Superstar guard James Harden has indicated to the Rockets that he would be open to a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers or other top contenders, according to ESPN's Tim MacMahon and Adrian Wojnarowski.
Harden has yet to rejoin the Houston Rockets ahead of the 2020-21 NBA season and previously requested a trade to the Brooklyn Nets, according to multiple reports.
Sports Illustrated's Rohan Nadkarni reported on Monday that a person familiar with Harden's thinking described the Rockets' culture as toxic and called them the "Knicks of the South."
On Monday, new Rockets head coach Stephen Silas referred to Harden's absence from his current team as a holdout and said there was "no timetable" that he was aware of about when Harden would report.