Harden wouldn’t be going to OKC at all. He’d be going to Miami. OKC owns picks from both Philadelphia and Miami they can maneuver with to facilitate a deal. They obviously also have multiple other picks they can use to add to a pick haul and facilitate things in the Sixers direction who’ve been known to be seeking picks to re-route in another trade to move Harden.

Thunder also still have a little cap space left and they still have KPJ’s salary on their sheet they can use in a deal. It’s all something that can work. If JRich is seriously hurt the Heat would definitely have to start thinking about contingency plans.