1) Haben evtl. ihren Franchiseplayer bzw. Lockvogel für die nächsten Jahre gefunden.
Das wäre bitter die Rockets. Harden ist nicht in 100 Jahren ein Franchiseplayer.
Presti pretty much laid it all out as to how it went down. “The culmination of the decision to ultimately move in another direction — we got to a point where we were very transparent, very direct as we are with all of our negotiations with our players as to the fact we had reached a point where we needed to make a decision. We made a final proposal on Friday morning that was unacceptable. We then came back prior to beginning to execute trade initiations with another proposal … We were very transparent with James that if this is not acceptable then we were going to have to move towards making the best decision for the franchise given the fact that it was becoming a reality that more than likely he’d be signing elsewhere at the end of the season,” he continued. “Once that reality was met, as we have in the past, this organization turned the page. We started to focus on what was in the best interest of the program and focus on capitalizing on an opportunity to help us both in the short term and also continue to strengthen the future of the Thunder organization and building this program in a sustainable fashion.”
We were very transparent with James that if this is not acceptable then we were going to have to move towards making the best decision for the franchise given the fact that it was becoming a reality that more than likely he’d be signing elsewhere at the end of the season,”
ich check den abgang von harden ehrlich gesagt nicht. ist er wirlich so dumm und geil auf 2.5 mio mehr (ab 10 aufwärts macht es für mich pers. kaum noch einen unterschied) und spielt lieber bei einem mittelmäßigen team anstatt bei einem contender oder ist da was vorgefallen? der hat so richtig gut bei den thunder gepasst. wirklich schade...
Harden hat sich halt für das Geld entschieden und wollt wie die anderen keine Einbußen hier machen.
James Harden boarded an airplane Sunday morning, bound for Houston. He was “devastated,” said someone who knows the Bearded One. Harden and his family both.
Said Harden was stunned that the Thunder actually traded him to the Rockets. He didn't believe the Thunder would do it.
But Sam Presti told him. Presti's lips now are sealed, but sources from both parties said that the Thunder appealed one final time to Harden on Friday. Upped its offer to $53 million over four years but told Harden if he didn't take it, he would be traded to Houston.
Presti didn't use that as a warning. He used it as a plea. He desperately wanted to keep Harden, but this was the last best offer.
And the Thunder gave Harden an hour to accept.
“What Thabeet has shown the last four or five weeks, we feel very confident that he can do a very good job for us,” Brooks said. “He’s shown a lot of toughness, ability to protect the basket and he’s athletic. You don’t look at 7-foot-3 guys and say he’s an athlete, but he’s an athlete. He can move around pretty good for a guy his size.”
Wenn ihm wirklich klar war, dass er getradet werden würde, falls er das Angebot ausschlagen würde, dann frage ich mich, wieso man so geil auf die Million pro Jahr ist. Mit den Rockets wird er wohl für die nächsten 2-4 Jahre nichts mit dem Titel zu tun haben. Ob es sich letztlich für ihn lohnt? Nunja. Ist letztlich v.a. Schade um das Team....
Aber ob ich jetzt die paar Millionen (es wären ja nicht einmal zwei Mio. pro Jahr) als Maßstab für die Anerkennung seitens der Franchise heranziehen will...ich weiss ja nicht. Ich denke letztlich hat er sich verpokert und wird jetzt möglicherweise dafür "bezahlen" (zumindest vom Teamerfolg her).