it made plenty of sense. james harden knows hes a max player, and he didnt want to take a pay cut to stay because he knows what he can make if he was a free agent. the thunder didnt want to pay, so sam presti traded him off before he became a distraction. signing him to a huge contract would have messed up the thunders salaries. but i hear they offered him 54 mil but im not sure on the years.
I'm surprised that Oklahoma City just traded him away. I'm pretty sure Houston is going to take full advantage of using Harden's talents to good use. Oklahoma City will be criticized for trading Harden but more than likely, they will have good season, their only concern should be the playoffs, where depth always comes into play. Houston will surely improve at this point, probably have a winning record decent enough to be in the playoffs as the number 8 seed.