James Harden reportedly made known several frustrations with the Nets – Kyrie Irving not being fully available due to Irving’s decision not to get vaccinated/New York City’s vaccine mandate, Steve Nash’s rotations, Brooklyn lifestyle.
Harden just didn’t make his frustrations with the Nets known to the Nets for a while.
In a misguided attempt to protect his reputation, Harden reportedly tried to avoid requesting a trade. Yet, he couldn’t help but make abundantly clear he wanted to leave. Eventually, Harden reportedly requested a trade from Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks – then got dealt to the 76ers.
What did Harden say in the end about why he actually wanted out?
Marks:
There’s a lot of those conversations that obviously have to remain private, as you would expect and everybody understands. And if James wants to allude to those decisions and speak for himself, obviously, totally happy for him to do that.
James has been upfront from day one with, you…