• [Zach Lowe in 2012] “By trading Harden the Thunder voluntarily chose to cut their championship odds in order to save the equivalent of about $1.5 million in salary and a few million more in tax payments every season...[They] traded one of the very best young players in the game [to ensure profit]” http://grantland.com/features/a-look-oklahoma-city-trade-james-harden-houston-rockets/ 23 comments 2/9/2018 nba
• [Zach Lowe on the James Harden Trade in 2012] “This probably wasn’t the deal Sam Presti hoped for when he thought about the possibility of losing Harden. A title contender dealing a 23-year-old star like Harden, one of the best young players in the game, to ensure profit is a losing proposition” http://grantland.com/features/a-look-oklahoma-city-trade-james-harden-houston-rockets/ 18 comments 20/3/2018 nba

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