After losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA playoffs last season James Harden said the Rockets are 1 piece away. After the season James Harden and Russell Westbrook both requested to be traded. Daryl Morey was let go. MikeD’Antonio left to be Steve Nash’s assistant coach in Brooklyn. After a few COVID-19 violations, missing pre season games, throwing a basketball at a teammates head, missing a game, coming back out of shape and throwing the organization and team under the bus in a post game interview (watch below). James Harden has been traded to the Brooklyn Nets.
The Houston Rockets traded their former NBA MVP James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets in a 4-team mega deal that sends Caris LeVert to the Indiana Pacers. The Nets sent Houston a package that includes multiple players and draft picks and features guard Caris LeVert, who was then traded to the Pacers for Victor Oladipo, who was then traded to the Houston Rockets.
Center Jarrett Allen and forward Taurean Prince are headed from the Nets to the Cavs in the deal, according to sources, while the Rockets receive Cleveland guard Dante Exum and Brooklyn forward Rodions Kurucs.
Houston also receives Brooklyn’s three unprotected first-round draft picks — 2022, 2024 and 2026 — in the deal, plus pick swaps in 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027, according to sources. The Rockets also get Cleveland’s 2022 first-round pick, via the Milwaukee Bucks.
