When Harden was traded he was still young, he wasn't the Harden we know today, and not like he is the Harden we knew back when he was doing amazing job at Rockets neither. That period when KD was early on his Warriors career, Harden was doing near triple double, Westbrook was doing triple double and getting MVP, if those three played together at that time, I think it would have been an easy title for them.
Oh man, another classic story! This will be hard to disagree because the OKC trio at that time was touted to be the young trio who can beat the Miami Heat superteam that was led by LeBron, Wade and Bosh. It's just too unfortunate that the three of them have just played together for only a single season because the Thunder was in a tough position where they have no other choice but to trade Harden towards the Rockets.
If only they have been given for at least 3 seasons together, I think they can be a champion at that time as they will be avenging their loss in the Finals against the Miami Heat because it's just hard not to believe because at that time, they even swept the defending champions that was led by Dirk of the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs and defeated the Lakers and Spurs as well in the process towards the Finals.
I remember this. It is quite unfortunate that they cannot play longer together. The Thunders have these amazing talents together but cannot seem to get anything from them. They just failed to make them champions. They have to break them because of salary, I think. Eventually, they left Thunders without any accomplishments. Durant became a Warrior and won 2 championships. Ibaka eventually won a ring with the Raptors. Harden and Westbrook are still chasing their rings.
I also agree with the first point that KD's rings look weak because he could only get with Warriors. And also, I think time of KD is almost finished. I don't think he can get a ring after this age.
I do not know if he is already done. He can still perform at a high level of basketball. And now that he is surrounded by equally talented players around him, he still has a big chance of making another run for the championship. It is just a waste that he spent a lot of good years with toxic teammates in Brooklyn. Hopefully, it will be different with the Suns. I am hoping that he can have a better dynamic with Booker and the rest of the squad. As long as they do not clash on who the real alpha leader of the Suns is, I think they have a big chance of making it big this year. CP3 made a good job mentoring Booker during his stay with the Suns. It is time for Booker to show his growth despite under a different leadership at this point.
Kyrie Irving became the first NBA player in league history to score a triple-double in his first game in the Drew League.
23 Point
13 Rebound
11 Assist
Kyrie has always been a good individual player. It is his professionalism and antics that always get in the way of him and the team gelling together. Hopefully, it will be a different story with Dallas. He is yet to prove that he can be a champion outside the shadow of Lebron.