The James Harden Dilemma Part 3(Are we better or worse?)

The James Harden Dilemma Part 3

So how does this trade exactly impact both teams? Here to tell you is a little something called a pros and cons list.

Oklahoma City Thunder

Pros: 

Financial Flexibility( Kevin Martin's contract comes off the books after this season).

Veteran presence in Kevin Martin added to a young roster( not that K Mart has had much success in the post season or anything).

Young promising rookie sg Jeremy Lamb(this would've been pretty freaking awesome if they didn't give up a borderline All-Star caliber sg in Harden).

Draft picks! Two first round picks and a second round pick to be exact! And if Houston doesn't pile up wins,(which they realistically shouldn't do) then those picks will hold quite a bit of value to them.

Cons:

Loss of an all-star/borderline all-star talent.

Loss of a player who had developed a TON of chemistry with  other members of the Thunder.

Kevin Martin and his atrocious defense. That's going to be painful to watch..... I really shouldn't elaborate on this... I'll let Kobe elaborate on K Mart's defense when the time comes.

No more Lazar Hayward!!!!!!(Kidding)

Houston Rockets

Pros:

The addition of a potential franchise player.

The formation of an interesting backcourt.(Linbeardity?? Yeah probably not)

Turning their season outlook from abysmal to underwhelming(unless both Harden and Lin somehow catch fire and both make the all-star team)

Lazar Hayward!!!!(again kidding)

Cons:

Money: 45 million tied up in a trio of James Harden, Jeremy Lin, and Omer Asik. The Harden third of the trio sounds pretty nice, but the last two thirds of this mini big 3 leave a little to be desired.

Loss of draft picks: All together, they lost 3 draft picks, including 2 first rounders.

Losing their lottery pick Jeremy Lamb. Although this one only stings badly if Lamb ends up becoming better then Harden someday.

And that concludes the triple post on the James Harden Dilemma. Thanks for reading and as always, feel free to leave a comment about the post.