Just when you thought things couldn’t get more awkward between the Rockets and James Harden … Harden finally spoke. And it didn’t go particularly well.
On Wednesday, a day after making his preseason debut, a 12-point, four-assist effort that was overshadowed by his getting roasted on social media for a screen grab that made him appear overweight, Harden addressed reporters for the first time since ending a brief Houston holdout.
He was asked about his widely reported request to be traded.
“Right now I’m just focused on being here,” Harden said.
Reporters asked about the message he was trying to send by skipping out on the start of Rockets camp to spend time in Atlanta in Las Vegas.