The rumors of James Harden wanting to leave the Brooklyn Nets weeks before he was actually traded to the Philadelphia 76ers were further substantiated by a new report.
It turns out that there was some uneasiness between him and fellow superstar Kevin Durant. The two players reportedly had hardly any communication for some time before Harden’s trade.
Furthermore, the Beard became passive-aggressive as the deadline came closer and was making it know that he wanted out of Brooklyn.
Via Marc Stein:
“Beyond the rampant skepticism about the severity of his latest hamstring injury, on top of the ever-present questions about his substandard conditioning and how much it contributed to his unending hamstring troubles as a Net, Harden has been a brooding presence for months. League sources say there were times before Durant’s injury that the two stars, for reasons unclear, were hardly communicating — followed by the chaos of the past few Durant-less weeks when Harden stopped connecting with anyone to passive-aggressively convey he no longer wanted to be there.”
