James Harden reportedly traded from Houston Rockets to Brooklyn Nets in a four-team bragging rights deal

James Harden reportedly traded from Houston Rockets to Brooklyn Nets in a four-team bragging rights deal

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According to several reports, including ESPN and The Athletic, they name the 31-year-old to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a four-team deal.

In exchange for Harden, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Houston Caris LeVert and Rodions Kurucs of the Nets, Dante Exum of the Cleveland Cavaliers, acquired three first rounds of the Nets, one first round of the Cavaliers via the Milwaukee Bucks. , and four exchange rounds from the first round of the Nets.

Brooklyn also sends center Jarrett Allen and sends Taurean Prince to the Cavaliers as part of the trade, according to ESPN’s Wojnarowski.

In a separate agreement, Houston trades LeVert and a second round to the Indiana Pacers for the guard and two-time All-Star Victor Oladipo, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Harden, an eight-time All-Star, was acquired by the Oklahoma City Thunder Rockets in 2012.

While in Houston, he was named the league’s best player for the 2017-18 season and led the Rockets to the playoffs for eight years.

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Harden responded during the Rocket game against the Portland Trail Blazers in December last year.

The deal comes one day after Harden criticized the team.

“We’re simply not good enough – of course, chemically, talent-wise, just about everything – and that’s clearly been the last few games,” he said.

“I love this city. I literally did everything I could. I mean, this situation is crazy. It’s something I do not think can be corrected.”

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The comments after the game were the last of a string of negative behavior from the disgruntled star, after arriving late at the team’s training camp, and then being sent off for four days and fined $ 50,000 by the NBA imposed for violating the league’s health and safety protocols protocol at the start of the season.

The former MVP is now reuniting with former Thunder teammate Kevin Durant and longtime All-Star guard Kyrie Irving in Brooklyn.

CNN Sports reached out to the NBA to confirm the details of the deal.

Harden is in action for the Rockets against the Lakers on January 10th.

Further postponement

Meanwhile, the NBA announced Wednesday that it is postponing its ninth game of the season.

Two games scheduled for Friday between the Phoenix Suns and the Golden State Warriros and the Washington Wizards and Detriot Pistons have been postponed because the ongoing contact search means the Suns and Wizards do not have the necessary eight players to contest the games.

Since January 6, 16 NBA players have tested positive for Covid-19.

The league announced Tuesday that it has adopted stricter health and safety protocols to curb the spread of the virus.

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