There's, of course, a scenario in which this team can win it all...but it's a short window. Still, he's pretty pot committed to this core given what they gave up to get it and the fact that there's so little flexibility. They've got a new arena and stars sell tickets, even if the team is mediocre.

It certainly helps Ballmer has more money than god, but all of this makes a lot of sense business wise too.

I'd expect Harden to get a somewhere in the neighborhood of 120/3.