Houston Rockets CEO Tad Brown denied reports that superstars James Harden and Dwight Howard have attempted to run each other out of town when asked about the subject Thursday.
According to Ken Berger of CBSSports.com, sources said Harden was behind the early-season firing of head coach Kevin McHale, and pushed for Howard to get traded as well.
Despite the rumors, Brown was insistent that there was no backdoor dealing being done on Harden's part, per ESPN.com's Calvin Watkins:
I can tell you unequivocally, being part of that (front-office) team, those things have never happened.