Fire, meet kerosene.
That’s what the Brooklyn Nets appeared to have done in the acquisition of James Harden, in what already feels like a volatile, if not fragile, situation.
Harden doing his best to be Professor Sherman Klump in his escape from Houston will largely be forgotten if he reclaims his regular-season reputation as an explosive scorer, a stink that won’t follow him until the playoffs — where that historic stench won’t turn rosy so easily.