What You NEVER Knew About The James Harden Trade...

October 27th, 2012 is one of the most important days of the last 20 years in NBA history. That is the day that James Harden was traded from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Houston Rockets... just 4 months after the Thunder had reached the NBA finals with one of the most exciting young cores the league had ever seen. Looking back on it now... the details of this trade and the endless amount of “what-if” scenarios that come to mind are truly mind boggling. A team with a 1st team all-nba forward in Kevin Durant, a second team all-nba guard in Russell Westbrook, (both of whom would go on to win MVP’s) and a FUTURE MVP and one of the better scorers of the last decade in James Harden... all under 23 years old... on the same team... trading away Harden for role players, a young guard and a draft pick. However, the reasons that we have been given for the Harden trade for almost the last 10 years don't fully explain the circumstances around the trade... and in reality the team never had to trade him at all. Subscribe for daily NBA news and rumors! Check out my gaming channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKcmy4CPTJ75xt7VxTMbHzA The Sporting Logically Podcast: iTunes - https://t.co/Am4tuhsLuB Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1clu8knC7KI6IjtgzvLE6Q?si=KwgZhvEKTq6bOu9XEBrB-w https://sportinglogically.podbean.com/ Follow SL on Twitch: Twitch.tv/gaminglogically Follow SL on Twitter: @SportingLogical Follow SL on Instagram: @sportinglogically