>compared to a 12/3/2 in 26 minute
>no-defending ass Harden (basa'll tell you, people were
>starting to call him a flop), he looked primed to be a star
>that season. Harden busted out in 11-12, after the trade, not
>before.

Harden won 6th man of the year in 2011-2012 season, where he averaged those numbers I thought were the same year as Gordon's best year. Harden "broke out" that year - when they went to the Finals. He was ghost in the Finals and that was the big story. If he was a flop during that, who would have talked about it?

No, Harden broke out that year. When he got traded is when people saw him as a superstar, but Harden was a beast his last year with OKC and everyone admitted it. Prior to that, fine, but look at his numbers at the end of that season.

As for all your other shit - fine, Crawford was way less efficient than Gordon at their peaks, but the numbers aren't nearly as off as you seem to think they are. Still, the trade was a complete bust (if you overlook the possibility that its what led to AD - though that's impossible to figure out).