When was james harden traded

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The year-old was originally acquired by Brooklyn via trade with the Atlanta Hawks on July 6, You agree that your personal information will be used to send you messages about NBA related products and services, and share your personal information with NBA partners and affiliates so that they can also contact you about products and services that might be of interest to you.

The Rockets and Pacers have not yet announced that deal. Houston also receives three unprotected first-round picks from Brooklyn -- in , and -- plus pick swaps in , , and , the Nets announced.

Brooklyn also gets a second-round pick from the Cavaliers. Caris, Jarrett, Rodions and Taurean were instrumental to the team's success and have made an enormous impact on our organization. It has been a pleasure watching them grow both as players and as people and they will always be part of our Nets family. We wish each of them and their families all the best in the future. Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo , the league's two-time reigning MVP, said the trade is "an amazing move by Brooklyn.

That's tough. We've got to keep improving, keep playing good basketball and moving forward, we'll see how it is going to end up.

The trade was agreed to after the Rockets opted to keep Harden away from Wednesday's practice, following the former MVP's comments Tuesday that Houston isn't "good enough" to compete for a championship.

Wasserman also represented Russell Westbrook and worked closely with the Rockets on his trade to Wizards. Harden, who was unable to get the Rockets past the Western Conference finals, had remained quiet through months of reports that he was unhappy in Houston. First-year Rockets head coach Stephen Silas called the drama surrounding Harden an "all-around messed up situation. Fertitta said in a statement.

My family and I also want to thank James for his many off the court contributions, including generous charitable donations and multiple annual community events. We wish James the best of luck and will always be grateful for the memories. From a broad perspective, there is no better takeaway than that. It's not just that the Nets needed to develop players and build a culture in order to lure superstars like Durant, Irving and, eventually Harden; it's that the whole point of developing players and building a culture is to lure superstars.

If this trade doesn't represent mortgaging the future, then no trade does. When you have a year-old Durant and a year-old Irving, though, the present is the main thing. Brooklyn knows as well as any franchise how going all-in can backfire. Half-measures, however, don't typically lead to titles. Blockbuster trades in the and offseasons produced the last two NBA champions.

In , the last time Harden was traded, the team that sent him away was looking for what Zach Lowe, then of Grantland, described as the "middle ground" between sustainability and "going for it. No front office is comfortable trading away young talent and a boatload of future picks. The downside is scary, and skepticism is inevitable. You have always needed stars to win titles, though, and these days most stars sign short-term contracts.

Durant and his two co-stars can hit free agency again in the summer of By James Herbert.