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Harden to move to Houston

Posted on October 29, 2012 at 05:13 AM.

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James Harden Sixth Man of the year and a great player, scorer and one of the best offensive shooting guards in the league is off to Houston. The trade occured on the 27th of October. Houston gained Harden for Kevin Martin, rookie guard Jeremy Lamb, two first-round draft picks and a second-round draft pick. While the trade surely hurts Oklahoma and it might not be as shocking as the Dwight Howard saga it's surely disturbing for Oklahoma and a great opportunity for Houston to step their game up. The Thunder lost Cole Aldrich and forwards Deaquen Cook and Lazar Hayward too. What's going to happen to the Thunder bench?

Harden who was an intensive and great scorer off the bench will easy Lin's job for sure as the shooting guard can find his own shots, create situation for himself and draw a great amount fouls. With this Houston might just have enough firepower to become contenders.

But what's with OKC? It's surely a drop. Harden avaraged 16.8 points off the bench and had some sweet matches where he dropped 30. That means they need to find a scoring option off the bench when Durant isn't on the court, but is Kevin Martin or Jeremy Lamb enough for them? OKC is a young team in itself and I do think it will set them back, the question is how much?

Let's hope a good rotation can still get OKC the success they had the last 4 years.

I'm not saying that Martin is a bad player at all, but he isn't as good as Harden at his position. Kevin is bad on defense and transition while Harden can defend the post and people on drive. James Harden is also a better shot creator, sure Kevin Martin had some good plays and some clutch situations, but can he do as well as Harden? I doubt it. On another note Kevin Martin hasn't been on a team that can play the game this well, so we might just see some improvement on his game.

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