Houston Chronicle · Jan 15, 2021
James Harden says his Rockets' exit wasn't disrespectful
In this file photo taken on October 10, 2019 Houston's guard James Harden answers a question after the NBA Japan Games 2019 pre-season basketball match between Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors in Saitama, northern suburb of Tokyo.James Harden disagreed with his former Rockets teammates’ assessment that he was disrespectful on his way out the door.
A day before news broke that the Rockets were trading Harden to the Brooklyn Nets, he gave what sounded like a farewell statement at a postgame press conference saying the Rockets’ talent and chemistry was “not good enough.” The next day DeMarcus Cousins said Harden’s “disrespect” had started way before that statement.
