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The Historic James Harden Trade

Blockbuster trade alert! We’ve got our first mega trade of the NBA season and as we probably expected, it involved the Houston Rockets. You’ve likely already seen the trade details before reading this but just in case, the accepted trade is being reported as follows: Nets receive James Harden   Rockets receive Victor Oladipo, Dante Exum, Rodions Kurucs, Brooklyn’s 1 st  round picks in 2022, 2024, 2026, Milwaukee’s 2022 unprotected 1 st  round pick, Brooklyn 1 st  round pick swaps in 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027   Pacers receive Caris Levert   Cavaliers receive Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince    James Harden pulled out all the stops to make sure that he wouldn’t be a Houston Rocket beyond this season and after months of headline grabbing antics, he finally got his wish. Harden showed up to training camp late, out of shape, and showed uncharacteristic inconsistency on the floor on his way out. His 24.8 PPG through 8 games would rank as his worst scoring season since he was coming off of the