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It hurts the Thunder this year for sure.. just a question of how much... but long term it's an excellent move and will allow them to contend for a long time. They were never going to pay Harden the max and so it was a great choice to just deal him, like they did with Jeff Green a few years ago.
Westbrook
Thabo
Durant
Ibaka
Perkins
Maynor
Lamb
Martin
Jones
Collison
They also get 2 first round picks which will more than likely be lotto picks, Raptors for sure and the Mavs were already on the edge and that was before Dirk had surgery. How many Top 4 teams have had two lotto picks? Martin's an expiring contract too.. so they just traded Harden for a year of Martin and 1, maybe 2 lotto picks as well as pick #12 from this years draft.
Edit - Mavs pick is top 20 protected, oh well, they won't see that for a while lol... still a good trade, Raps is Top 2 protected next season and than Top Pick protected, should see it next season, pick 3 would be dynasty..
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