NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 05: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) James Harden #13 of the Brooklyn Nets (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
When the Toronto Raptors were mired in an early-season slump, the rival Brooklyn Nets shocked the basketball world by giving up several established players and control of their draft for decades in order to pry James Harden away from the Houston Rockets
So far, the pairing with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving has been a success. When Harden, Durant, and Irving are all playing together, the club is 5-2, with one of those losses coming against Toronto in a game muddled by some COVID-19 mishaps.