Any one of those assets or combinations of assets could be used to make a bigger move to help the Thunder either in the short term or in the long term. The Thunder went from a team with hardly any assets to one brimming with them. This season, the Thunder made their big splash before the season started, trading reigning 6 th man of the year James Harden to the Houston Rockets for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, and 3 draft picks. Last season, they eschewed a trade, instead choosing to sign veteran guard Derek Fisher for their playoff run that went all the way to the Finals. 2010, they traded Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic to the Boston Celtics for Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson. In the last two seasons, the Oklahoma City Thunder have made some sort of move at the trade deadline. And that is what makes this time of year one of my favorites. For the next 4 days, you will hear every sort of rumor, from the asinine to the very believable. But before we even reach that point, there’s a little something called the trade deadline that can change the fates of aspiring championship teams. After the pomp and circumstances that was the NBA All-Star Weekend, it is now time to get to the meat of the NBA season.
