I would love to Thank Oklahoma City for 3 amazing years! Teammates and Fans were thee best. The love will always be there. Thanks Again.
— James Harden (@JHarden13) October 28, 2012
This tweet pretty much speaks for itself, but something Harden might want to ask himself over the ensuing five years: Was it worth it for the extra $6 million? After coming soooo close to a championship, was it worth it to take a half-decade step back for an extra $1.2 million a year?
That was one of the 10 Questions that Jan Hubbard was wondering aloud in this featured column from the site today. Check it out.
Sounds to me like something more than just money made Harden want to leave OKC. Maybe he wanted to be “the man” instead of playing third fiddle in OKC. Kind of like how Joe Johnson wanted out of Phoenix so bad when he was playing third fiddle to Nash and Stoudamire. OKC came out of this trade ahead in my opinion. The get Lamb and two other young pieces to add to their already loaded roster. Toronto’s pick will most likely be a lottery pick as well. Houston still has a lot of rebuilding to do. They have no bigs, and let Scola leave for nothing!
Less than that after taxes…