Holy Blockbuster Batman

Here I am minding my business waking up from a nap when a Bleacher Report notification catches my attention. A few hours after I posted my post about Kyrie Irving and midway through a now deleted post about James Harden came the blockbuster 3 team trade (and another deal was made after that) between the Rockets, Nets, and Cavaliers. The Brooklyn Nets pretty much mortgaged their future to reunite James Harden with Kevin Durant sending 3 players, 4 draft picks, and 4 pick swaps to Houston and Cleveland for Harden. Now Brooklyn has Durant, James, and Irving on the same team. Steve Nash, the Nets head coach, either won the lotto or just had another stick of dynamite tossed into his locker room and with everything they gave up to get Harden it'll be incredibly difficult for the Nets to rebuild if the sticks of dynamite explode and take the Barclay's Center with them.

Forget about the circus tent analogy I made yesterday this is now a powder keg waiting to be lit. The 3 stars are eventually going to be on the same floor at the same time and that's going to be a test for all 3 players. All 3 are used to having the ball in their hands, all 3 are used to being "the guy". Whos' going to be the Chris Bosh of this power trio that is willing to take the back seat? Who's going to take the final shot when it comes down to it? Who the hell is going to be the point guard? All eyes will be on Steve Nash and his staff to try to make this work and it'll be interesting to see it play out live on ESPN, TNT, or NBATV because you know they're going to be flexed into as many nationally televised games as possible. Quiet question considering that they played last night (and the Knicks lost by the way to a depleted Nets team) but how do Knick fans or the organization that has been THE basketball team of New York feel about the potential juggernaut that's a bridge away? It's like if the Mets traded for Lindor and traded for Nolan Arenado while the Yankees are just sitting their twiddling their thumbs. It just doesn't feel right does it?