Welp. It finally happened. James Harden is officially a Brooklyn Net.
We all knew this was coming sooner rather than later after Harden’s incendiary press conference from Tuesday night where he called out his teammate’s lack of talent.
But no one knew that the deal would be this bonkers. It took doing a four team deal with a whole bunch of draft picks changing hands and going to Houston for it to happen, but the deal is done, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.
The details are wild. The Rockets traded Harden and got back Brooklyn’s entire draft for potentially the next six years.
Sources: Full current trade:
Rockets: Victor Oladipo, Dante Exum, Rodions Kurucs, 3 BKN first-rounders (22, 24, 26), 1 MIL first (22, unprotected), 4 BKN 1st round swaps (21, 23, 25, 27)
Nets: James Harden
Pacers: Caris LeVert, 2nd-rounder
Cavs: Jarrett Allen, Taurean Prince
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 13, 2021
And all of the picks are unprotected.
All four first-round picks and all four first-round pick swaps to the Rockets are unprotected, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. https://t.co/HdiUsvjPP7
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 13, 2021
Whew. That’s done. You know what’s next: Trade grades. Let’s jump into them.