James Harden is optimistic, very optimistic, about next season.
“At full strength, nobody can beat us. I’m just going to leave it at that,” he told Michael Shapiro of Sports Illustrated in an interview published Thursday that was filled with praise for his teammates, his head coach, his new hometown. But his big takeaway was about his team’s possibilities.
“There’s no chip at all, no chip for us. We’re just excited. We’re focused. We know what we have to do,” he said in response to a question about whether the Nets have a chip on their shoulder.