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The locker room drama is a distraction. The Mike D’Antoni drama is real.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and the reports of chemistry issues in the locker room with James Harden, Chris Paul, and the Rockets’ other players are too numerous to be a case of mere disagreements and that everything is hunky-dory. But there have been chemistry issues before, and some of the reports – namely, that Chris Paul demanded a trade – have definitely turned out to be as close to baseless as a mainstream report can get. The leaks from the front office about star-hunting can’t be good for locker room camaraderie, either, and the players themselves are likely to have been on pins and needles for the few weeks.