He better take that $52 million if he wants to stay in OKC. They gonna do him the same way they did the last member of that Big 3. He can get traded just like Jeff Green got traded
@WojYahooNBA: Y! Sources: After passing on a roughly $52M extension, James Harden still engaged in talks with Oklahoma City. James Harden, Thunder continue to negotiate contract extension - Yahoo! Sports![]()

He'll get the max from someone if it ain't OKC. But Presti's right in not giving him the max right away; that franchise can't afford 3 max deals.
The Suns will make the offer, they already tried with Eric Gordon.

If I was Durant I'd reconstruct my deal to help increase the OKC offer to Harden. Durant is making major dough from every angle, he could afford it - put he has another contract in him at least. Perhaps that would show Harden he's really valued, although of course he could still take way more money from another team