When James Harden brought the Houston Rockets’ confusing melodrama to the spotlight on Tuesday night, announcing during his 90-second post-game Zoom session that “it’s something I don’t think can be fixed”, a natural question emerged: was an exchange finally about to happen?
It looks like that may be the case.
Sources told The Athletic that the Rockets are reviewing offers for a possible deal with James Harden of two teams – the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers – which could quickly culminate. Approximately two months after he asked to be traded for the first time, and with the Rockets (3-6) plummeting as the tension of everything reveals itself so clearly between his teammates, the situation is clearly reaching a breaking point and an agreement seems almost inevitable. But which one will the Rockets choose?
The Nets prepared a package for Harden for Houston with all four future choices from the first round and three future choices …