10th? We've erased any real depth we have. Martin can't run an offense.

Surely we could have gotten back something more than this?

Wonder what this means for Maynor now

Wow this trade is shocking!
Lamb has a lot to live up to

I would say Maynor is done here too. He will be restricted and someone will sign him unless we trade him before.

this is **** stupid on Presti's part.

Rough trade for you guys initially, but Harden is not worth the max. I love Lamb's potential.

I actually came here initially to ask you guys what you thought of Reggie Jackson and his place on the depth chart, right before Twitter exploded with this trade. Should I ask that in another thread or can someone give me a quick feel?

Heat fan here. Crazy out of the blue trade by you guys. I think it can work out for both parties though. Always liked Hardin's game. The beard alone made me a fan! Good luck for the season ahead OKC fans!

SmushedPennies wrote:Rough trade for you guys initially, but Harden is not worth the max. I love Lamb's potential.

I actually came here initially to ask you guys what you thought of Reggie Jackson and his place on the depth chart, right before Twitter exploded with this trade. Should I ask that in another thread or can someone give me a quick feel?

I'd say at this point Maynor has to be the backup. If Harden were here then you don't need the reliable ball handler Maynor is. With him gone, you need someone you can trust to handle the ball. Jackson must cut down on turnovers before he can be trusted.

Magic fan here, I think Jeremy Lamb has the potential to be the new third star behind KD and Westbrook.

I think this trade is great for you guys..

You have so many Line up options.. now you don't have to worry about keeping atleast KD or Westbrook on the floor at all times.. Kevin Martin can handle the scoring for you guys for a bit.. this also helps you match up with the Heat better imo..

Ibaka or Perkins in the Joel Anthony/Whoever role
Durant in the Lebron role
Sefelosha in the Battier role
Kevin Martin in the Mario Chalmers/Ray Allen role + Better scoring
Westbrook in the DWade role.

On top of that you strengthen your bench with a young talent in Jeremy Lamb, and if it unfortunately doens't work out for you guys this year, or even if it does.. you still have a more than likely top 5 lotto pick from the Raptors so long as it isn't Top 2-3(Protected).. to improve your team even more.

Martin is a worse fit on the bench than Harden was (Because he can't handled playmaking duties) and I'll eat my shirt if the Raptors are bad enough to be in the Top 5 this year.

I think that Raptor pick is 6-10 to be honest. another season of defensive coaching plus having bargnani to do the scoring would help them abit.

With Westbrook/Maynor/Durant, Martin doesn't have to do much ballhandling duties. Maybe that's the reason preseason Westbrook was assisting more?

If you're expecting Maynor to be handling all the playmaking duties for the bench lineup then I don't know if we've been watching the same Eric Maynor. I really like Eric Maynor, but he's not that kind of player.

And if you expect Scott Brooks to deviate from his rotations and not play the entire bench unit for 10 minutes a game, then I don't know if we've been watching Scott Brooks.