Thunder may have traded James Harden in part because of his partying, The Oklahoma City Thunder’s accommodation to barter James Harden afterwards their cruise to the NBA Finals in 2012 charcoal one of the a lot of cogent in contempo alliance history.
Since the trade, the Thunder accept not fabricated it aback to the Finals, while Harden went on to become an MVP applicant and accomplish the Houston Rockets a adversary in the Western Conference.
Several affidavit accept been accustomed for the trade. Oklahoma City did not wish to go into the affluence tax and absitively to pay Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka rather than Harden. They aswell may accept acquainted that Harden’s abilities were agnate to what Durant and Westbrook already provided the team.
But on a contempo podcast, Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler said Harden’s partying may accept aswell been addition factor.
“It was a lot added about James and James’ mindset. You’re affectionate of seeing it play out now in Houston, is what the Oklahoma City Thunder were abashed of, and that is, if you rewind aback to the NBA Finals run, James was affectionate of a apparition in the NBA Finals. In Miami, there were rumors that he was out backward on South Beach,” Kyler said via Pro Basketball Talk.
The Thunder absent that alternation in 5 amateur and Harden did not play well. He averaged 12.4 credibility per bold on 37.5 percent shooting, down from the 16.8 credibility and 49.1 percent from the acreage he attempt during the approved season.
Though there weren’t abounding publicized rumors about Harden partying on South Beach during that alternation in 2012, there were rumors that he was partying during the 2014 playoffs with the Rockets. Houston absent in the aboriginal annular to Portland in six amateur that year.
After arch the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals endure season, Houston has collapsed off this year and the Harden-Dwight Howard bond seems to accept run its course.
Since the trade, the Thunder accept not fabricated it aback to the Finals, while Harden went on to become an MVP applicant and accomplish the Houston Rockets a adversary in the Western Conference.
Several affidavit accept been accustomed for the trade. Oklahoma City did not wish to go into the affluence tax and absitively to pay Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and Serge Ibaka rather than Harden. They aswell may accept acquainted that Harden’s abilities were agnate to what Durant and Westbrook already provided the team.
But on a contempo podcast, Basketball Insiders’ Steve Kyler said Harden’s partying may accept aswell been addition factor.
“It was a lot added about James and James’ mindset. You’re affectionate of seeing it play out now in Houston, is what the Oklahoma City Thunder were abashed of, and that is, if you rewind aback to the NBA Finals run, James was affectionate of a apparition in the NBA Finals. In Miami, there were rumors that he was out backward on South Beach,” Kyler said via Pro Basketball Talk.
The Thunder absent that alternation in 5 amateur and Harden did not play well. He averaged 12.4 credibility per bold on 37.5 percent shooting, down from the 16.8 credibility and 49.1 percent from the acreage he attempt during the approved season.
Though there weren’t abounding publicized rumors about Harden partying on South Beach during that alternation in 2012, there were rumors that he was partying during the 2014 playoffs with the Rockets. Houston absent in the aboriginal annular to Portland in six amateur that year.
After arch the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals endure season, Houston has collapsed off this year and the Harden-Dwight Howard bond seems to accept run its course.
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