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[QUOTE="STEVEHOLT, post: 3053745, member: 522"]
Finally someone is echoing what I've been thinking.  Same deal as the Clippers trade to OKC.  Those picks aren't going to be good, other than perhaps the Miami owned picks.  Now OKC has too many picks.  You cannot possibly keep them all.  They should deal a few of them for a younger asset with a reasonable contract.  Problem with NBA picks, is, unlike the NFL, its much harder to package multiple picks to move way up in the draft, cause the talent level so often drops off the table quickly.

As far as Houston goes, I think a potential big deal is the trade allows the Rockets to load balance Harden alot more aggressively.  He can sit for 15 game now and reduce his minutes in the games he plays.  Paul wasn't the type of player that could carry the load alone for extended periods.  Westbrook can.   They in fact should load balance both these guys and we'll see come playoff time how much difference it makes.

I do know this, they weren't going anywhere with CP3 on Houston.   They gave up two first rounders, two pick swaps, and they have an extra year of a bad contract (4 years vs 3), however this does extend their window by a couple years.  Still probably won't work, but its the best they could really do.

And remember, the fourth year of the deal, you can dump him as an expiring if it goes to hell.
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